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teenage suranse serg lands on a traumatized liri
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"I lost all my clothes falling between worlds."

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He blinks. "How...? Never mind. Do you have any goals now that you're here?"

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"Not really." Besides apparently snuggling this girl.

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"Okay. Have fun," he says, turning to leave.

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"Mhm!"

Snuggle.

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It is good to have wings and good to have a cozy cuddly girl to wrap them around.

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The cozy cuddly girl is entirely in agreement.

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That is also good!

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Mmmmm.

Eventually her stomach growls.

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"Oh, mm. Food," he says vaguely.

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"Food," she agrees, making no move to disengage from the cuddle.

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"...you know what," he says, "you should see my Sphere. I bet there'll be food in it."

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"Oh, I dunno how to explain, just—"

He scoops her up and stands and—something happens in the air in front of them—and he steps through the something and they aren't in her depressing little room anymore.

They are instead standing on a balcony. The floor is an intricate pattern of polished granite tiles in swirling curved shapes, speckled black-and-grey; the railing is made of the same material, and gives the impression of spilling upward like a lacy wave. Behind them, an ornate double door leads into the polished stone face of the building attached to the balcony; the doors are made of stained glass set in a dark wooden frame, glittering red-gold in the soft silver light of the sky.

Speaking of which: the sky. A starry dome arches above them, threaded with faint white swirls; like someone took down the moon, stuck a paintbrush in it, and doodled glimmering curves between the stars.

And then at last we come to the view. The balcony is built into a mountainside, but a fairly gently sloped one, so from where they stand they can see the whole tilting spread of land that runs from their perch down to the wooded shore of a tranquil lake. The part with a—house? this is probably a house, or perhaps a castle—built into it is primarily rocky and vertical, with some surfaces cut and polished into the shape of outer walls while others remain craggy and rough. Below that, as the slope gets gentler, grass begins to appear; then shrubs, then trees, getting gradually denser until the flat ground between mountain and lake is entirely covered by forest.

Tias stares out at his new domain, speechless with wonder. He barely retains the presence of mind to avoid dropping her.

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Alirrani reacts much the same way.

"It's beautiful," she says after a few awestruck minutes of gazing.

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"...They're not usually this... much," he says. "Not at first. They grow for as long as the owner lives, but they start small - not much bigger than a single house."

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"I have no insight except that it's gorgeous. I mean, wow, this is profoundly beautiful. I can compose poems to it if you want."

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He giggles and kisses her impulsively on the cheek.

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She smiles and pecks his cheek in return.

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Aww! Her smile is such a good thing. He wants more of it.

The doors open obligingly at his approach when he turns to carry her inside. The house's interior turns out to be just as exquisite as the surrounding landscape, at least if you like polished stone, precious metals, and intricate organic patterns.

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Alirrani likes those things very much.

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Oh good!!! It's good when she likes things!!!

He wanders the house, carrying his armful of cuddly girl. After not very long at all, he finds a cozy sitting room, where he deposits her on a couch; there's a few bowls of assorted snacks on the neighbouring table, fruit and nuts and interesting little bread rolls, which he cheerfully picks up and offers to her.

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Alirrani is delighted by these foods! They are different and interesting and tasty!

Does he want to hand feed her, that would be fun.

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Yes he definitely wants to do that.

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