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[iwannabeadragon]

There's a lot of things I've learned to just accept since I've been here. A magic bottle with the personification of death inside it is something that I can live with. What really confuses is me is how my dog ended up inside it and who put him there.

[At that moment there's a bark and Hawke's notch-eared mabari pushes his way into the feed, examining the strange thing that Hawke appears to be talking to. Hawke's hand falls to Notch's head as he pats the dog's head.]

Don't get me wrong, I love having him back, but answers are always nice.

[So would knowing that his dog isn't actually possessed by whatever corruption was in the bottle.]

At least the trip was fun enough. We should plan another one soon. Maybe this time without a dragon the size of a mountain, or the swamp. I'm thinking a chateau overlooking a lake.

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[iwannabeadragon]

I almost always do.

[solo_patria]

I think I ought to stick with you then. It should be good for me.

[iwannabeadragon]

It usually is for those who stick close enough. Can't really say the same thing for everyone else.

[solo_patria]

Well, duly noted in any case.

[iwannabeadragon]

Don't worry, you'll be fine. All my other friends are still alive anyway.

[solo_patria]

Ah, you ARE doing better than myself in that regard!

[iwannabeadragon]

Good for me then.

[Honestly he's not sure how to respond to that. It's hard to be proud over the fact that someone's friends are dead and his aren't.]

[solo_patria]

[It IS at that. But, no offense taken or anything. Enjolras has a responsibility to his friends, certainly, but their deaths are something he reconciled with long ago, so...]

Ah, rather. It CAN be all sorts of messy.

[iwannabeadragon]

Messy is definitely one word for it. Usually I try to stay away from messy.

[It never works. Ever.]

[solo_patria]

Ah? How does that work for you?

[iwannabeadragon]

To be honest it doesn't. Ever. But I still try.

[solo_patria]

Well, what more might be asked than that?

[iwannabeadragon]

Things going right with no problem whatsoever? I find myself asking for that a lot.

[solo_patria]

Ah, but is that not too boring?

[There's a quirk of his lips there.]

After all, complacency. More of the devil' plaything than idleness, I'd say.

[iwannabeadragon]

I see things go wrong so often that having them actually go right would be exciting in and of itself.

[solo_patria]

Change CAN be especially exciting, now can't it?

[iwannabeadragon]

Especially when it doesn't involve something wanting to kill me.

[solo_patria]

Exciting can be overrated in that case, I'd think.

[iwannabeadragon]

[Hawke holds his forefinger and thumb close to each other.]

Just a tad.

[solo_patria]

[Enjolras squints,and grins at that.]

The very smallest one, of course.

[iwannabeadragon]

Of course, just the most miniscule amount.

[solo_patria]

Smaller that might be glimpsed with the naked eye, in fact.

[iwannabeadragon]

Not sure if we can get much smaller than that.

[solo_patria]

Most likely not, no, Success of some sort, right?

[iwannabeadragon]

I'll take it where I can get it.