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[labyrinthinedark]

why would i train her?

[lonelynotforsaken]

Because she talks?

[labyrinthinedark]

i mean, she talks to me
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.]

[lonelynotforsaken]

[Definitely touched. Right.]

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.

[labyrinthinedark]

you're making that "okay crazy" face aren't you?

[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

[lonelynotforsaken]

Of course not! :(

[Maybe a little bit. But the meeting her is interesting.]

Where did you meet her?

[labyrinthinedark]

in the woods, after i'd been looking for something
i must have been out cold for part of a day or night. she was there when i woke up.

[lonelynotforsaken]

You just fell asleep out in the woods? Isn't that kind of dangerous?

[labyrinthinedark]

probably
there was a ritual i was trying, or a spell
it's a little fuzzy now
something new i hadn't seen before

[lonelynotforsaken]

What exactly were you trying to do?

[labyrinthinedark]

[too much, gee. too much.]

looking for something
she might have come back out with me

[lonelynotforsaken]

Come back out with you from where?

[labyrinthinedark]

[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?]

the hedge

[lonelynotforsaken]

There was a hedge in a forest?

[What?]

[labyrinthinedark]

it's complicated
there's like a whole thing to explain first

are you human?

[lonelynotforsaken]

Yes. Are you not?

[labyrinthinedark]

[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.]

not strictly speaking

[lonelynotforsaken]

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.]

[labyrinthinedark]

i think the easiest way to say it is i'm neither here nor there anymore

[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?

[lonelynotforsaken]

That's fairy stories, right? Children being replaced by bundles of sticks?

[labyrinthinedark]

something like that
the sticks isn't as off as you'd think
but it isn't just children

[lonelynotforsaken]

Okay, so what I'm getting is that you're a changeling. I suppose that would explain you being able to talk to your bird?

[labyrinthinedark]

might help
that or she's a hedgebeast
i don't actually know

[lonelynotforsaken]

And the hedge is a changeling thing, too? Or Hedge, capitalized?

[labyrinthinedark]

it's just.. the Hedge
capital
it's not a changeling thing, it's a barrier between here and arcadia