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๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
[ Except she knows that he isn't. A seedling of fear begins to sprout in her stomach which would normally be cause for her to burst into a fresh bought of tears again. Except she can't. ]
๐'๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐'๐ฎ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ท๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
[ Except she knows that he isn't. A seedling of fear begins to sprout in her stomach which would normally be cause for her to burst into a fresh bought of tears again. Except she can't. ]
๐'๐ฅ ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ. ๐ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ ๐'๐ฎ ๐ด๐ข๐บ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฉ ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ท๐ข๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ง ๐ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ค๐ข๐ณ๐ง?
๐๐ด๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐'๐ท๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ด. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ณ.
[ Is she referring to actual children or goats? Probably the latter. ]
๐๐ด๐ฌ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐'๐ท๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ช๐ญ๐ด. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฅ๐ด ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ช๐ณ.
[ Is she referring to actual children or goats? Probably the latter. ]
[ Shit. Just because he's only reading her words doesn't mean he can't guess at what she's probably feeling.
He'll freak out later. ]
Hey. It's gonna be alright, love. We'll figure this out, okay? In the meantime, you focus on finding somewhere without mud and goats first. We have friends in Solvunn, see if you can find some of them, alright?
He'll freak out later. ]
Hey. It's gonna be alright, love. We'll figure this out, okay? In the meantime, you focus on finding somewhere without mud and goats first. We have friends in Solvunn, see if you can find some of them, alright?
[ Except now that the secret is out that he can in fact guess what she's feeling, it works both ways. Uncertain of how far his powers reach she quietly steels her own emotions over. ]
๐๐ฆ'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ, ๐๐บ๐ญ๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ฏ. ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ป๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
[ She injects as much optimism as she can into her words. ]
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต.
๐๐ฆ'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ข๐บ, ๐๐บ๐ญ๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ฏ. ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐บ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐บ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ.
๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ข๐ช๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ. ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ป๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ.
[ She injects as much optimism as she can into her words. ]
๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต, ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต.
[ He can feel that careful veil slide down over her emotions and he reaches out mentally to tug at it, prying it away again. ]
We'll figure it out, sweet. But you don't have to bottle what you're feeling, either. I heard it makes you break out and that's far worse than a few wrinkles.
And the loft is never quiet. You two have a literal zoo at this point. I hope Claude doesn't expect me to be tending his poison...
We'll figure it out, sweet. But you don't have to bottle what you're feeling, either. I heard it makes you break out and that's far worse than a few wrinkles.
And the loft is never quiet. You two have a literal zoo at this point. I hope Claude doesn't expect me to be tending his poison...
She could probably really lecture us for the full Seteth effect if we wanted to go for nostalgia's sake.
And it'll be outside! That's what the door on the greenhouse is for and the ones in the loft. Plus I don't think the lizards have figured out to pull anything into their rolling contraptions just yet, so they're definitely safe.
And it'll be outside! That's what the door on the greenhouse is for and the ones in the loft. Plus I don't think the lizards have figured out to pull anything into their rolling contraptions just yet, so they're definitely safe.
[ He'll feel a stubborn little tug back in her direction. Or maybe a tug and pull of his own wall, as if to quietly say that if he's going to have her expose her worries then it's only fair that he allows his own walls to fall. ]
๐๐ง ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด. ๐๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
๐๐ง ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฐ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ถ๐ด. ๐๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ. ๐๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ข๐ด๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ธ๐ช๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
๐๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ช๐ต๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ'๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด? ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐'๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ.
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ.
๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐ฉ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฅ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ธ๐ข๐บ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ. ๐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ.
Well then he better get back here quick to find out if I murdered his plant or not.
Or maybe that it murdered me.
[ He feels that tug, blinks at it, at being called out on that, but then she might feel the faintest rush of warm fondness wash over her. It's not as strong as he might normally be able to send it - she is a whole country apart, but the connection they have forged between them is strong enough to at least allow a little of it through. ]
Or maybe that it murdered me.
[ He feels that tug, blinks at it, at being called out on that, but then she might feel the faintest rush of warm fondness wash over her. It's not as strong as he might normally be able to send it - she is a whole country apart, but the connection they have forged between them is strong enough to at least allow a little of it through. ]
Absolutely not, but I know the two of you got along.
