[there's a long pause. gee considers what he should or shouldn't say. what would it mean to someone that doesn't know? how likely is it that he'll just earn himself half a dozen questions?]
[back home, this is not a question he would ask or answer without being face to face. but he isn't home. he's here. and he's currently repairing his house with a man that has shark teeth growing out of his head.]
Okay. May I ask what you are? You seem nice, I'm just curious.
[And mildly concerned. Things that aren't human tend to not be nice things where he's from. Jon is an exception. And, well, Fern wasn't human and he was... all right here.]
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i don't know if everyone hears her the way i do
maybe it's for the best some of them don't
she can make some really interesting noises though
made a sound like a dog once
[after he sends all that, he realizes it... probably sounds crazy. ah.]
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It's really sweet you have your own way of communicating with her.
[And that's what he has to say about that.]
Sounding like a dog is pretty impressive. I love dogs. The ones here are a little different from what I'm used to, though.
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[he should probably talk less, this happens too often when he runs off at the mouth.]
i don't know if she's JUST a magpie
i met her a few years ago and she's hung around ever since
the dogs are... different
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[Maybe a little bit. But the meeting her is interesting.]
Where did you meet her?
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i must have been out cold for part of a day or night. she was there when i woke up.
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there was a ritual i was trying, or a spell
it's a little fuzzy now
something new i hadn't seen before
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looking for something
she might have come back out with me
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the hedge
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[What?]
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there's like a whole thing to explain first
are you human?
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not strictly speaking
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[And mildly concerned. Things that aren't human tend to not be nice things where he's from. Jon is an exception. And, well, Fern wasn't human and he was... all right here.]
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[how dangerous is it to say? does it matter? how likely is it that They would find him here?
if the Hedge is here, the Gentry can be too.]
ever hear of changelings?
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the sticks isn't as off as you'd think
but it isn't just children
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that or she's a hedgebeast
i don't actually know
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capital
it's not a changeling thing, it's a barrier between here and arcadia
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