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nonsense back at like 3:05am

[sylphid]

that's a weird topic. why?

[rightfoot]

You're awake.


I'm just curious.

[sylphid]

so are you

oh. i don't know too many fairy tales. never had them when i was growing up.

[Ask her about growing up. Do it.]

[rightfoot]

I like staying up late.

Why not? Don't most kids have a favorite story or something?

[sylphid]

makes sense

most do i guess but i was brought up by a jaeger corps... mercenaries i guess. not much in the way of fairy tales there

[rightfoot]

Oh. So they didn't tell you stories or anything?

So you don't have any favorites at all?

[sylphid]

not fairy tales... but they did tell me some great stories about battles they'd fought. i have favorites of those!

[There's an exclamation point. She actually likes these.]

[rightfoot]

Then that counts, I guess.

[sylphid]

i think so

i can ask elliot or rean or towa about stories if you want. they had more normal childhoods growing up

[rightfoot]

No need to do that, Fie. Your favorite story is what I was curious about.

1/2

[sylphid]

oh

[sylphid]

even if it's not a fairy tale do you still want one?

[rightfoot]

Yes. What's your favorite story?

[sylphid]

it'd be the time the boss snuck into a powerful noble's mansion and stole his wife

it's fine she was happier after she left

[rightfoot]

So by stole you mean...charmed and won her over. Not just straight up kidnapped her.

I'm assuming.

[sylphid]

no she was kidnapped

we got a gig from some anonymous dude to go in and steal her. it wasn't something we usually did but they paid up front and the boss figured it'd be good training for me. i was... 10?

i got to pretend to be the lost kid of some new maid and wander around. lured the lady out of her quarters before the boss knocked her out. we were in and out before anyone knew better.

turns out the lady herself was our client. she fell in love with some farmer a few territories over a couple years earlier during some trip. it worked out in the end.

even if i was involved i still like it

[rightfoot]

Alright... So. You were paid by a lady to kidnap her so she could run off with her new boyfriend.

Got it. Weird, but I feel like this explains some things if this was normal.

[sylphid]

pretty much. it was one of the few with a happier ending.

like what?

[rightfoot]

I guess it explains why you're... I don't know. Tougher? Stronger? Than a lot of other people. I didn't mean it as explaining things in a bad way.

I mean, I definitely wouldn't text you at 3AM if I didn't like you.

[sylphid]

[Oh. Well, that's suddenly very kind. In a way. So she has to ask... for all of it.]

really?

[rightfoot]

Yeah. I'm not going to wake up people who aren't friends just because I can't get to sleep.

[sylphid]

but you didn't wake me up

[sylphid]

you're my friend too though

i decided that a couple weeks back

[rightfoot]

[ It takes him a moment. ]

...Oh. Thanks.

[sylphid]

you too.

so do you have any... deer stories?