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"It's polite. Answer the question."

2016-01-19 01:07:13

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"I can carry it, it's not like it's heavy."

2016-01-19 01:08:21

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"It's still bulky, especially for you. You know what's also polite? Not ignoring questions."

2016-01-19 01:10:12

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"Since when did I say I had manners? It's not bulky."

2016-01-19 01:11:30

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"It is. Seriously, I'm curious, why was there a leaf?"

2016-01-19 01:12:25

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"It's just a basket. Because you- What's it matter to you anyway? You're still going to think you're wood no matter what I tell you."

2016-01-19 01:13:45

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"Stop it with the cliffhangers! And I'm being logical, physically speaking, I'm made of wood."

2016-01-19 01:14:32

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"You are not /made of wood./ Even the girl said so!"

2016-01-19 01:16:59

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"No, she said I don't have strings. That's barely even related."

2016-01-19 01:17:26

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"Yes it is."

2016-01-19 01:19:39

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"/How/?"

2016-01-19 01:20:02

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"Because she said it's an enchantment! That means you're still you. You weren't /made/ this way. You're /not/ wood.".

2016-01-19 01:21:38

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"I watched myself turn into wood the second I fixed this place, no one could've /possibly/ enchanted me."

2016-01-19 01:23:19

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"Well maybe it means it can come off. Who knows."

2016-01-19 01:25:12

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"....I guess we'll find out once we collect.....frozen frogs? What even?"

2016-01-19 01:26:29

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"One was to found out." She saw the lake in the distance. "I assume that's where we'll find them."

2016-01-19 01:28:40

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"It doesn't look frozen to me. Do you have to freeze them yourself?"

2016-01-19 01:29:21

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"Probably. Glad I'm around, then."

2016-01-19 01:31:22

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"I could've waited around until...." I froze in midstep.

2016-01-19 01:32:18

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She reached around and wound him up again.

2016-01-19 01:33:56

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".....winter." I reasserted my grip on the basket and finished lowering my foot to the ground before I fell over.

2016-01-19 01:34:46

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"That's too far from now." She stopped at the bank of the lake. "So...should I just? Freeze the lake or?"

2016-01-19 01:36:16

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"That sounds like it'll kill a lot more animals than we need. Besides, we couldn't get the frogs out then. I'll just catch some first." I set down the basket, pulled off my boots, and rolled up my pant legs, wading in. The wood grew darker and heavier. Shit. Am I water-absorbent?

2016-01-19 01:53:50

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She sat down. "So, ten of those. Right?"

2016-01-19 01:54:51

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"Yeah. The population looks pretty big from what I can see, so it shouldn't be very--" Something splashed out of the center of the lake, sending a wave to the edges that knocked me over backwards into the water.

2016-01-19 01:56:42