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 Posted: Thu Jan 06, 2011 9:32 pm
Damien winced inwardly as Boian corrected his pronunciation, irritated with himself for doing such an impolite thing. He always thought it was annoying when people mispronounced names, and now here he was doing the same thing. He ground his teeth, willing himself to be calm; he didn't want to scare the kid off. "Sorry. Boian. Bo-inn. I'll get it right."
At Boian's next question, Damien was forced to stop in his digging, struggling with his words as he tried to think of a decent toddler-version explanation for the devil. He didn't want to scare the kid, but he didn't want to talk down to him either. "Ehhh... The devil is what some people think is the reason for all the bad things in the world. They think that he's there to try and trick us and make us do bad things so that after we die, we are always punished." He shrugged nonchalantly after that, afraid that he was laying on a little thick and wanting to offer at least whatever minimal reassurance he could give. "But some people don't think that he actually exists, and there's no way of proving it either way, so... Don't really worry about it." With that lame ending he turned back to his ditch-digging, face burning a little pointlessly as he worried about the impact he had on the young kid's psyche.
Within a few minutes, there was a small but even moat around the castle area, and Damien glanced up as Boian rebuilt his tower. "There, that's done," he reported quietly. "What do you want me to do next?"
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 3:12 pm
Boian shook his head, "No need to be sorry. I guess it is hard to pronounce right. But thank you for trying to say it right."
When the other stopped digging Boian stopped too, mainly to give his attention to the story the other spawn told him. "Wow, to always be punished for doing something bad...that is not good. Does it matter how bad what you did is? Like even if you were to lie for a good reason would you be punished?" He gave a slow nod, "Well I guess I should try to be good...just incase." He then gave a small smile and watched the other start to dig.
He tried to do another tower and for once it stood without breaking. He smiled softly and would have given a bright smile but the other just announced that he had finished the moat. "Wow that was quick...um...well I guess you can either make the walls or the other towers." he looked thoughtful for a moment then nods, "Alright let me make the second tower then you can make the connecting wall."
Refilling the bucket he started to try and make a new tower. "Damien...would stealing women's heart be a bad thing?"
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:59 pm
Damien laughed softly and a little nervously at Boian's reaction to his story, understanding his serious reaction. "Yeah, it's fairly serious." He paused to think about the toddler's question, turning it over as he thought about the small bit he knew about theology. "Hmm... Well, if it was for a good cause, I think you would be okay. As long as you intend to do good things, you should be okay. But you should try to be good; that way you probably won't need to lie," he added, nodding in agreement.
He shrugged in response to Boian's comment, looking to the ground bashfully. "I don't know, digging doesn't take that much effort. Not like tower building." Damien nodded in response to Boian's command and sat on the sand, crossing his legs and looking out at the ocean, dyed golden-red by the setting sun.
"Stealing... A heart?" He blinked at the boy's question, worrying for a moment about someone so young asking something like that. Still, he had no reason not to answer him, so he thought deeply for a moment. "Hmm... Well, I'm not quite sure. I mean, if you don't mean to, I don't think it's that bad. But I don't think you should, um, do that to girls intentionally. It would probably make them sad." He shrugged noncommitally, looking back out at the ocean. "But I'm not very knowledgeable about this kind of stuff. If you want to know more, my friend Aludra always talks to priests. They usually do it for free, too."
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Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2011 11:18 am
Boian nods, "I guess I really should try to be good. I mean I don't think I have been bad. Keal has gotten mad at me. Does that mean I was bad?" He looked up at Damien, his violet eyes asking for the truth not just someone being nice to him. But seeing the other waiting he went back to finishing a second tower so that a wall could be built.
"I only ask cause Keal says I am a heart stealer. And a ladies think so too." he let the bucket drop on the other side of the moat. "Why would it make them sad? I like girls and their smiles. They are so pretty I don't want them crying." He looked down at the partcially done sand castle and his ears lowered. he did not think he was doing bad things when he made a woman smile. But maybe that was bad...
"A...lew...draw? Wait whats a priest? They are more religious things right? Like good things not like the devil right?" He was getting a bit confused. And he did not know how a priest could help him if an older spawn could not. "Maybe you can take me when I am older?"
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Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2011 10:34 am
Damien looked oddly at the toddler. Not that's he'd think of himself as any kind of judge, but good and evil seemed something that a toddler shouldn't be worried about. He grumbled to himself about not knowing who 'Keal' was, but he tried to consider the question seriously. It was be rude to just blow it off; the queries of a child were serious, in his serious child's opinion.
