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𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘, 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎!

𝙱𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔. 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝚒𝚗 𝙻𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚍 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎.

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚟𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚐𝚊𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜 - 𝚠𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢, 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝, 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚝𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚜. 𝙼𝚎𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚘𝚝, 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚜𝚗𝚊𝚏𝚞𝚜, 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚒𝚛 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚊𝚍𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚢, 𝚠𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚔 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚌 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚋𝚘𝚒𝚕𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚜𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚌𝚕𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚛𝚊𝚋𝚋𝚒𝚝. 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚕𝚢 𝚍𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚏𝚞𝚕, 𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢! 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚠𝚎'𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚘 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚜, 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚘𝚠 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚙𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚘 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎.

𝙸𝚏 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚏𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎, 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚜 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚕 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚜.

𝙰𝚗𝚢𝚠𝚊𝚢! 𝙼𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚘𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛, 𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚗!

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𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚏𝚘𝚘𝚝𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚎? 𝙽𝚘, 𝚗𝚘, 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞, 𝙷𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚊. 𝚃𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝙸 𝚜𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚙𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚝. 𝚂𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕!

𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎, 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠! 𝙷𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚢𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚐𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝? 𝙸𝚏 𝚗𝚘𝚝, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚛𝚎.

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If the Fey ever invite us back, I'm sure we'll have another grand party to go with it. They're not normally very friendly since Thorne tried to kill all of them way back. But we get some attention, being our awesome selves. They're my kind of people. When there was a fight at the party, they just cheered them on.

[provenforce]

I grew up making my own toys. I've never made a horse before, never even saw one before coming here, but I think I can manage.

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𝙾𝚑, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠! 𝚃𝚢𝚙𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕! 𝚅𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚌𝚒𝚟𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚊𝚗-𝚢. 𝙳𝚊𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝, 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚑𝚘𝚙 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚙, 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚒𝚝 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚕𝚎𝚒𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚕. 𝙾𝚏𝚏 𝚝𝚘 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚎, 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗, 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚔𝚎𝚝𝚜. 𝙾𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚊 𝚜𝚊𝚍 𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚘𝚛𝚏𝚞𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚜! 𝙼𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚗𝚎𝚡𝚝 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎. 𝙱𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢'𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚊𝚛𝚢-𝚒𝚜𝚑 𝚞𝚗𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎. 𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝙸 𝚍𝚘. 𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢! 𝚄𝚗𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚝 𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚏𝚞𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚗𝚒𝚏𝚏 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔. 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚍𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝙸 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝.

[ This all makes perfect sense to him and naturally, he assumes Shepherd can sort it out, the point of what he's saying. ]

𝙸 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚡𝚒𝚖𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎 𝚍𝚘. 𝙲𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚋𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛𝚜. 𝚆𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚝𝚎. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚖𝚘𝚔𝚎, 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚖𝚒𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢 𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎.

𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚊 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚔𝚢 𝚛𝚘𝚊𝚍, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚎 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎.

[ Even if ignorance often leads to the worse things. ]

[earthborn]

Oh yeah, they're real subtle.

[She does not think they are very subtle. They might be normal amounts of subtle.]

But they'd have to be stupid not to keep tabs on all of us. Seems like a lot of work, under the circumstances, but paranoia is kind of bread and butter of the ruling class. It's all above my pay grade.

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𝙰𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚎𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚎𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝙸 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚂𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚘'𝚍 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎. 𝙵𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚋𝚎 𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚎𝚡𝚙𝚎𝚌𝚝!

𝙸𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙸'𝚖 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚢𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚎𝚛? 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚛𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚎𝚒𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛. 𝙷𝚊𝚕𝚏𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕! 𝙳𝚘 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚑𝚘𝚛𝚜 𝚍'𝚘𝚎𝚞𝚟𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑. 𝙽𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚞𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚊 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝚏𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚊𝚗 𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖 𝚙𝚞𝚏𝚏.

[thedreamer]

𝙾𝚏 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚐𝚎. 𝙸 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚜𝚘! 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚏𝚊𝚟𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚢𝚜 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚞𝚙? 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎?

[thedreamer]

𝙸 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚙𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝙸'𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚐. 𝙸 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚙𝚛𝚒𝚜𝚎 𝚖𝚎!

𝙵𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚠, 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑, 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚢-𝚖𝚞𝚌𝚔 𝚘𝚏 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚕𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚠𝚎'𝚛𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚐𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚏𝚞𝚗.

[earthborn]

[See, this is why Shepard likes the Doctor. He tries very hard to seem to be full of bullshit, but he isn't. It's comforting, familiar. Easy to sympathize with.]

