"Hm," considers Zeviana. "There wasn't any of the - parallel socializing. Or the companionship? But I didn't - I don't feel like I'm stronger or weaker because she's out and flying about. I just feel like how I always did except there's another autonomous part of me doing stuff."

"She wasn't soulless. I was with her, but I was - inside, I guess is the best explanation. Sleeping inside. Except not completely asleep? I remember things, and I have opinions on what I remember. It's hard to describe, I can't find the right words."

"That sounds so lonely," says Luzia. "I don't even - I suppose a lot of witches send their daemons off on errands but I don't unless I can't avoid it."

Radna asks, "Are you sure that means you were there, and not just that you got those memories when you were made?"

Zeviana pauses to think about this some more! "I mean sometimes I got lonely? Do you just never get lonely if you have a daemon?"

"I'm... Not sure," manages Lecasryn. "It feels like I was there, though. Even passively."

Zeviana frowns, but she doesn't comment.

Lecasryn is still where she was before! Open for interactions. Or possibly questions, if Radna is wondering why Zeviana has frowned.

"Sorry," murmurs Radna, hopping forward.

Luzia shakes her head as though to clear it. "Sorry," she echoes.

"It's okay," says Zeviana. "I don't think you meant it how I took it, so it's fine."

"We're sorry for surprising you," says Lecasryn carefully.

"Why - how'd you take it...?" Luzia asks.

"You probably don't even know how it sounds to somebody who's been - entire our whole lives, huh," sighs Radna.

"Eh. I got warned by my brother's girlfriend that people from here would not consider me a person if I didn't have a daemon. So watching people get weirded out by me not having one instantly makes me think that they think I wasn't a person. Nothing to do with you, really."

"No, but we're trying to be reasonable. Anyone that we've told is surprised and a little disturbed, though, and we're getting annoyed with it."

"Well - bears are people," says Luzia. "The armored ones, anyway, not kodiaks and pandas... but they're strange people, they aren't like humans mortal or witch."

"I can't really think of a way to soften the impact much," says Radna.

Zeviana snickers, a little. "Are you saying I'm a bear?"

"Neither can I. I think we'll just end up never bringing it up to prevent it."

"You're not a bear," laughs Luzia. "It's just the only comparison point."

"Wouldn't blame you," says Radna.

"Are you sure? Have you checked? I could be one underneath my clothes, you don't know."

"Yeah. It just bothers us when we're not considered people. We can be considered weird, we're a little strange, but - not being people kind of hurts."

"I haven't been very thorough. I suppose I'll have to consider you maybe a bear unless you wanna let me investigate," chuckles Luzia.

Radna hops close enough to Lecasryn to tuck her head under the harrier's.

"Hmmmmmmm. Maybe," says Zeviana, grinning again. "I might have to ask for dagger lessons as payment for checking, though..."

D'aww! Lecasryn snuggles back, looking pleased.

"Gosh, an entire course of dagger lessons, just for letting me check to see if you're a bear, that seems a little extreme. Maybe just an hour to start unless you want to sweeten the deal."

(Radna giggles.)

"What in the world could I do to sweeten the deal? I'm already letting you in on my existence as maybe-a-bear, that's some really high-level stuff."

(Lecasryn is looking amused, too.)

"If she wants to kiss her, my Zeviana won't mind," informs the harrier in a whisper.

Luzia takes a few sidling steps forward. "Between us we can probably think of something."

"Oh really," whispers Radna, and she makes a high birdy sort of noise; upon hearing this Luzia's attention sharpens and she grins.

"Oh? Do you have any ideas? 'Cause I do," says Zeviana with a grin. She moves a bit closer right back.

"Ooo, that's a good system," says Lecasryn. "We need to use that system!"

"Feel absolutely free to demonstrate," murmurs Luzia. She's a few inches taller than Zeviana, but she's leaning down, now, and their faces are pretty close together.

"Matters how many kinds of vocalizations you can do," says Radna, snuggling up a bit closer.

"Sure!"

Then she kisses her. She turns out to know lots of things about kissing. This can only be a good result.

"Ha! We'll have to do some tests," snickers the harrier, snuggling Radna back, wings becoming involved to create the ultimate in bird snuggling technology - wingsnuggles.

Luzia's been around long enough to accumulate knowledge here too. Yay!

Wingsnuggles: also yay!

Oh good, then they're both going to have a lot of fun. Yay is the correct word choice in this event.

Also, kisses.

Meanwhile, the daemons continue to snuggle. "This was a good idea," says Lecasryn.