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 Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 4:43 pm
"Okay, what's she like? Like, a dragon?" Noah crumpled the tissue up, squeezed it hard, and exhaled slowly. Everything was okay. Everything was fine."A bug dragon, what's that like?"
When he'd gotten his heart and his stomach a little more under control, he turned around and smiled at Al, and hoped it wasn't fake-looking. "I've read it already, I'm just, it's no problem." He tossed the tissue into the trash. "What kind of, of stuff do you read?"
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Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 4:53 pm
"She's black and covered in scales. She has fuzzy antennae and rows and rows of wings down her back. They look like monarch butterfly wings," he had described her to the best of his ability. The actual creature was more than words could express.
"Well, what I was going to offer mostly has pictures. No much words," he wondered if that was hint enough to explain without stating exactly. "But uhm, usually I read like... uh." His confidence seemed to be sapped right out of him when it came to admitting anything about his own intelligence. He mumbled something that sounded suspiciously like fantasy. He had a soft spot for elves, okay. He was turning only a little pink.
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 3:31 am
"I want to see, that sounds really cool." Noah briefly forgot his anxiety in his interest in the creature Al was describing. "How big is she? Is she soft?" When he realized what Al was talking about sharing, his blush came back in full force. "Oh," he said, and didn't laugh, because this was embarrassing enough anyway. But at the mumble, he perked up again. "Did you watch Lord of the Rings ever?" he asked hopefully.
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 6:31 am
"She's so small but cuddly," he held his hands apart in a guesstimate of her size. "I can take you to see her later tonight if you want."
Noah's blush deepened as did a bit of Al's swagger. He liked when Noah got all fluttery. What he didn't like was when he turned it back on him. He rubbed the back of his head as his own blush returned and motions became jittery. "I uh, no, but, I read, uh. I wanted. Uh."
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 12:01 pm
"That would be neat," Noah agreed enthusiastically. He pointed one finger at Al. "Okay, when I do get enough money to get a laptop runiced, it's gonna be movie night," he decreed. "With pizza and popcorn."
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 1:33 pm
Al looked excited at both of those ideas. "And little boxes of swee'es?" He bobbed his head enthusiastically. "You get the laptop and movie, I'll get the junkfood. Deal?" He held out his hand to Noah.
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 2:40 pm
"Deal," Noah agreed, and solemnly shook on it.
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Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2014 2:48 pm
Al's hand took Noah's, firm but cautious. Then shook on it.
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