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It turns out that Adana's space station is not in Bartalamos' jurisdiction. She wouldn't be inclined to care much, except that means that in her new jurisdiction, she does not have a license. Since she is very much a summoner, and would not like to be an illegal summoner - she will take their test. She's fortunate in the fact that this particular government plays fair with foreigners that have summoner's licenses. She does not have to go through the grueling paperwork process, or wait ages in line, or take a test she knows all of the answers to, anyway.
What she does need to do, though, is demonstrate a capability to summon and bind a daeva, securely. Their definition of secure is different from hers. Theirs involves binding a daeva to two phrases and a task. This isn't the kind of thing Adana likes to do to her summons. It's mean, and it feels like she's reducing them to being less than people. There is one that she knows of that's used to it, at least. She doesn't know if that makes it worse, or better. So she will ask, first.
This circle is quite a bit neater than the last one, and is missing the 'no talking' clause. Calling friendly neighborhood demon, want to get summoned?
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ask_nicely
ask_nicely
"Thank you very much!"
Adana smiles at him, then goes to turn autopilot back on to get them back underway to Harmony.
Adana smiles at him, then goes to turn autopilot back on to get them back underway to Harmony.
ask_nicely
"Unless you particularly want to be gagged for the entire trip there, that's the plan! You can stay here with me or I can put you back now, whichever you prefer."
from_scratch
"I'll accompany you." He sits in the seat beside her and drapes a wing over her back. "When I'm being your bodyguard are you going to have me off-leash or just on a very long term vague task?"
ask_nicely
"While I'm now completely fine with snapping bindings for you - long term vague task will not get me arrested." Pause. "Sorry."
ask_nicely
She manages a little smile. "But it'll be effectively the same, it'll be the loosest binding of all time."
from_scratch
"I don't have that many, actually, but I'm sure they'll be duly impressed."
ask_nicely
"I'm quite proud. Though even with recommendations I don't think I'll let demons that aren't you off of the 'leash.' Because safety."
from_scratch
"Really, if I told you 'summon so-and-so, she's safe, promise', you wouldn't take my word for it?"
ask_nicely
"I would summon her, but not much else without cause. I wouldn't gag her or anything, but no randomly summoning people to let them loose on an unsuspecting galaxy. I am a responsible summoner. Except when I'm not, which you just so happen to be seeing a lot of."
from_scratch
"I do happen to be seeing a lot of that. But there's nobody from Hell I'm desperate to have around."
ask_nicely
"Okay," agrees Adana. "If you have a lover or family member you would like to see or something, I will be happy to summon them, too. Because I'm not a jerk."
ask_nicely
"... No, but I was trying not to assume. One of my angel friends has got an angel sister. I kind of guessed it could happen in demons too? Was I wrong?"
ask_nicely
Pause. "Okay, so I am now kind of confused about how my friend has got a sister. Um. Is it rude to ask that? Do you just - come into existence, is there a - I don't know, horrifically tacky golden demon-tree that pops out new demons in sacks?"
from_scratch
"They adopted each other, maybe? Also, it's possible my info about angels and fairies is incorrect. There's no tree and no sacks, folks just appear more or less at random - we think typically close to other demons, but if there's a completely independent cluster of demons somewhere else or new demons appearing trillions of miles away, we wouldn't necessarily know."
ask_nicely
"Huh. Okay, I'll go with the adopted each other thing, I guess. That's got to be freaky, to just - not exist and then start. Or - wait, do you pop in as babies?"
from_scratch
"Nah."
...He can't actually be sure there are no children, but he's sure there are no babies.
"I showed up this age."
...He can't actually be sure there are no children, but he's sure there are no babies.
"I showed up this age."
ask_nicely
She nods. "This line of questioning isn't - weird or bothering you, right? I'm honestly curious, usually daevas are cagey about where they come from. I guess I know why, now. Randomly existing is kind of hard to explain."