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Who: Heroes
When: Day 36 night
Where: Back outside the train

[Well. You’re all in some kind of. State. A rather chagrined voice mutters on the wind;]

That isn’t quite how I envisioned it going…

[At any rate! There are new stars in the sky in ginger goldenrod, thyme apple and senna terracotta.

Well how are you all doing?]

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[stands up straight, trying to ignore how easy it would be to just]

[shove her into his mouth]

[SHE DOESN'T NEED TO KNOW HE IS THINKING ABOUT THAT]

That was awfully aesthetic of them.

[DO NOT PUT MONITOR LIZARDS NEAR FACES, BAD TIMES BAD TIMES]

It's kind of cute, circumstances aside.

[SO IS WANTING TO EAT THE FLESH OF ANY LIVING SENTIENT BEING, FTR]

. . . cute. . .

[squints at her as he makes his way towards the train]

[A FULL TERRIBLE COMBO]

Lizards are cute and team colors are cute, therefore.

You'll forgive me if I disagree with the adjective "cute," here.

Which isn't saying that lizards and team colors aren't cute, but--

[JUST]

[GESTURES]

[THAT GAME WAS NOT CUTE]

It's a big "otherwise," I know. I need something positive in being a lizard.

[hm]

There are lots of positives about being a lizard. Like. . .

Your tail.

[looks behind her]

It is prehensile.

Mmm. And you can climb vertical walls.

And textured ceilings.

You also have a cool. . . snout.

I do. I have a mesokinetic joint that increases my gape by 10% and my bite force by about 15%.

Edited 2019-07-29 01:59 (UTC)

[holy shit]

. . . you definitely earned that book on philosophy. . .

Actually, I thought the philosophy book was for "wisdom" instead of "academics." I don't like philosophy even a bit.

[he can't help it. he huffs a laugh]

Why not? Too abstract for you?

It's all dumb thought exercises! It's a bunch of old farts feeling smart because they can pretend to have the object permanence of a toddler. "Does the moon exist if nobody's looking at it?" Like, really??

[he. he can't help himself. it's his stupid sense of humor, but--]

Does it, though?

Of course it does! There's tides recorded in the fossil record! It's egocentric nonsense to act like some stuffy modern nerd's attention can vanish anything.

[he huffs a laugh, amused by the vehemence of her response]

Well, then that is that.

[nods her tiny lizard head. FACTS!!]

I'm a girl of hard science.

That's kind of the impression I got of you. Which is why "academic" was a good word for you guys to pick.

We also get sparks for teaching people things.

. . . I wonder if Clover would've had more luck if we had picked "useless" as our word. . .

We would not have gotten that.

No, but the object might've been something like a practical joke prop. Even if you wouldn't have linked it to "useless," there's no doubt that it probably would've been more easily linked to us than salt in a sugar shaker.