Boian's description of himself immediately reminded Damien of his brother, and he clenched his teeth to try and keep his natural irritation at bay. He told himself that he had to be patient, somehow; snapping at the kid wouldn't get through to him. He kept his hands occupied by refining one of the towers as he cautiously spoke.
"Well... Um, to want to make girls happy is good. Everyone should want to make others happy. But..." Damien paused and gestured fruitlessly in the air before facing Boian. "Girls are tricky, or so I've heard. By and large, they don't like when you pay attention to more than one. It, err... It, uh, hurts their feelings, makes them feel like they aren't as special to you as you made them think. You, uh, you should consider those feelings before doing something that could hurt them. Uh, er, I mean, uh, if it... seems appropriate..." He tapered off awkwardly, not wanting to come off as preachy. It wasn't his place to tell Boian what he should and shouldn't do.
"And yes, a priest is a religious thing. They teach people about religion. When you talk to them, they will help you think through morality and things like that." He shrugged and glanced at Boian, a smile in his eyes. "And yeah, if you are still so worried about it, I can take you there. But, I mean, you really shouldn't stress so much. It's bad for you, and to be honest, you seem like a good kid to me." The rarest of small smiles was shot at Boian, but then Damien's attention went back to the castle.
"So, it looks like we're almost done with this thing here. Anything else you really want to add?"
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Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 11:57 pm
Boian listened and laughed softly, "Yes girls are super tricky. Well I would try to never let them know that I am looking at others. I would never want to hurt them. but when I see them I can't stop wanting to see them smile and their heart's light up looking at me." His tail flick around behind him and then he focused back down at the sand. "Are there key things that will upset girls? Do you have a girl who's heart you want to steal? I wont want to meet her and try to make her smile if she belongs to you." He looked back up his bright indigo eyes looking sweet and friendly.
He sat back away from the castle, "Well I would really like you to take me there then. I don't think Keal would want to go near a church. Well thank you Damien. Your very kind too!" he giggled softly then he nods, "I think that maybe a rock on each tower would be prefect. Then we can go and look up things for your collection!" he seeing the smile of the other he beamed.
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Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2011 1:52 pm
Damien rolled his shoulders as Boian spoke, trying to keep his irritation from bubbling over. Maybe it was too much exposure to his brother, but he couldn't help but be frustrated at the toddler's persistent promiscuity. Especially if he was a toddler; it just made him uncomfortable. But he wasn't going to say anything, of course, so he just bit his lip and tried to edit his speech as much as he could. "Yeah... But you can't just lie to them. That makes them mad too. They get jealous and... stuff. So it's nice to want to make them smile, but... Don't lead them on." He poked at one of his shells self-consciously; how did he get roped into this conversation? With a toddler?
When Boian asked about stealing hearts, Damien looked up with a flush, eyes wide. His tail thumped nervously against the sand as he looked back away, hiding behind his hair. "N-N-No! No, no, I don't! No, I- I don't. It's- I don't really, yeah, don't really pay attention to girls that much. And even if I did, they wouldn't want to talk to me. I'm scary-looking... So you can go at whoever you want, I guess." He shrugged, a small point on his face. It didn't matter to him either way. He wasn't that concerned about girls.
His lips pursed in frustration and a bit of pleased embarrassment at the compliments, tapping pointlessly at the sand with his claws. "It's- It's just a favor. Not that much of a deal, just a visit..." A few more seconds of embarrassed fidgeting, and then Damien looked through his pail, selecting a few rocks that he thought wouldn't ruin the castle too much. "Here... Do you think these will work?"
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2011 10:54 pm
Boian did not understand what it meant to lead someone on. He just liked having girls like him. He wanted to steal all their hearts and keep them save, and his. But looked a bit confused with his ears slightly lowered now. "I would never lie to a woman, even if it might upset her it is always good to tell the truth." He said and smiled.
When the older spwan seemed a bit freaked out about stealing ladies hearts he tilted his head to the side a bit and then smiled, "Oh so you want to steal men's hearts? That is okay too. Maybe if you think you will scare the women off you should try the men." he was only trying to be helpful.
Boian was quickly distracted by the rocks that Damien had produced to continue on and he nodded his furred ears raised high again and he gave a bit nod, "Oh yes those would work really really good!" he giggle and was practically beaming at his new castle building expert friend.
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