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 Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:38 pm
 There's a tingling feeling in the air, the ghost of a smell in his nose, that Breeze knows well by now. He follows it, feeling cooperative with his agent today, at ease with himself and at home in his power.
When he steps through the tangled undergrowth into the light of a clearing, the setting sun lending further fire to his coat, he looks every bit as noble as a blessed stag should.
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 5:52 pm
Crooked Pine looked up in surprise at the buck who had walked in on her musing. Yes, she'd heard that if you whispered a secret wish for your children three times into a still, clear pond, one of the Swamp's chosen would appear before you to grant it. But she hadn't believed it until today. But there was no mistaking it: that noble figure swathed in vines was definitely not your average Kimeti. The doe bowed her head reverently towards him. "Hello, great one. I suppose you have heard my wish?"
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:22 pm
Well, he hadn't, but he'd sure heard something. Heck, why not play along? "I have, my child," he agrees. "You seek a blessing for your children, and I have come to grant it to you."
With a shake of his head, he begins to circle the doe, examining her, perhaps weighing her character. When he reaches her front again, he nods, and says, "They will be strong of heart, mind and body, and grow to be good and wise." There is a quiet rustling of feathers, and a sprig of mint falls gently to the surface of the pond. "That is for you to eat," he says, and turns to leave, his duty done.
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 6:40 pm
Crooked Pine nodded to herself when the buck was gone, chewing the sprig of mint thoughtfully. That wasn't exactly what she had wished for--she'd just hoped they'd be pretty, and perhaps not as insane as her aunts and uncles, what her father had told her of them, anyway--but she thought it would probably do.
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