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 Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:29 pm
*Kero shrugs*
Emnast, at this point, you've won back my trust...you can sleep wherever you wish...although before you bed down, I want to talk to you about something. Are you...completely an adult...yes, I know that's a dumb question...I'm an expert in this field, so bear with me....Are you experiencing childish impulses, or are you adult through and through?
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:37 pm
Emnast laughs at him. "I'm not as dowdy as you... I do love a good roll in the mud these days, or a swim in the stream... and sometimes, I find myself looking at things through new eyes, so to speak. Not really seeing things anew as I'm seeing them differently. But do I want to play with toys and feel like throwing a tantrum when I can't have my way... sorry, Luceil... the answer is no. I'm still pretty much an adult. Is there something wrong with that?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:39 pm
*Kero sighs with relief*
Not a thing, Emnast, not a thing. You see, when the body deages, it often exerts impulses on the mind in accordance with it...you'll notice I do become slightly more childlike when I become a cub, for example. I give in to these impulses because it can be dangerous not to...it can damage your mind, sometimes permanently...we lost a good Voidmaster a few million years back because of it...he thinks he's a carrot now...
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:44 pm
Emnast shudders. "Perhaps it is a good thing I wasn't turned into a baby then huh. As an adolescent, I can handle a bit of maturity and still enjoy life."
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:50 pm
*Kero nods*
Indeed, little brother, indeed...now let's drink to that and get some sleep...or I know two real babies who are going to really make some noise...
*Downs his electrum, and heads off to bed*
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:53 pm
Emnast savors his a bit more then walks outside, looking at the surrounding forest with interest. As he had told Kero, he was indeed seeing things n a different light these days, and this forest seemed to call to something deep inside of him. Perhaps he was imagining things, but he now felt more at home under the trees than he had ever had as a gold.
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:57 pm
*Kero, meanwhile, feels more at home in his cocoon....SNORE*
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:59 pm
Emnast walks away from the caves and into the forest, seeking instinctively a place to call his own. He finds it an hour or so later, farther up the mountain side, a small natural cave, hidden behind a wall of vegetation. Forcing his way in, he eyes it with satisfaction, then curls up and goes to sleep.
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:01 pm
*Kero wakes the next morning, sitting at his table for a while and working on an amulet or two...not setting the gems into them yet, but getting the metals prepared...then walks out to check on Emnast...he sensed him leave the night before..and flies out to him*
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:07 pm
He finds him hard at work trying to enlarge the cave a bit more, to make it more livable. Emnast looks up as he enters and smiles. Look, There's a sleeping ledge, a pit for wallowing outside and everything. And most of all a spot for sunning myself just a hundred or so meters straight up. Shade and shelter down here for when it grows too hot or the weather is bad and sun for when it is cool. It might not be perfect, but it's damn close."
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:11 pm
*Kero smiles...then waves him outside*
How big do you want this cave?
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:15 pm
Emnast shakes his head. "This is my home, Luceil... let me handle it, please?" He walks up to Kerobian and give him a hug. "I know you want to help... and you can... I need to gather some wood together to make shelves and grasses for my nest. But let me handle the cave myself... call it intuition... I... I want to look at it and say it's mine." He laughs and shakes his head. "I sound kind of silly don't I?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:20 pm
*Kero smiles*
Not one bit....I'll leave you to it, then....just remember, Emnast...my doors are always open to you now, unless the unthinkable happens....and you have the word of a Voidmage on that.
*Hugs him close, then transforms and flies off*
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:24 pm
Come lunch time Emnast makes his way down the mountain to the clearing, to find Tam lying in a pool of sunshine, his cubs nestled close. The white lioness looks up and smiles. "Ack, Em, you're covered with dirt. Where have you been?"
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Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 9:26 pm
*Kero, cooking in his cave, pokes out his head*
He's been a diggin a hole, that's what he's a been doin....
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