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[crimsoncrow]

"perfect and good looking and whatever"?

_{[ smh s o n ]}

I'll see what I can do. In the meantime, I think you'll be fine. You're a smart kid with more at your disposal than I ever had at your age, and you've got a knack for telling stories to boot.

[counterattack]

you've met him, you know what he's like! and just think, he got even WORSE/BETTER once he got his memory back!
stronger, cooler, smarter kinda, even more unbelievable
IT'S NOT FAIR!! HOW DO I COMPARE TO THAT

and how is telling stories gonna get me a date??

[crimsoncrow]

I'm the one who dragged him home, kiddo. I've just never said that about him.

You'd be surprised how effective stories are. Lead someone in with a good hook, and they'll be dying to know more.

[counterattack]

well you wouldn't because you never had to stand there and watch someone you were flirting with totally cold shoulder you to chat him up instead

a good hook like what? i don't think dumb stuff i did as a kid or how to breed cows is gonna be very interesting

[crimsoncrow]

At this point I'm not even sure if I remember how to flirt, so you've got me there.

Try some of the stuff you told me. You went up to the stars, Law. Not many people can say that, can they?

[counterattack]

yeah well apparently neither do i

not many dahnans anyway. would that really work?

[crimsoncrow]

You're probably better at it than I am these days. I'm an old dog and slow to pick up new things.

_{[ aka open mouth insert size thirteen boot ]}

It'd be a good conversation piece, I think. And if they've also been there, then... well, uh. That's something you'd have to talk to each other about, right? Compare your experiences. Ask 'em questions bout it and themselves. I've started to figure out that our world and Lenegis are leagues different from the ones other people come from and it's fascinating. A little scary, but I'd want to hear as much as I could about all of it.

[counterattack]

you're not that old! you're what, 30?

( he honestly has no idea. )

yeah... you're right
everybody i've met so far has some really cool stories about where they're from and it's all way different from what it's like for us. i'm still
i still kind of
it's
a habit not to tell people too much if i don't know i can trust them, but i don't think i need to worry about that here.

[crimsoncrow]

Might wanna do your math on that one, Law. Kinda flattered that you think I can pull 30 off with all the grey in my hair though.

_{[ LIKE... WEIRDLY FLATTERED? it's a nice little pick-me-up!! ]}

If it helps I haven't felt like I couldn't trust a stranger here yet. No uh
what was that phrase I heard from one of the locals
"no bad vibes"
And barring space travel you've been to other parts of Dahna. Places that I never could've dreamed of. Renans aside, I bet you've got plenty of stories about the places you've seen there. Mountains, rivers, the ocean...

Don't sell yourself short.

[counterattack]

what grey?

( is he being obtuse or does he really mean it? also, hey, it's a big step up from total dork. take the W. )

you're gonna see all those things too, you know. here. with all of us.

[crimsoncrow]

Where all the pink used to be. I'm in my forties, squirt.

I'm gonna hold you to that promise.

[counterattack]

wait really?? i was thinking 37 at most

you won't have to. that's what i want for my birthday - for you to be happy. so now you have to do it or else.

[crimsoncrow]

At 21 I was definitely not ready to be a parent. I did pop the question to your mother at that age though so there's that.

What if I said I was already happy?

[counterattack]

if you couldn't even punch a boulder yet i can't even imagine how you could handle changing diapers

( because boulders are so much easier!! )

you are? even after
everything?

[crimsoncrow]

Diapers were nothing. Well, up until you started walking which turned into running, and you were fast.

_{[ famed rebel leader Zephyr No-Last-Name chasing after an unruly toddler? oh yeah. ]}

Of course I am. We're both alive and on the mend, aren't we? That's all that matters to me.

[counterattack]

mom told me one time i saw a jackrabbit in the wastes and almost caught it, but i think she was exaggerating to hype me up... i can't even catch one of those NOW without setting a trap first

yeah, but
i guess so.

[crimsoncrow]

I could believe it. You always had a way with animals.




What's on your mind?

[counterattack]

i just feel bad, that's all

( that's all, he says. )

you're right, it doesn't matter. nobody died.

[crimsoncrow]

_{[ that he knows of. zephyr won't say it (or write it in this case), but he's been getting some... questionable flashes every now and then involving a lantern, running, screaming and... it's Probably Nothing though. ]}

I gotta know something though

did I
I mean did

_{[ his handwriting gets a little shaky on the last couple letters - ]}

did I hurt you?

[counterattack]

( he can't really remember, but from what bits and pieces he's gotten back since he woke up, plus the marks that can't have come from his own transformation, like the ones on his face, he'd have to guess... yeah. they went at it pretty bad. it's just a good thing Ain patched him up so nice. or that he got away before he was completely disemboweled. or both. )

no, dad. not at all.
the only one who hurt me was me

( i mean technically, since it's all his fault and all, it's not a lie. )

[crimsoncrow]

_{[ sure law ]}

Should be prepared when I come check up on you?
once they give me the go-ahead, that is.

[counterattack]

it's just my face. i'm fine otherwise.
what about you?

[crimsoncrow]

Might wind up with another scar on my face but my mouth is healing up. Just patches of red at this point and pretty sore, but better than what they said it looked like.

My arm on the other hand
Gods only know how many stitches. They've got it wrapped tight for now and they want me to keep it in a sling, and my shoulder feels like I ran it straight into a wall.

_{[ WHICH WOULDN'T... be far from the truth, oops. ]}

[counterattack]

( ugh... how much of that was him? he can't even properly remember. just screaming and flailing, clawing at him, and then fighting him off, the horrible look of his face when he got close enough to see it... yeah, this sucks. but he's definitely not telling him about any of his other injuries after that. not a chance. )

i'm really sorry dad
i'm really really sorry

[crimsoncrow]

What're you apologizing for? I've had worse.

well




alright nothing as crazy as this has ever happened before but you know what I mean, I hope.