w2 curfew: imagine if one of us is dead and the last thing they heard was living la vida loca.

[messy]

we're watching shrek 2.

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[ravenry]

[ she is worrying about it! she is eyeing him closely. she sniffs and scoots a little closer to him because flowers.... ]

Blue or black in the stories I hear. I haven't seen one before.

[ so green may as well happen. ]

[riverbeans]

[shouxue...]

I see, I see. We only have... ogre eagles where I'm from? Never seen one myself, though.

[ravenry]

Eagles?

[ she tries to picture this. ]

Anything I imagine is.... unpleasant.

[riverbeans]

I've heard they're quite the sight, actually. Apparently rainbow-coloured?

[ravenry]

[ rainbow?

:o

:o :o :o :o

she scoots closer. ]

I take it back. These eagles are trying to give ogres a new name.

[riverbeans]

[shouxue!!!]

Haha, you think so?

[ravenry]

Why else would they be called ogre and not after another creature? Dragon eagle. Qilin eagle.

[riverbeans]

Ohhh, that's true. You've got a point there. [a beat] What's a Qilin?

[ravenry]

An auspicious horned beast said to appear when there is a sage or wise ruler coming. It usually has the body of a horse or goat, scales a dragon, and hooves.

[riverbeans]

Hmm... sounds like quite the interesting creature.

[ravenry]

It is a sign of good fortune. I would like to see one someday.

[riverbeans]

[smiles]

I hope you do.

[shouxue deserves good fortune...]

[ravenry]

Do you have any myths or creatures like that?

[ the way they have been ignoring the movie. ]

[riverbeans]

[it's fine charles has already seen it]

Well, we have a lot of strange creatures, although I admit I'm not the most well-versed in specific myths.

[ravenry]

[ shouxue needs to witness i need a hero in real time, but they have a long time until then. ]

I suppose that makes me the odd one.

[riverbeans]

Hey, I wouldn't say "odd". I think it's good to have something like that to be an expert in. I'm just not the scholarly type.

[ravenry]

I wouldn't call myself an expert. Reading is an easier activity to do than some others.

[riverbeans]

Hey, it still takes effort to educate yourself like that. Don't sell yourself short.

[ravenry]

That was all Li Niang. She taught me everything.

[riverbeans]

[tilts his head]

Li Niang?

[ravenry]

The previous Raven Consort. She raised me.

[riverbeans]

[...]

All the more reason not to undersell what you have. It's knowledge that she thought was worth imparting to you, after all.

[ravenry]

[ she looks appropriately cowed.

grumble, grumble: ]

I can't argue with you. I do not want to undermine her memory.

[ and then she looks nostalgic. ]

[riverbeans]

... Tell me about her?

[ravenry]

She was very patient, but she was also strict. She let me learn at my own pace, but she made sure I learned.

She told me, "It's you who has to keep living this life. Not me." She wasn't wrong. She usually wasn't.