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noreasonneeded) wrote2024-03-25 08:40 am
noreasonneeded) wrote2024-03-25 08:40 am
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Sorry, I worry sometimes.
[Stella is aware that he is, in many ways, incredibly delicate. She tries to tread very carefully. When he gets back she is taking a bite of the food, once she's swallowed she nods.]
I'm working on it.
[Stella is aware that he is, in many ways, incredibly delicate. She tries to tread very carefully. When he gets back she is taking a bite of the food, once she's swallowed she nods.]
I'm working on it.
You don't have to worry about me.
[He's very used to being the one looking out for everyone else, it's the role he's comfortable inhabiting.]
Yeah? Good. [He tries some of the scramble for himself. It's certainly not fine cuisine, but for a quick home cook meal, he finds it decent.] Also not bad. Though we also have your stocked fridge to thank for it.
[He's very used to being the one looking out for everyone else, it's the role he's comfortable inhabiting.]
Yeah? Good. [He tries some of the scramble for himself. It's certainly not fine cuisine, but for a quick home cook meal, he finds it decent.] Also not bad. Though we also have your stocked fridge to thank for it.
[That makes her arch a brow.]
You're incredibly tough; but not unable to be hurt.
[Both physically and emotionally.]
I try to keep enough in my kitchen so I always have something easy on hand.
You're incredibly tough; but not unable to be hurt.
[Both physically and emotionally.]
I try to keep enough in my kitchen so I always have something easy on hand.
Someone needs to teach kids the important lessons in life. Though I want to also hand them back afterwards.
And while I do have many weird thoughts, human slushie flavors is not one of them.
And while I do have many weird thoughts, human slushie flavors is not one of them.
Pain's easy to handle.
[It's the living beyond the hurt that's the harder part. Though moments like this help clear that path a little more. Moments outside of just his work or quest for revenge.]
It's good thinking ahead. I try and do the same at the Slat, always have something on hand.
[Not just for himself, but all the crew. Everyone under Kaz's wing have a roof over their heads and food to eat if they want it. Though any specialty items or personal snacks, those come out of their own pockets.]
[It's the living beyond the hurt that's the harder part. Though moments like this help clear that path a little more. Moments outside of just his work or quest for revenge.]
It's good thinking ahead. I try and do the same at the Slat, always have something on hand.
[Not just for himself, but all the crew. Everyone under Kaz's wing have a roof over their heads and food to eat if they want it. Though any specialty items or personal snacks, those come out of their own pockets.]
Physical pain can be. It doesn't dig as deep.
[Having your world turned upside down with grief is far worse than any physical pain she's experienced.]
You're basically the Dad crow, you do realize that? It's very endearing.
[He takes care of his crew as family and Stella finds that to be incredibly sweet.]
[Having your world turned upside down with grief is far worse than any physical pain she's experienced.]
You're basically the Dad crow, you do realize that? It's very endearing.
[He takes care of his crew as family and Stella finds that to be incredibly sweet.]
Don't make it a boarding school, then. Take 'em in for half the day and then send them out into the world to scam for homework.
Good, I think I'd worry. And just in case you do get to wondering, the taste is blood. All the tastes are blood.
Good, I think I'd worry. And just in case you do get to wondering, the taste is blood. All the tastes are blood.
[Kaz’s first instinct is to respond that if one shuts their emotions down, even grief can glide off stone. What he’s come to learn however is that while his pain is very real, it doesn’t make him special. Stella isn’t talking about him right now. And while he might at one point have fled rather than talk about emotions, his or anyone else’s, he remains standing there albeit awkwardly.]
It sounds like you have a lot buried. Or perhaps you’ve shoveled it up.
[She gets a snort at the rest.]
They’re just worse than cats if you don’t feed them, and just as bad to herd.
It sounds like you have a lot buried. Or perhaps you’ve shoveled it up.
[She gets a snort at the rest.]
They’re just worse than cats if you don’t feed them, and just as bad to herd.
That sounds much more feasible than being left in charge of tiny people. Plus, scamming for homework sounds more useful than actual homework.
I mean, I've tasted my own blood and haven't been impressed, so I don't think I'll get the urge anytime soon. Good to know though, I do hate having questions lingering. It's like an itch in the brain.
I mean, I've tasted my own blood and haven't been impressed, so I don't think I'll get the urge anytime soon. Good to know though, I do hate having questions lingering. It's like an itch in the brain.
A substantial number of years leads to a lot of shitty things happening to you.
[She gives a little shrug. While she deals with her emotions pretty well, there are still many things she has seen and experienced that she tries to keep buried deep in her mind.
If you live long enough you experience the feast and the famine.]
You're the boss cat then? Bringing home mice so they don't squabble?
[She gives a little shrug. While she deals with her emotions pretty well, there are still many things she has seen and experienced that she tries to keep buried deep in her mind.
If you live long enough you experience the feast and the famine.]
