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"Witches all have two names," it occurs to Ranata to say. "We mostly use the first, unless we're being formal or distinguishing between two with the same first name, and then it's both. Ranata Ekamma; Isabella Amariah. Like that. What's your full name?"
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headunbowed
"Ahh. Yeah, that makes sense. He gets vague when things bother him. But anyway - that's kind of why I hate my mom! That and terrible parenting."
headunbowed
"Eh, it's fine. It's 'cause of her that I've got kick-ass magic powers, so it's not all bad."
headunbowed
"Thanks! I figure, there's no use moping about it. It was a thing that happened, it sucked, but it's over now. If I stay stuck in it, then how can I say I'm living?"
headunbowed
It is quite pretty! "Ooooo. Yeah, that's pretty, all right," she pronounces. "Also, really, really tall."
kindestgarden
"It is! They build them big and pretty. We can fly over three more if I take the right route away from this city, they're all a bit different. Do you want to go to the zoo?"
kindestgarden
"I wonder how many of the same animals besides humans you have where you're from. I guess we'll see!"
headunbowed
"I'm hoping you have really cool things! We didn't have a lot of animals in New Kystle, but there were some."
kindestgarden
Ranata flies them to the zoo, lands, has a brief consultation with a new-hire teenager at reception who doesn't know what buttons to push on her computer to admit a witch or how to recognize an Olympic tattoo, and eventually gets them in.
Here is the zoo! It is full of animals. There are some loose, both wild (magpies) and domestic but harmless (peacocks, turkeys).
Here is the zoo! It is full of animals. There are some loose, both wild (magpies) and domestic but harmless (peacocks, turkeys).
headunbowed
These are birds she hasn't seen before! She snickers at the peacocks. "Those are the most flamboyant birds I have ever seen. In my entire life. But they're pretty!"
headunbowed
"Heh, yeah. There are so many colorful birds here! Do people sell the fancy feathers, do you think I could get some? If not, I'll let them be or like - try to scrounge. Attacking them for pretty feathers seems mean."