[E-mail: Missie]

[firecracker_hopping]

[Monday morning! After they're both back in their bodies.]

Looks like everything's where it should be, um, soul-wise.

How're you feeling? I don't think I ate anything weird.

Comments

[firecracker_hopping]

[Missie stop saying things that Lera thinks are true but doesn't want to admit are true!!]

Yeah, I know it's not the same... um, you do really well. I didn't know what it was like before. [um, crap, words are failing here what does she say aaaaahhhhhh] I know it's not ideal but I really respect that you kept going.

[abyssalis]

[Oh nooo serious talk. Why.]

It's not as hard as it seems when there aren't other options.

[firecracker_hopping]

[There's an option that Lera thinks of, but she doesn't want to voice it. She's kind of embarrassed that she considered it.]

I know, but still... I'm sorry. I'm bringing up this kind of stuff for stupid sentimentality.

[abyssalis]

Sentimentality is okay. It's not stupid . [Or does Missie liking it kind of make it more stupid...] But you shouldn't feel bad about something like this.

[firecracker_hopping]

[That gets a brief smile from Lera.]

Thanks. Smile.

[She's not sure what to say, because "I won't feel bad" would be a lie. But focusing on something they can do, that she can do.]

Maybe I can walk with you and find the way to that cake shop and the warps before I leave town. Easier to visit that way, right?

[abyssalis]

♥! Yeah maybe it would be. I haven't gone outside by myself yet. That might be a good start.

[firecracker_hopping]

You learned how to make a heart!

[Lera is tickled by this.]

Right! We can do that! I never got to let you experience the Notre Dame de Nenacookie.

[abyssalis]

You taught me! Remember? ♥ ♥ ♥ Is it still there? Can we still go?

[firecracker_hopping]

I am a good teacher. Heart!

[But Missie can't hear hearts so she has to stick with that.]

We can go! I'll show you how to get to the warp and we can go next week.

[abyssalis]

You really are. ♥ Oh I didn't know warps sighted. That would be important to learn. [She'll have to trust warp mages, too. Scary...]

[firecracker_hopping]

A little. I think the warp mage usually keeps it open, but they set the duration and the location...

[Exactly how it works was important for the Amber Gaze. She had to learn.]

Thanks, though. I try.

[abyssalis]

That sounds almost easier than public transportation on earth would be.

[firecracker_hopping]

I like it better! Public transit is kind of a pain in the ass in the best of circumstances.

[But Lera's Miss Walk Everywhere.]

[abyssalis]

That's true ! It would be nice to get around by myself again. Maybe I need one of those sticks.

[firecracker_hopping]

We can get you a stick! Did you ever think of getting a seeing eye dog?

[DOGGIE is basically what Lera thinks]

[abyssalis]

[DOGGIE!!] I wonder if I could! I had to give up sugar plum but dogs don't have those kinds of temperature needs

[firecracker_hopping]

[What NO she had to what!! Noooo!!!! Lera practically waits at her computer for a bit. BUT SHE CAN'T BRING THIS UP]

A dog could work, then! Sugarplum would want you to have a dog, too!

[abyssalis]

[She will miss that snake.]

Do you think? I don't want her to be jealous. But then she's a working animal now too so maybe she would understand.

[firecracker_hopping]

She would!

...where is she now?

[abyssalis]

I couldn't find any reptile shelters. That's probably low priority now. But I found a mage looking for a serpent on the forums. Zenderael snakes can be dangerous. Sugar plum is practically a bunny rabbit by comparison. I talked to him for a while first to make sure. He was nice. She's a familiar maybe.

[firecracker_hopping]

Oh, a familiar... that's good. That seems like something she would like.

[She'll miss you, Sugarplum, you horrible reptilian demon, you. At least she's somewhere happy.]

[abyssalis]

I hope so. I used to think one day I would be a mage and she could be mine. I talked to her about it. It's good she didn't have to miss out.

[firecracker_hopping]

[THIS IS THE SADDEST THING EVER AND LERA IS SAD. FOREVER.]

Maybe... maybe you can visit sometimes!

[abyssalis]

He said I could. So maybe someday. [But she wonders if she's just saying that. It might be harder if she did. It's still hard to talk about, but at least Lera can't hear her voice cracking.] But um yeah I should start thinking about how to be more independent I think.

[firecracker_hopping]

I'll help you however you want me to! If you want help getting a stick or a seeing eye dog or anything else.