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Everyone knows that mysterious old ladies are kind of a big deal.
Yes, anyone who is female (or wraps up in sufficiently mysterious shawls) and old enough could pretend to be a mysterious old lady, but the actual category of the creatures is a different matter, and one can often tell (though it's better to be on the safe side, when identifying them).
Mysterious old ladies can, in a certain sense, do magic - or help you do magic. Sure, if you decide to take the first milking of your new cow and leave it out in a bowl in the backyard with a garland of roses floating on the surface and then drink it all first thing in the morning without stopping to put on your shoes or comb your hair, nothing will happen. But if you do it because a mysterious old lady told you to, and it was a real mysterious old lady, and you followed all of her instructions? Then you will find that you will get whatever result she advertised.
But if you step into your slippers first or tug a knot out of your ponytail or drink the milk early or late or use daisies for the garland, you will get something else.
It's very important to be exact and careful about these things.
Compared to what happens if you disobey a real mysterious old lady, being occasionally made a fool of by some pretender to the title because your eyesight is going or you were too sleepy to note her lack of a proper mysterious aura is nothing.
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spell_eternity
Then they will make it to the kitchen!
And he will be offered some fruit, and a roast beef sandwich with tomatoes, and some potatoes and veggies with cheese.
And he will be offered some fruit, and a roast beef sandwich with tomatoes, and some potatoes and veggies with cheese.
spell_eternity
"Well, it'll make you seem strange. You might not want to seem strange during all occasions you might otherwise - chirp."
spell_eternity
"If you're trying to impress someone. Into believing that you won't fall for it if they try to trick you somehow, say, or into having confidence that you'll do something that's important to them."
spell_eternity
"Or if you just want people to like you without having to hear and understand your entire life story."
spell_eternity
"There may be things besides chirping, I'll let you know as I spot them."
spell_eternity
"It is. But you're already working on it. Maybe spend the meeting sitting down if you're going to talk to foreign dignitaries. ...There are probably some foreign monarchs who want apologies about their daughters."
spell_eternity
"It doesn't. Not directly. What it does is make it clear that you are concerned about how they're feeling and are in a position to not do it again."
spell_eternity
"The families of the girls might want some kind of recompense. I can't think of a great argument for not giving it to them unless the treasury is in really bad shape, but if it is you won't be able to give everybody a non-insulting amount."