I know that feeling. Everybody wants to be right all the time, but if they actually knew what it was like being right all the time...

Hell, maybe ignorance is bliss. Who knows?

[thepath]

You really like kids, don't you?

[pathologise]

Then you can come shopping with me. If you're tasting it you can help carry it.

[godshattering]

Excellent, then with that much going on we'll have a chance for the kids that's going to be a hull of a time.

[ He sees it and he'll raise it with another! ]

I'm just excited to see where this goes, truly. If you need anything else for it, anything at all, don't hesitate to let me know.

[itookashot]

I think it was more of a brawl than an honest attempt to murder each other, but it ended very fast. No one's tried to kill another Summoned as far as I know. I did consider shooting Goro multiple times but we still didn't, and he was a war mongerer.

The food and drinks were GREAT. The costumes were great. Honestly, one of the top five experiences I've had here. I'd definitely go back if they invited. They're not very fond of tall people though. Everything was so tiny there.

[provenforce]

Anything I didn't have to sell, really. I made dolls out of old scraps of uniforms I found in derelict ships, rescued flowering plants from the sand. I did rebuild an old flight training simulator from junk parts once, but that's a different skill set from making stuffed toys.

[aquilus]

[Ha ha ha]

I don't think I'd be of much help with...puppets.

[sonofacesius]

Time and space, you're that time traveler I heard about!
I'm at the Inn, although not often. You can also find me at Salves and Stitches. Stitching someone up.

[thedreamer]

𝙾𝚑, 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍, 𝚊𝚕𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚖𝚢 𝚗𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍. 𝚈𝚎𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝'𝚜 𝚖𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙳𝚘𝚌𝚝𝚘𝚛! 𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚜𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚜𝚙𝚘𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚋 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚗 𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎.

𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗, 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚍𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚚𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜.

[thedreamer]

𝙶𝚘𝚘𝚍, 𝚕𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚒𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚢! 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚗𝚘 𝚔𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐, 𝚗𝚘 𝚊𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚝𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚝. 𝚂𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚊 𝚍𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚜𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚌𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚒𝚜 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢. 𝙲𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚚𝚞𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜, 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚎𝚕𝚜𝚎 𝚊 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚠𝚘. 𝙽𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢 𝚌𝚊𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚡.

𝙸 𝚍𝚘 𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚢 𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚐𝚊𝚒𝚗. 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚊 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚜𝚝𝚞𝚖𝚎 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎. 𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚑𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚔 𝚖𝚢𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝.

[thedreamer]

[ Will he let this go so easily? Perish the thought. ]

𝚆𝚑𝚢? 𝚈𝚘𝚞'𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚙𝚞𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚜. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔, 𝚕𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚍. 𝙳𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢, 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚝, 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚍𝚘𝚗'𝚝 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚍.

[thedreamer]

𝙸'𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚜𝚔, 𝚝𝚘𝚘! 𝙸'𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚗 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚒𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚜 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚙𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚊𝚞𝚕. 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗.

[thedreamer]

[ She's absolutely correct in that assessment. ]

𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚕𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝚌𝚎𝚛𝚝𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚕𝚢, 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚗'𝚝 𝚏𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚢𝚎𝚝. 𝙻𝚎𝚝'𝚜 𝚔𝚎𝚎𝚙 𝚜𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛, 𝚎𝚑?

𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝙸'𝚕𝚕 𝚋𝚎 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚐𝚕𝚊𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚠𝚎 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚎𝚝 𝚞𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗.

[thedreamer]

𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗?

[ Inflection is hard with the written word at times, but he's definitely teasing. And he attempts to draw a hastily scribbled face sticking out a tongue, for good measure. ]

𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎'𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠. 𝚄𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚋𝚕𝚎! 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔.

[thedreamer]

𝙾𝚔𝚊𝚢, 𝚘𝚔𝚊𝚢, 𝚗𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚛𝚊𝚐! [ He's teasing! And tries to draw a smiley face with its tongue sticking out, to further reinforce that. ] 𝙸𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎! 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚛𝚎𝚋𝚞𝚒𝚕𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚎, 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚊𝚙𝚜? 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚘𝚛 𝚝𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏?

[ It's something he would be able to do, easily, so he's intrigued by someone who could do that sort of thing — as a child, no less. Building their own toys as well, it's all painting a very specific picture of childhood. ]

[aquilus]

[Doctor please.]

I am not good with children.

[earthborn]

If I've got time.

[You will see her commit properly in hell, good sir, and not a moment sooner.]