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[ The water churns from within a moment.
Then: VWOOSH.
Out she jumps right in front of him.
Sodden, naturally, but one flick of her fingers, she is perfectly dry. All the water sent back into the tub. ]
Thank you, Junpei. That made it much quicker.
Then: VWOOSH.
Out she jumps right in front of him.
Sodden, naturally, but one flick of her fingers, she is perfectly dry. All the water sent back into the tub. ]
Thank you, Junpei. That made it much quicker.
[ He can’t help but twitch in surprise when she pops out!
But he absolutely tries to play it off a beat later as if it didn’t scare him at all. Like a cat missing a jump. ]
You’re … welcome. That’s a very … interesting ability, Gilia. You can do that with ANY water?
But he absolutely tries to play it off a beat later as if it didn’t scare him at all. Like a cat missing a jump. ]
You’re … welcome. That’s a very … interesting ability, Gilia. You can do that with ANY water?
As long as it is about shoulder width of apart. Not that it is always exact. I first appeared in the Banya, first instance.
[ She clears her throat, as if to say: it's all very ordinary. ]
I can also breathe underwater, which also aides the process.
[ She clears her throat, as if to say: it's all very ordinary. ]
I can also breathe underwater, which also aides the process.
... Five, I was five I suppose before I had to start — taking up m' duties.
[ She swallows down her next mouthful hazily. ]
I liked... liked collecting flowers and... making crowns to weave them. And... and I would want to follow m' brothers everywhere. Only — they had lessons and I did not so — they would hide me in the room so I could listen — and then after they would — read to me. I lik'd being read to.
[ She swallows down her next mouthful hazily. ]
I liked... liked collecting flowers and... making crowns to weave them. And... and I would want to follow m' brothers everywhere. Only — they had lessons and I did not so — they would hide me in the room so I could listen — and then after they would — read to me. I lik'd being read to.
[ She nods and gestures him on.]
I will find a seat, I need some time to work the water to be best for what I think he wants, regardless, so I will not be a bother to anyone.
[ And given everything lately - ]
... And if you need any help washing the blood off the floors, I am glad to help. Just let me know.
I will find a seat, I need some time to work the water to be best for what I think he wants, regardless, so I will not be a bother to anyone.
[ And given everything lately - ]
... And if you need any help washing the blood off the floors, I am glad to help. Just let me know.
[ That earns a surprised laugh from him as he turns to busy himself at a nearby table, fussing with some things in vials. ]
That’s … very kind of you. Blood on the floors isn’t a new hazard of the job, but the volume this month has definitely increased. But really it’s all right, the chaos is almost comforting at this point.
That’s … very kind of you. Blood on the floors isn’t a new hazard of the job, but the volume this month has definitely increased. But really it’s all right, the chaos is almost comforting at this point.
'S story.
[ Drunken! Story! Time! ]
There was the First - Spirits. Those... those are Time, and Light annnnnd Essence. Essence is - Aether and - stuff. Little, little, little bits of dirt, that sort of - stuff.
But - Time's not seen, you just know it's there. Sometimes. Unless Spirits. Spirits are beginning and end of time, all of time? But still see time happen, even if — only after realise hoooow much.
Like Mice! Mice always everywhere! And you don't see them, you just find litttttle nibbles. So 's just like Time! Always there, and you know it, but never ever see it. "What's always there but you never see it, always running away and never caught? Time!' Then your Babushka's will say 'I thought you meant mice'. Then your Dzadhshku will tell you, Mice help Time being all the places, and tell's Time when to change because time goes on and on and on and might forget the - order it's meant to happen and you will have summer in winter and winter in summer!
But in winter, mice are sooooooo small, and get soooo cold, and don't want to do their work for Time, just want to sleep. So you make snow mice, to help them!
[ Drunken! Story! Time! ]
There was the First - Spirits. Those... those are Time, and Light annnnnd Essence. Essence is - Aether and - stuff. Little, little, little bits of dirt, that sort of - stuff.
But - Time's not seen, you just know it's there. Sometimes. Unless Spirits. Spirits are beginning and end of time, all of time? But still see time happen, even if — only after realise hoooow much.
Like Mice! Mice always everywhere! And you don't see them, you just find litttttle nibbles. So 's just like Time! Always there, and you know it, but never ever see it. "What's always there but you never see it, always running away and never caught? Time!' Then your Babushka's will say 'I thought you meant mice'. Then your Dzadhshku will tell you, Mice help Time being all the places, and tell's Time when to change because time goes on and on and on and might forget the - order it's meant to happen and you will have summer in winter and winter in summer!
But in winter, mice are sooooooo small, and get soooo cold, and don't want to do their work for Time, just want to sleep. So you make snow mice, to help them!
I am sure running places like this is a great deal more than just the task of the sick. [ That she knew intimately. ]
But let me do this. It will let me feel useful, for once. I know how sitting blood can make bad air, and it is something I am uniquely skilled to make your day a little less chaotic. [ because that's what makes people sick right?? ]
More importantly, I can dry it at the same time, with no risk of ice forming on anything while it happens.
But let me do this. It will let me feel useful, for once. I know how sitting blood can make bad air, and it is something I am uniquely skilled to make your day a little less chaotic. [ because that's what makes people sick right?? ]
More importantly, I can dry it at the same time, with no risk of ice forming on anything while it happens.
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Sometimes I wonder if this is why I think I want to toss half the Void-Touch into the pond for a little while. Not a lot. Not the sea. Just a pond. Like you all very much and - know you do not mean to sound so, none of you do — [ She rubs at her eyes roughly and upset. The unhelpful mutter when she outright huffs. ]
— Tables are not common. Not even heated ones. We do not have those - well, I suppose some Fire-Spirit aligned might. But - tables are not common, they are reserved for those of great wealth.
[ THROWS HANDS UP! ]
Tables! If I told Māte and my sisters at home, they would never believe me.
— Tables are not common. Not even heated ones. We do not have those - well, I suppose some Fire-Spirit aligned might. But - tables are not common, they are reserved for those of great wealth.
[ THROWS HANDS UP! ]
Tables! If I told Māte and my sisters at home, they would never believe me.
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