You're the boss cat then? Bringing home mice so they don't squabble?
Tiny people are many handfuls, or so I hear. You'd really be preparing them for their futures compared to learning geometry and popularity.
Well, I'm glad I could help you metaphorically scratch that one.
Well, I'm glad I could help you metaphorically scratch that one.
I can imagine. For what it's worth, I hope whatever caused the shitty things has an even shittier time from it.
[He doesn't offer platitudes or promises of a better future, only that life's pains catch up with those that caused them, too. And when life doesn't take care of it by natural order, he's more than fine with comeuppances coming other ways.]
I'm... I cut the checks.
[He does more, of course, but he doesn't really know how to put it into words.
He drains his cup and pours a second.]
[He doesn't offer platitudes or promises of a better future, only that life's pains catch up with those that caused them, too. And when life doesn't take care of it by natural order, he's more than fine with comeuppances coming other ways.]
I'm... I cut the checks.
[He does more, of course, but he doesn't really know how to put it into words.
He drains his cup and pours a second.]
Thank you. That is honestly a much better response than some of the bullshit people say.
[People are so quick to offer meaningless platitudes and promises they can't fulfill.]
You care about your adopted family.
[And that is a reasonable thing to do.]
[People are so quick to offer meaningless platitudes and promises they can't fulfill.]
You care about your adopted family.
[And that is a reasonable thing to do.]
I've heard the same, and I'm good not confirming it myself anytime soon if ever. And I do think people could benefit from more alternative schooling. Especially the pipeline you told me you had.
Indeed, you were better than an online search. Nobody really wants to type 'how does blood taste different' into their search engines. Though Google has certainly seen worse.
Indeed, you were better than an online search. Nobody really wants to type 'how does blood taste different' into their search engines. Though Google has certainly seen worse.
I try and avoid bullshit where I can. And if anyone hurts you now, I'd help you pay them back if you wanted.
[He gets it. Not that many have ever bothered or dared to offer him platitudes. Kaz built up walls to act like nothing has ever hurt him, and it's worked well in keeping things like that at bay. He wouldn't want that bullshit, anyway.
As to the rest, he gives a small shrug. His voice is rough, even more so than the raspy quality he normally has.]
Someone should look out for them.
How is your adopted family doing?
[He gets it. Not that many have ever bothered or dared to offer him platitudes. Kaz built up walls to act like nothing has ever hurt him, and it's worked well in keeping things like that at bay. He wouldn't want that bullshit, anyway.
As to the rest, he gives a small shrug. His voice is rough, even more so than the raspy quality he normally has.]
Someone should look out for them.
How is your adopted family doing?
You'd be a real pillar of the community with your name on the building. Might damage some of your other business ventures, though.
I think they put you on lists for that kind of thing, and I'm sure you're already on plenty.
I think they put you on lists for that kind of thing, and I'm sure you're already on plenty.
I do care more about my ventures than my name on a building.
See? Why would I need my name in neon when I'm already so watch-worthy.
See? Why would I need my name in neon when I'm already so watch-worthy.
I figured you would. Though you could always put someone else's name on it. Let them deal with parents and school boards and angry scam-ees.
I'm certainly watching you. What more audience do you need?
I'm certainly watching you. What more audience do you need?
Thank you. I would do the same for you.
[She may not be prone to violence, but she can lure people into a sense of security to get them in place for whatever Kaz has planned.]
They're alright. My mom sends me letters, she thinks it is more fun than phone calls, I think it's cute.
[She may not be prone to violence, but she can lure people into a sense of security to get them in place for whatever Kaz has planned.]
They're alright. My mom sends me letters, she thinks it is more fun than phone calls, I think it's cute.
I think I'll just streamline and teach off the books. If I'm going to have a patsy anywhere, it'll be on the Merchant's Council.
Your attention is one of the few I don't mind.
Your attention is one of the few I don't mind.
I believe you would.
[Kaz believing in someone to have his back is the highest of praise. Stella's proven herself trustworthy though to enter his small inner circle, even if she isn't in the gang proper.]
She sounds like someone I could see raising you. Picking a quaint quirk over a more practical means.
[Kaz believing in someone to have his back is the highest of praise. Stella's proven herself trustworthy though to enter his small inner circle, even if she isn't in the gang proper.]
She sounds like someone I could see raising you. Picking a quaint quirk over a more practical means.
[She wouldn't be of much use as a proper crow. She is likely far better as someone that comes in when her very specific skills are needed.]
She is very cute in that way and I am always happy to find a little letter.
She is very cute in that way and I am always happy to find a little letter.
[She entirely doesn't have to become a Crow, Kaz has other people in his life who are in a similar situation.]
I don't think I've ever had anyone write me a letter, unless leaving me Post-It notes on what to add to the grocery list instead of just writing them on the grocery list counts.
I don't think I've ever had anyone write me a letter, unless leaving me Post-It notes on what to add to the grocery list instead of just writing them on the grocery list counts.
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