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cam meets some fastfairies and the thread authors take no position on the presence of an adorable romance arc
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They observe some humans summoning a magical spirit one day. 

It's hard to tell all the details when you have to watch in shifts over the course of several weeks and when you can't hear anything they're saying, but the overall picture seems clear. First, their barn burned down. Then, they stood outside watching it sadly for a while. Then a woman went away into the forest, and wrote some things on the ground, lots and lots of detailed human words. Then a magical spirit appeared. Then the magical spirit walked back with her and replaced the barn and filled up the new barn with food. Then she had sex with the magical spirit. Then the magical spirit disappeared.

 

It makes sense, in the way human things often don't make sense. It seems like the kind of thing you could perhaps try yourself.

 

They carefully copy the human words onto the ground in a fairy circle. They carefully draw a circle in the dirt around the words.

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Well. I can work on that.

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"It'll be appreciated."

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Do you want me to explain to whoever needs explanations for you?

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"I think I should explain first though you can too if you want."

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Okay. Why?

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"Because they'll be really nervous if you're talking to them that you might say something you shouldn't and they'll be all twitchy about it and once it's been conveyed that you understand the problem and are taking it seriously and so on then they won't be as twitchy."

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I was imagining the tape on my face would do that.

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"It will probably help but it's weird and weird isn't usually reassuring, not without context. It will definitely help once they have context, which I can provide."

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Okay. Would something less conspicuous be better?

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"Nah. Just - lemme explain first." He stands up, slowly. 

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Do you think painkillers that work on humans would be worth trying?

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"I find the idea of getting around the universe's attempts to punish me very aesthetically compelling but it's probably unwise."

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Okay.

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"Please don't - I don't want you to be miserable. We'll figure out how to do better but -" Sigh. "More people being unhappy is worse, here. You being unhappy is worse."

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Thank you.

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He heads out.

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Somewhat contrary to Econ Faery's instruction, Cam mopes around a bit and then decides to eat a pint of ice cream.

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He reassures people who need reassurance and then goes to take a nap and sends someone to tell Cam

" - that things have been communicated and he can come out and apologize if he still wants to do that or petition for prisoner's rights or whatever I'm going to go take a nap, he said," she repeats dutifully.

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Thank you, Cam displays rather than re-writing.

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She nods and leaves.

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Out he goes.

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The court is somewhat subdued but some people are out and about and do not flee in terror at the sight of him or anything.

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He writes up an apology and shows it to people he passes and keeps an eye out for Not A Stupid Asshole Lohte.

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In his office with the door open, reading something. "Hello," he says when he sees Cam passing by.

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Well, first of all, here's the apology letter, look at it.

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