Well, it's probably not for no reason, that's one thing. And...the person who came for me was very scary, but Hakkai and Xie Lian and Eiffel stopped him from hurting anyone and trapped his ghost in a pickle jar until the flood ended. So...I was having a lot of feelings about that, but I'm okay.
He's still having a lot of feelings about it, really. But mostly good ones.
Thank you for checking on me. What about you? What happened during the flood?
He headbutts Jedao lightly in the chest, not entirely convinced, but reassured enough to let it go for now. He is gonna ask his other dad about it though. For thoroughness. And to make sure Hakkai is also okay.
After a second, he says entirely too casually, I didn't switch with anyone, and I got to meet interesting people. It wasn't that bad for me.
I met Faroe too, Jedao realizes, mental voice soft with an odd wonder. He doesn't love her, but she was as lovely as she was strange. He'd never met a child before. Seen in passing, in ports, but not interacted with.
As soon as he knows he won't be saying anything he shouldn't, the starlight bits on the fox brighten.
She's smart and funny and clever and kind, and she loves it when me and John change shape. She doesn't think it's weird at all, even when we don't look anything like human.
And blob stays quiet this time, because he might never be able to out-lie Jedao, but he has at least learned the obvious lesson that people can't know what you don't say.
Telling wouldn't change anything except maybe for making things harder on him, and then it would be my fault.
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He unfolds a little, looking up at Jedao. I wanted to make sure you were okay. That nothing horrible happened.
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He's still having a lot of feelings about it, really. But mostly good ones.
Thank you for checking on me. What about you? What happened during the flood?
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...How did you get out of the pickle jar? Did it break when you came back?
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After a second, he says entirely too casually, I didn't switch with anyone, and I got to meet interesting people. It wasn't that bad for me.
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No buts. It was... fine.
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Um. I met my inmate's... sister? Sister like John and I are brothers. She was nice. And I met F- family of Arthur's. That was fun.
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She liked Jeep very much.
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She's smart and funny and clever and kind, and she loves it when me and John change shape. She doesn't think it's weird at all, even when we don't look anything like human.
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All at once Edwin dims, literally and figuratively.
She's a good person. She's like Arthur, she can tell what someone's feeling.
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Is that so?
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Yeah. Even when she's upset too.
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Concerned, but calm.
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By accident or on purpose?
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He didn't want to scare Faroe.
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Sort of.
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He thinks probably not. But it invites correction.
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No. His guest was nice.
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Normally things spill out of him easier than this.
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Telling wouldn't change anything except maybe for making things harder on him, and then it would be my fault.
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