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In the morning, Isabella does her best to extricate herself without prematurely waking Adarin. They don't need to leave on anything like a tight schedule.
She's not nearly graceful enough to reliably manage this, of course.
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kindestgarden
Ranata emerges from the kitchen. "Fish in the oven. Now, I'm pretty sure this isn't any native English speaker accent - you're not from America or Canada and you're not non-rhotic - so unless that's a red herring for some reason... Did you just travel a lot as a child?"
prodigal_miser
"I did not. I did do some travelling when I was older, though," he says. "Seventeen, to be exact."
He's probably going to have to explain that. That'll be fun.
He's probably going to have to explain that. That'll be fun.
kindestgarden
Castarilan takes off from Kesathi's paw and hovers about a foot in front of Adarin's face, scrutinizing him, then returns to his witch and clings to her hair near her ear and whispers.
"Sore subject?" wonders Ranata gently.
"Sore subject?" wonders Ranata gently.
prodigal_miser
Adarin winces. "It was when my father died. Well, not my - biological father, but I considered him such all the same."
His mother, too, but he cares less about her.
His mother, too, but he cares less about her.
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Path flutters off of Kesathi to snuggle up to Vernaia.
Isabella tucks herself under Adarin's arm and hugs him again.
Isabella tucks herself under Adarin's arm and hugs him again.
prodigal_miser
Hugs. Isabella gets a kiss to her forehead for the trouble. "Thank you. Sorry, I didn't mean to make this depressing. I have been to Canada, if that helps," he says, in an attempt to cheer things up again.
Vernaia snuggles back. "It's alright. We just miss him, sometimes."
Vernaia snuggles back. "It's alright. We just miss him, sometimes."
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"Maybe after we figure out immortality we'll figure out resurrection," sighs Path.
kindestgarden
"Hmm. Maybe somewhere in Europe where you would have been able to pick up a lot of languages that would all influence your accent in English? Switzerland?"
prodigal_miser
"I'm afraid not. Clever idea, though."
"That would be nice," Vern says wistfully. "We'd help in any way we can, just like the other things."
"That would be nice," Vern says wistfully. "We'd help in any way we can, just like the other things."
prodigal_miser
"That one's a bit of an explanation." He glances at Isabella in a manner of, 'What do you want me to say?'
"So are you," says Vernaia affectionately, nuzzling back.
"So are you," says Vernaia affectionately, nuzzling back.
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"English isn't his native language, he picked it up as an adult," explains Isabella. "Pretty recently. While in Canada, actually."
prodigal_miser
Adarin snickers, a little. Message received, he'll try and avoid telling them about magic. "It was fun," he says, brightly.
kindestgarden
"Don't give me too many hints now. I don't think you sound Chinese, but maybe there's a dialect I've never heard before that would leave this kind of accent?"
prodigal_miser
"I have not learned Chinese," replies Adarin. "I might, though, eventually."
When he hears it.
When he hears it.
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"It's kind of ridiculous!" agrees Isabella. "But telling you what else he knows would be a huge giveaway."
(Path laughs softly.)
(Path laughs softly.)