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 Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 6:22 pm
"Nope. most are as attached to them as you are. So I won't have them removed. plus..even you and I wouldn't be able to console that big brute if we took them all off. he had a rought time just getting over the ones that you had removed and Zahara's."
A small grin, and a shake of his head.
"He's fine. you have a master rune mage and an expert swordsman watching him, not to mention ogres breakers, necromancers, and gladiator slaves. and Arthur and Zahara. plenty of defense."
"Yep. Alot. but it's just cuase the kelves and thier parents were flirts. I picked up the habit. nto that I ever got a date or anything."
A shrug. Before his hand glowed red, and tapping her nose to make it glow a bit..to stop the irritated bleed, before the same glow seemed to drink to the smear blood.
"and my father was a nortorious flirt, so mother used to say."
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 6:26 pm
Each pup jumped oout of their seet and gathered closer to her.
"a seed?"
'What seed?"
"what did the seed do?"
"Was it a magic seed?"
"Maybe it was a flower?"
"Did someone give it to him?"
"where did he find it? Just lying on the ground?"
"Seeds can be very powerful! I read that in a book once!"
"Wow a seed!... wait... why is that cool?"
All the pups were talking at once
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 6:34 pm
"Oh yes we would, I would just tell him I needed the metal for my arrows. That would make him feel better. All he needs is a good explaination and a little incentive and that gets the job done. He just doesn't like to think that his things are rejected...though now that you're going to have him in this new little jewel craft supply, I'm sure he'll never be disappointed again." Though blinking at him and giving him almost a shy 'I know I'm overdoing it but I can't help myself' grin. "You'd be surprised by how many what ifs can run through my head when it comes to him A'mael. Almost as many as you can muster...though I'm sure once he gets older I'll be even more horrified and what not. And you're just as cautious..."
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 7:22 pm
"Difference between cautious, and overprotective."
a little grin at her, and a shake of his head.
"You try it. and when you have about five thousand arrowheads, and not fletching, you can explain to him why."
Then back to work, though a side glance at Laudi.
"See anyplace you'd like for a rookery around here?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 7:38 pm
"Hey, I could use about five thouhsand arrowheads. And I would merely have him melt down then bar the metal for me and I would use it as I needed, see problem fixed." Look, she could think outside of his box, wasn't that cute? Watching him a moment longer and then shaking her head lightly, turning on her boot heel. "I'll be at the stables." She really had to distract herself from worrying or she was going to be right back inside facing her mother.
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 7:58 pm
Zahara was lightly scratching her foal's nose, smiling down at him. He was getting so big and growing up rather nicely. She slipped him another cube of sugar and then shared the wealth, handing one off to all the others as well. She loved to come down here and just hang out with the horses, one of those things she'd missed living at Sevilin's. Not a day ever passed that she didn't find some time to come down here and visit them. They were one of those rare things that she actually took pleasure in. And she often told them things. Even now she was talking to them as she brushed Rhyvaren down. "And he's getting so big. When he looks at you and he recognizes you he gets this big huge smile on his face and he just lights up. And he has this cute little habit of reaching up and holding his ear right before he goes off to reverie and those big violet eyes...when he looks at you like that, you feel like you can do anything. how can one little elf trust so much?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:09 pm
Yup she was going to have nice new stables in no time wasn't she? It would be a nice thing too...nice and big and open, since the horses were more or less free range, though knew it was best not to go out too far from thier little place. Though her ears twitched at the sound of the familiar voice and she listened then. She was talking about Zykariel? In positive manner?...almost like a mother. "Because no one's ever made them distrust." That was more or less her announcing herself and making her way to what horses were indeed hanging around, namely a winged zephyr, petting at him. Yes, she was going to have to get herself some new blood in this herd, pureblood at that. She was sure Kieran could get her a zephyr and a pegasus...though what to do about getting another nightmare. Malik may do it, who knew.
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:25 pm
Zahara froze instantly when she heard Piper's voice and she gave it a moment to stay calm then turned and smiled. "Hello Piper. Good to see you up and moving about. How is everything? Feeling any pain or soreness you need to report that you think is excessive or just the minimal?" Nope, she wasn't going to acknowledge that Piper had heard her because that was uncharted territory and she didn't want to get into a fight about it. Seemed like every time they talked about children and babies and whatnot they ended up raising their voices and saying things they both regretted later. "And Malikhai? He's fine too?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:30 pm
Arthur had sighed lightly when Zahara decided to stop the lesson and just go off to whatever is she wanted to do, he had screwed up big time and he knew that he had to go off and be alone to collect his thoughts before just showing up around Zahara again, he didn't want her to be angry at him again and he didn't want to yell at her. So with a small sigh he dusted himself off of any dirt he had collected and left the arena without any more worry. After getting himself checked out by a cleric Arthur decided it be best to go back to his room and focus on controlling his magic, he needed to keep it in a much control as possible, the end of his training with Sevilin was coming so he needed to be at his best before Sevilin could let him go. Minutes later Arthur slowly opened the door to his room and walked inside, closing it gently behind him as he wandered over to the mirror in his room to look at it. What he saw was a dirty surface elf staring right back at him. So this is me huh? he thought and sighed, what Zahara told him when he gave up had really bothered him; he needed to start taking all of this training seriously or he'll never survive living here for another five years, so he sat down on the floor and asumed the cup hand postion and closed his eye so he could start training.
