Maybe it even worked.

Even if it doesn't it matters a lot that you tried.

I'm glad it helps you feel safe or whatever, but no, not really. Trying isn't good enough, not on real problems.

...it's not good enough, but it still matters. Most people don't even try, most of the time. It matters that you do. It matters that you think we're worth that. Not everybody would. Or does.

Right, because most people suck. Doesn't mean you have to lower your standards.

She chuckles. Sure. Find me a hundred more like you and we'll go start our own tribe.

I'd probably still want to wander most of the time.

Yeah, I know. She grins, then goes more serious. I meant, kobolds are social, we can't function without people around. So I can't just decide I'll only ever be around people who're good enough, not without something really unlikely happening.

That must be really hard.

Deep sigh. Yeah, sometimes. It's harder here, kobolds have better ways of dealing with it.

I bet they do. Also I'd like most people a lot better if they didn't talk.

She laughs. Yeah.

Flying is nice.

Tyelkormo is nice.

Tyelcormo is flying. It follows from the above equivalence relations.

Sure.

Eventually: I should go eat. ...I still don't especially want to.

Wanna talk about it?

Sigh. People've been being kind of jerks about Tirinquo not talking - not jerks to them, but, jerks. And when I pointed that out they just got worse, and, like, these're supposed to be my tribemates? - I'm not sure I can explain it without explaining why that in particular is a big deal for me, but it really is, and I don't do well with feeling tribeless these days either.

Sorry.

Yeah,

It's - when people start saying that the only difference between people and animals is people talk, what I hear is that they think it'd be totally okay to hunt us. For food. Because that's happened. I really can't.

Do you mind it if they know that? That that's what you hear?

I kind of don't want to deal with them being shocked or upset? It was a complicated situation and I have complicated feelings about it, I can't always deal with other people with that. But I don't mind them knowing, no.

I can arrange for them to find out when you are not around and they will have to get over their shock and regret on their own.

Not sure how you're going to manage that, it was the other host. Though the chance of the same thing happening here is part of the problem, this is totally something I'd switch tribes over.

I think it'd happen most places. You know what the word 'Quendi' means, right?