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In the morning, Sylvi's up first, having suffered no worse in her second chunk of sleep than eighteen-year-old Lu tripping and skinning her knee because the pet zebra she usually rode was getting reshod and she had to walk to the theater to meet her friends. Charp sets about making breakfast as soon as she stirs. It puts a kettle on to boil for Avedan's tea and fixes eggs and toast with jam for Sylvi. She reads more of her notes while the food cooks, and Charp delivers to her at her desk. It's all just how she likes it.
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the_charm
"I - have - also? And uh - look, I'm - did any of the dreams you've had feature a guy named Kib discussing reincarnation, because that will make things a lot easier."
the_charm
"Youuuu think I'm insane. I'm - okay let's start over - I'm sorry about the parrot, hello, my name is Beluna, what's yours?"
the_charm
"If I recite a lot of names of things I shouldn't have any way to know about will I tip the balance from 'crazy' to 'on to something' heavily enough that we can have this conversation somewhere other than the middle of the street? Aydanci, Aly, Kib, Charp - um - storks - there was a magpie? - work with me here."
the_charm
"I've been having the dreams too and I was so worried you wouldn't reincarnate because you'd never done it before but - but the parrot recognizes you and - and - hi." Her eyes are a little watery.
the_charm
"Yeah - uh - Charp says Kib fell down the stairs when he was seventy-six, if you were curious?" She swallows. "Do I get a hug?"
the_charm
Lu hugs him hard. "I'm so glad it's you too, I didn't know until just now that it wasn't only me but I looked just in case -"
the_charm
"Kib was going to send birds out looking when your dreams would've started, like when you were sixteen or so, but he didn't last that long, so - but you're still older than me, did you not get enough dreams about Lapis to find the place?"
the_charm
"That's actually how I found you, there'd've been no chance of tracking you down if I had to comb the whole planet parrots or no parrots - I heard about - the slavery thing is your project, right?"
do_over
"... Yes. It is."
(Should he be running? Screaming, maybe? Fleeing to the authorities? He's not sure. He'll just. Stand here, he guesses, because she's still hugging him.)
(Should he be running? Screaming, maybe? Fleeing to the authorities? He's not sure. He'll just. Stand here, he guesses, because she's still hugging him.)
the_charm
She lets him go and takes a step back, squinting.
"You've - had a lot more time than me to have dreams... I mean, I know I look different but not more than Kib did from Aly..."
do_over
Blink, blink.
"Yes, you are definitely you?" he says, slowly. "I'm sorry, can we - I am tremendously confused, what's going on, how do you know about the people from my dreams, why is a bird divebombing me and me having dreams sufficient evidence for snuggling?"
"Yes, you are definitely you?" he says, slowly. "I'm sorry, can we - I am tremendously confused, what's going on, how do you know about the people from my dreams, why is a bird divebombing me and me having dreams sufficient evidence for snuggling?"
the_charm
"I'm the most recent reincarnation of Aly and Kib. I went to Lapis and found the house and Charp and read most of my old notes and then went looking for you just in case because I missed you. The bird can tell you're the same person as Aydanci."