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:31 pm
"I'm still sore, but not as much as I have been. I think I'm fine though...not limping or anything so yes, I'll be fine." Letting her hands splay a wing for a moment then her fingers trailing through fingers. Hm...fiery winged cross breed...oh how lovely that sounded. With enough breeding hell, she could make a pureblooded nightmare with said wings. "And Malikhai is just fine...and with my parents right now...my mother thought that I needed an hour or two to myself and thusly kicked me out. I beg to differ. Anything new with you? Last three days have been a blur to me..."
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:46 pm
Zahara couldn't help but chuckle. She knew how the surface elf felt about Malikhai. Gods forbid that child be out of her sight or anywhere away from her and she went crazy. She must be feeling like going crazy now but Zahara would politely refrain from saying anything along those lines. "Oh you know, the normal stuff mostly. Although I did move back here earlier today. So you'll be seeing a lot more of me, isn't that nice?" She reached out and stroked the nose that bumped against her hand searching for more sugar or another tasty treat. "Think they're ready to ride yet or do we still need to wait a little while?" She and Piper had both anxiously been waiting for the day when they could begin training them. The men had forbidden it while they'd been pregnant and Zahara hadn't felt right going ahead without Piper even if it had been time. That was just mean, would be like someone drinking a whole bottle of wine in front of her daily knowing she couldn't have any.
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 8:54 pm
A blink. She had moved back? Already? Must of meant that she was done playing food source to Zykariel. "Yeah, after all haven't had you around to get in trouble with." Yes, she would be positive...she just couldn't afford to get upest right now. But letting the wing go and turning her attention to Zahara more fully. "Oh they're ready to ride, over due for it in fact. And Malik said that in a few days that he wouldn't mind, of course if I was feeling up to it, if I started thier training and what not. Care to help?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 9:02 pm
"Do I care to help? Are the gods fickle?" She shook her head and continued petting idly. "Of course I want to help Piper. I've been passing my days just thinking of the day when we could begin their formal training and then the day when we could ride them whenever we wanted. It's one of those things that has had me excited for a long, long time." Then she calmed for a moment, remembering how she'd felt after giving birth. "But don't rush it Piper. I know I didn't feel like doing much of anything after I gave birth and you must be feeling even worse what with the much harder time you had. I can wait as long as we need to."
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Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 10:02 pm
Cedric shrugged, Dietrich had a growing ferocity that seemed to be steaming from love of all things. "I have had similar feelings before too, when I did not understand my own heart and felt threatened by external influences on the ones I held dearist." The elf patted each head again, "You need to understand what you are feeling, and why you are feeling it before you can truly understand why you want to bite someone. Always remember that if you bite someone, you must be prepaired to die. If you go around always biting people, you will never be able to connect with a moment where you bite will determine the future."
Cedric smiled softly, and decided to use an example. " If you were to bite me, for example, I might skewer you with my sword, and you would die. If you die because you bite me solely on impulse, you have died for nothing."
To further clearify the situation, "If you were to bite a wraith in defence of your lady, you would die as well. But in this second attack, you died with intent, which would bring more meaning to your life."
Further explination, "Living your life is not merely dealing with the situations that are presented to you, and acting accordingly. That is simply existing, and not living. Living is different from existing. A plant exists, it is not sentient, it has no mind; thus, it merely occupies space and is eventually devoured by time or animals. A sentient being, someone with a mind, can consiously act, and ponder. This sentience, or ability to think, reinvents the universe to make sense of the world. You try to place names to places, and things, you try to make order from chaos. Similar to how the creator gods brough law to the void, we try to make law for the same reason. We can precieve that the world is there, and we can understand how it functions through magic, religion and science." That may have been too complex, thus a summery was in order.
"What I am trying to express to you is that the reason why you want to bite is caused by an emotional impulse that is created by your mind while you are interacting with people." He paused, that was a lot of jargon. "You wish to bite because it seems like the right thing to do at the time. You think it is the right thign to do, because you do not see or understand why it is wrong. Naturally, you have three mouths, each full of nice white teeth. Naturally, they should be used for biting. You are seeing people, who look like good things to bite because you do not want them near Meilikki. You do not want them near Meilikki because... Because?" Cedric phrased the last part of his logic on a question to try and get the dog to speak his emotions rather than simply deciding hem for him.
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 1:58 pm
"Thanks." She rubbed at the back of her hand where the blood was and stood up carefully, the speed from the rbacers had made he legs wobbly.
"Ah. I see." To be honest, she wasn't entirely sure what flirting was, excpet for the fact that it involved soem kind of talking. Or maby body gesture? Gee, she hadn't thought of that. She whipped what sand she could from her arms and legs but didn't bother even trying to get it out of her hair.
"I think I'm gonna need a bath soon."
"Yes, a seed. He found it in the home of an old man who graciously allowed him to sleep in his home for the night. It was in a clay jar, all by itself. A family heirloom passed from father to son for generations. It was a seed for an evergreen tree." She held her ahnds out to stress the significance of this. "You may not even have seen one in Roarke's little garden."
"Well, he asked the man if he could keep the seed. And the man, having no son, agreed. As long as the seed was never sold, never eaten, never planted until the sun bless it."
The three headed dog gratefully accepted each pat that Cedric was willing to give. "Sometimes, just because." Whimpered the canine. "Sometimes I don't want Mistress getting hurt, or insulted, or embarrased. But sometimes, I just want to bite them."
Three pairs of eyes looked up at Cedric. "I am the soul of a murderer. What if I am...regressing?"
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