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It has never done anything wrong. In fact, none of the air in the patch has, even when it has been in other patches. It's so innocent.
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"You're welcome. I can check for a response in a few angles."
"In the meantime, well, you can have dinner with us, and we can put you in the guest room - is there anything else you need?"
greatestgift
"I don't think so," she says. "Dinner and a guest room is already much more than I was expecting when I was floating next to the edge of the planet."
"It's lucky you were near it," says Rithka, still a squirrel around Mallyn's neck. Cenem has won the board game and moved on to reading a book. "And not really far away from everything. Or really near the sun! Or on the moon!"
greatestgift
"Yeah," she says. "Well, on the moon might not have been so bad, if the moon has down."
"The moon has down, but nothing else," says Cenem.
"It has a good view," says Ehail. "But, yes, nothing else."
"It has a good view," says Ehail. "But, yes, nothing else."
greatestgift
"I wasn't sure where I'd end up, so I brought lots of things with me. As long as I can grow Terrarian potted plants there, I would've been... mostly okay. Being stuck in midair with no land and no down is a much bigger problem."
"I'm not sure you could have grown plants there," says Ehail. "The soil isn't exactly fertile. Maybe if you brought your own compost."
greatestgift
"Terrarian plant pots take care of that part just fine. And I did actually bring a few stacks of dirt, just in case."
Rithka hops off Mallyn's neck to go look at Sable's luggage.
"...Are they still floating?" she asks.
"...Are they still floating?" she asks.
greatestgift
Sable's luggage continues to be: a backpack. It does not seem to be full of dirt.
"...No," she says. "Uh, a stack of dirt looks like this."
She digs in one of the many pockets of her coat and comes up with a little brown cube, about an inch on a side. It seems plausibly made of compressed dirt.
"...No," she says. "Uh, a stack of dirt looks like this."
She digs in one of the many pockets of her coat and comes up with a little brown cube, about an inch on a side. It seems plausibly made of compressed dirt.
"...That's not enough dirt to grow a plant in," says Rithka slowly, like she knows this news must come as a nasty shock.
greatestgift
"It's magic. Terrarian magic. This cube is made of nine hundred and ninety-nine much bigger cubes of dirt; that's why it's called a stack. I'd rather not demonstrate inside the house, though, I think you probably don't want large cubes of dirt in the middle of your floor even if I can clean them up afterward."
"...Okay," says Rithka.
She turns into a bird and flies to sit on Ehail's shoulder. Ehail pets her.
She turns into a bird and flies to sit on Ehail's shoulder. Ehail pets her.
And presently there is dinner on the table, and a redheaded man who also does not look like any of the kids except for the baby comes home. (He does strongly resemble the baby.) He kisses his wife, gets a brief explanation of who the fuck is in his house, and introduces himself to Sable as Gyre.
Dinner is delicious and non-Terrarian.
Dinner is delicious and non-Terrarian.
greatestgift
Sable is highly enthusiastic about dinner. It contains foods other than all the ones she has had ten years to get sick of, and they're all very tasty.
Ehail is flattered.
After dinner Mallyn studies, rather ferociously, and Rithka and Cenem study too, different things and with less ferocity. Ehail shows Sable the guest room, and then draws a small summoning circle, attempting to retrieve any reply that may have been made to the letter.
After dinner Mallyn studies, rather ferociously, and Rithka and Cenem study too, different things and with less ferocity. Ehail shows Sable the guest room, and then draws a small summoning circle, attempting to retrieve any reply that may have been made to the letter.
greatestgift
Sable deposits her backpack in the guest room and sits there. The guest room is nice.
The letter comes back with a reply written on it!
The letter comes back with a reply written on it!
Which Ehail presents to Sable unread.
greatestgift
Sable reads it.
"Um, my mother says that she'd very much like to visit."
"Um, my mother says that she'd very much like to visit."
"Well, I can summon her, then," says Ehail. "Right now?"
"All right."
Ehail gets to work on yet a third circle. She consults a book but is able to do much of it by memory. Sable is again called upon to be a focus. And then she casts the spell.
Ehail gets to work on yet a third circle. She consults a book but is able to do much of it by memory. Sable is again called upon to be a focus. And then she casts the spell.