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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 1:54 pm
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 1:59 pm
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 2:07 pm
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 2:14 pm
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Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 2:22 pm
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Sangmu's face twisted up in pain. She'd made it worse. She looked beside her to Uzoamaka and wanted to cry. She made herself choke down that impulse, but she still was shrunken with unhappiness.
"I'm so sorry about that," she said. "I... she... She wasn't very nice to me when I first got here either." She should have just left when she saw the spring was occupied. Then none of this would have happened. "I really did want to now about what you do with the humans," she added weakly. "You must live such an exciting life. I wouldn't know the first thing to do if a human wanted to ride me or needed help with something."
The insults still jabbed at Uzoamaka, but she too forced composure. There would always be people like that in the world. If she couldn't avoid them, the most she could do was stand up to them and not let them hurt her.
"It is not so hard to carry a rider," she said, trying her best to sound like she didn't have fury seething beneath. "But sometimes you get some new idiot that kicks and thinks he's the one driving you." She wouldn't be so harsh if she wasn't so angry, but she thought it was acceptable given the circumstances.
"Oh no!" gasped Sangmu, scandalized. "Who would think it was ever a good idea to kick someone you were working with?" A moment after she said it, a sly look passed over her face. "If that kirin was a human, I bet she would." And then they both laughed. Slowly, the mixture of good company and soothing waters brought their cheer back. Maybe it wasn't such a bad day for a bath after all.
~Fin.
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