[ oh! an interesting question. he hums, looking down at shenya. ] Based on where it came from? No, I don't think so. Much of what we dealt with there was about a stolen childhood. If she does end up becoming a demon or a magical creature, at least she'll still think I'm her father.
[ he says the last part lightly, a little teasing. shenya the duck seems perfectly content, snuggling up against fei du's leg. ] Though, admittedly, that it hatched at all was a surprise.
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[ help. this surprises him, a little? he turns his head to look at her, and then down to the duck in his lap.
...
and then he huffs, and ducks his head. back the week they had a fun little mission to race pets, he'd been so hesitant to touch a single animal, so careful the way he put his hands on them. it's... growth, is what it is, and it's occurring to him a little belatedly, too. ]
...Well. I've spent the past few months cohabitating with the young lord and master. [ sir fatty fatkins himself, comrade luo yiguo. but. ] And it helps, I think - when we first got the eggs, we all felt that we had to protect them at all costs. When I was writing my notes, I thought about leaving her to Nahri, but I felt like I couldn't.
[ absently, he reaches down to put his finger on the top of shenya's head. she nibbles on his fingertip, fearless, and headbutts his hand. ]
If it weren't for that, it might end up differently. [ it won't. he's so carefully conditioned himself, electrocuted himself for wrong answers, worked so hard to fight against the way his father tried to condition him, but there's a wall of doubt that's terrified that one day he'll slip. ] They usually tend not to like me, small animals. But she's different.
joke about that? he seems to think it's very amusing. it's mostly because he's dead and his memories are all out there that he's letting his actual personality show through a little here. ]
...but, maybe so. She did bite me the first thing out of the eggshell, so I wouldn't put too much stock in it.
but he's smiling, so, he's probably joking, too. there's something enigmatic to the twinkle in his eye, because, well. you raise me up so i can stand on mountains has more to do with a corpse he found in his bedroom seven years ago, than anything. ]
And so she is. [ shenhe quacks. ] This is an excellent distraction tactic, by the way.
[ enigmatic answer but like what do you expect at this point.
he nods, though, mouth quirking up in a smile. ]
Mm. It was the safest vote - even if she hadn't killed, I wouldn't be surprised if the votes had come up for Go to Sleep, anyway. [ ... ] It does seem like she killed Valerie. I hope your team will be alright...?
...I think mine is the same. Personalities aside. [ he just knows wenzhou would never murder someone if he could help it. ] I'm curious to know what our points looked like before I got here, but I'm sure they weren't all that high after Libby's week ended. Ultimately, I think putting victory in the hands of the frontrunners is a solid survival strategy, but there's no predicting anything.
What brought the four of you together? Just necessity?
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I'm wondering if you know if the duck will become or do anything.
[ she is thinking, if they came from the adventures, do they mean anything?
that's not exactly the question he asked, but it's her immediate thought upon seeing him and the cute duck on this unreasonably expensive car. ]
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[ he says the last part lightly, a little teasing. shenya the duck seems perfectly content, snuggling up against fei du's leg. ] Though, admittedly, that it hatched at all was a surprise.
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At least it's a girl duck.
[ hmm... ]
One nice thing that may or may not balance out the trauma you might have experienced. You've come far from shying away from a kitten.
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...
and then he huffs, and ducks his head. back the week they had a fun little mission to race pets, he'd been so hesitant to touch a single animal, so careful the way he put his hands on them. it's... growth, is what it is, and it's occurring to him a little belatedly, too. ]
...Well. I've spent the past few months cohabitating with the young lord and master. [ sir fatty fatkins himself, comrade luo yiguo. but. ] And it helps, I think - when we first got the eggs, we all felt that we had to protect them at all costs. When I was writing my notes, I thought about leaving her to Nahri, but I felt like I couldn't.
[ absently, he reaches down to put his finger on the top of shenya's head. she nibbles on his fingertip, fearless, and headbutts his hand. ]
If it weren't for that, it might end up differently. [ it won't. he's so carefully conditioned himself, electrocuted himself for wrong answers, worked so hard to fight against the way his father tried to condition him, but there's a wall of doubt that's terrified that one day he'll slip. ] They usually tend not to like me, small animals. But she's different.
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[ are animals able to sense that? the coldness that was brutalized into him?
this is so far from what lambda thought about trial results, but we're here now. ]
It seems like she's helping you more than you think.
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[ don't
joke about that? he seems to think it's very amusing. it's mostly because he's dead and his memories are all out there that he's letting his actual personality show through a little here. ]
...but, maybe so. She did bite me the first thing out of the eggshell, so I wouldn't put too much stock in it.
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[ if he wants to joke about it. ]
She's still following you.
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[ don't be pedantic
but he's smiling, so, he's probably joking, too. there's something enigmatic to the twinkle in his eye, because, well. you raise me up so i can stand on mountains has more to do with a corpse he found in his bedroom seven years ago, than anything. ]
And so she is. [ shenhe quacks. ] This is an excellent distraction tactic, by the way.
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[ she doesn't know this about that song, but it's fine. her assumptions may be wrong for all of time.
she raises her eyebrows so they can be seen above her sunglasses. ]
The result was fine. It suits our purposes enough.
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[ enigmatic answer but like what do you expect at this point.
he nods, though, mouth quirking up in a smile. ]
Mm. It was the safest vote - even if she hadn't killed, I wouldn't be surprised if the votes had come up for Go to Sleep, anyway. [ ... ] It does seem like she killed Valerie. I hope your team will be alright...?
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[ this is such a callous thing to say about someone who just died, but they're all dead here. ]
But they're both resilient in their own way, so I think they'll be fine. We'll see if they don't become targets next week.
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Do you think they'll strike? Your team.
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[ what point would there be in striking now? She doesn't think they'd do it just to become a target. ]
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...I think mine is the same. Personalities aside. [ he just knows wenzhou would never murder someone if he could help it. ] I'm curious to know what our points looked like before I got here, but I'm sure they weren't all that high after Libby's week ended. Ultimately, I think putting victory in the hands of the frontrunners is a solid survival strategy, but there's no predicting anything.
What brought the four of you together? Just necessity?