[ Relatively. At least more than someone openly questioning every last thing the church did, anyway, since he's pretty sure he'll never be on the list of Seteth's favorite students. Or even people. ]
Gods help us all the day that the lizards figure out they can team up with Khurshid. Or get him to open doors because you're onto something about the lock since I found him looking too proud of himself for figuring out the closet door the other day.
[ Relatively. At least more than someone openly questioning every last thing the church did, anyway, since he's pretty sure he'll never be on the list of Seteth's favorite students. Or even people. ]
Gods help us all the day that the lizards figure out they can team up with Khurshid. Or get him to open doors because you're onto something about the lock since I found him looking too proud of himself for figuring out the closet door the other day.
๐๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ.
[ Are you telling her what her (robot) SON needs, Kyle????? ]
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐บ. ๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด? ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
[ Are you telling her what her (robot) SON needs, Kyle????? ]
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ถ๐ต๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ค๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐บ. ๐๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ญ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ต ๐ข ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด? ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.
๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต'๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐บ๐ญ๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ฏ.
๐๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ?
๐๐ข๐บ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ. ๐๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ?
๐ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ถ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ.
๐๐ฉ - ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ? ๐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐บ๐ญ๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ.
๐๐ฉ - ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ? ๐ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ง๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐๐บ๐ญ๐ท๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ.
[ The tinge of nostalgia and sadness doesn't go unnoticed. And though Hilda perhaps can relate in a small way, it is ultimately a future that she has decided she doesn't want for many other various reasons. To be a God, to live forever even if it is alongside those that she holds dear, isn't something that she's certain she wants if it means being burdened with other things.
She nods however in understanding. Processing is a good word though it denotes feeling more deeply about what had happened to them more than Hilda would like to admit that she does.
The name and the location that John had come from suddenly clicks. John, is, after all, a rather common name. ]
Oh, John! He's a friend of Claire's. I didn't realize that he knew Geralt. I can't believe that he made it out of Thorne without anything happening.
She nods however in understanding. Processing is a good word though it denotes feeling more deeply about what had happened to them more than Hilda would like to admit that she does.
The name and the location that John had come from suddenly clicks. John, is, after all, a rather common name. ]
Oh, John! He's a friend of Claire's. I didn't realize that he knew Geralt. I can't believe that he made it out of Thorne without anything happening.
[ Pulling herself out of the muck in the middle of Solvunn - she does in fact feel that rush of warmth. Whether he intends it or not, it provides her just enough feeling back into her fingers as she roughly tugs her lost boot out of the mud. Though faint, she sends a faint caress, a brush of fingertips against the feeling that she hopes will feel akin to her brushing her fingers against his cheek. ]
๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐บ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค. ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ - ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ?
[ Said as if they aren't all prone to dramatic tendencies to varying degrees (and said as if she isn't the one who is being the Most Dramatic of them all. ]
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ'๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ?
๐๐ต'๐ด ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ด๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐บ. ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ค. ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ - ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ?
[ Said as if they aren't all prone to dramatic tendencies to varying degrees (and said as if she isn't the one who is being the Most Dramatic of them all. ]
๐๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ง ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ'๐ด ๐จ๐ฐ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ ๐ด๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฑ?
๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต?
[ In the same way Setheth was unlikely to count Claude amonngst one of his favourite students, the same could probably be said about her. Except she probably could say with certainty that the devout man tolerated her beyond the status of just former student. Otherwise why else would he have looped her along on a project born out of his own passion for storytelling? At least, that's what she assumed. She hasn't quite plucked up the courage to ask yet. ]
๐๐ข๐ช๐ต, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต? ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต! ๐๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ด?
[ In the same way Setheth was unlikely to count Claude amonngst one of his favourite students, the same could probably be said about her. Except she probably could say with certainty that the devout man tolerated her beyond the status of just former student. Otherwise why else would he have looped her along on a project born out of his own passion for storytelling? At least, that's what she assumed. She hasn't quite plucked up the courage to ask yet. ]
๐๐ข๐ช๐ต, ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต? ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ต๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต! ๐๐ฐ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ฆ'๐ด ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ช๐ค๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฌ๐ด?
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๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ?
[ Are they still talking about goats or kids... ]
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ฆ?
[ Are they still talking about goats or kids... ]
[ Wow. ]
๐๐ฆ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ฆ'๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ข๐ต๐ด ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต. ๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐จ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ.
๐๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ช๐ด๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฆ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ข๐ด๐ฌ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ฏ'๐ต ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ.
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