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[wooliefrand]

WHO: All
WHERE: The Pasture
WHEN: Day 24 late evening thru night

[IT NIGHTTIME]

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[eonsadrift]

[ He just. bursts out into uncontrollable laughter. ]

[finalefantasy]

[SHE'S GOING TO KILL THE SNAKE AND THE WOLF KING SOOOOOOOO DEAD

patiently waits for him to be done]

[eonsadrift]

[ It takes him a moment for the snickering to subside. He's so amused. Mom was finally useful for something! ]

...oh, the other shepherds would kill for this kind of power over you, wouldn't they?

[finalefantasy]

As they consider us a significant threat, we suppose so.

[eonsadrift]

Then you're very lucky it was me who discovered it. We can just consider this our little secret for now.

[finalefantasy]

...

[tilts her head at him, entirely birdlike, the wings folding low]

Why would you protect us from them?

[eonsadrift]

Consider it less protection and more that I prefer to stack as many advantages in my favor as I can.

And I suppose...

...had I been pulled here from any other point in my past, I likely would have ended up in the same position you're in now.

[finalefantasy]

...

We will remember that.

[they don't thank him. but they seem a little less tense about the whole affair, after he says that, their hands no longer clenched to tight in their lap.]

[eonsadrift]

You'd better. Though I am curious to see how far the control extends, you're much too interesting to scare off.

[finalefantasy]

We are not frightened. But we appreciate understanding.

...

Do you dislike them? This little realm's bonds and boundaries.

[eonsadrift]

Oh, I despise them. Even with this little weakness of yours, I think I'd have preferred to be a weed. Being forced to care about others is exhausting.

[finalefantasy]

And yet you do care, do you not?

I may not be able to touch your feelings, but Clover is more at ease when you are there.

[eonsadrift]

Or I've realized that living in a barn full of stressed-out teenagers is unappealing, and I'm manipulating the situation in my favor.

...if you ask anyone who knew me from my own world, that's probably what they'd say.

[finalefantasy]

When you put it like that, though, it implies that's not actually true.

[eonsadrift]

Well, who knows? I don't like my intentions to be obvious, so you can assume what you want.

[finalefantasy]

Our nature allows us to assume very little.

But it is more interesting, talking like this. Unable to look. We don't dislike it.

[eonsadrift]

Hah. Good. I would hate it if you found me boring.

[finalefantasy]

Ennui is a far worse experience than hate. At least with the latter, one dies bright.

[kicks her feet a little against the fountain's edge, like the girl she appears to be, claws clicking on stone]

Thank you, Zenith.

[eonsadrift]

I can't say I disagree.

...you don't need to thank me, but you are welcome.