lili.

[nonbelligerent]

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[coastal]

She is.

[an easy answer, coupled with another smile]

My dearest friend in the world.

[her only friend?

whatever]

I almost wish she was here - but I have to learn to do things on my own sometime.

[nonbelligerent]

You can impress her with what you've achieved here when you return.

[coastal]

Mm - of course I will.

[ . . . ]

That does mean I have to start achieving things here. Soon, hopefully.

[nonbelligerent]

Nothing keeps you still for long, does it?

[coastal]

There's too many people suffering here for me to sit around.

[people are upset and away from their loved ones - it's not dire yet, but it could be. and so lili feels the need to fix it]

[nonbelligerent]

[heh.]

Even in spite of your general dislike towards people?

[coastal]

As long as they're not a danger to anyone, it's not like I'd wish danger upon them.

Isn't that human decency?

[







wait]

Oh. You're not human.

Fine, then I'm telling you it's human decency.

[nonbelligerent]

[he smiles a little.]

Humans' willingness to value one another's life is among the things I like about your kind.

[coastal]

[ . . . . uh.]

So then - what are you?

[lili you can't just

ask people what they are]

[nonbelligerent]

I doubt you've heard of the name, if we're not from the same world.

[coastal]

Do you get tired of saying it often? Have you already had to explain it to thirty other people?

If not, I don't really care whether or not I'm familiar with it. You still are what you are, and I still want to know.

[nonbelligerent]

[no, that's his tablet. he's definitely had to explain that one over and over again.

...]

Sura.

[coastal]

[a tilt of her head]

What makes you different from humans?

[nonbelligerent]

Quite a bit. To begin with, you've read my scroll, right?

[it kind of tipped off the obvious difference.]

[coastal]

You're very old.

[say something else]

[nonbelligerent]

There is that.

[coastal]

Mm... Something about horns?

[nonbelligerent]

You remember the scrolls well for someone who dismissed them.

[coastal]

I have to remember what they say in order to decide whether or not they were true once I meet the people involved.

[and then way too directly:]

May I see your horns?

[nonbelligerent]

I don't mind, but why?

[they're horns. just go look at a cow, lili.]

[coastal]

If I don't see them, then the scroll might still be wrong and you're playing along with it for some reason.

[she has to see things with her own two eyes sorry shess]

I don't see why you would, but if it doesn't bother you, I want to confirm.

[nonbelligerent]

[well, all right.

shifting the tablet so it's under his arm, he pulls off his hood. ta-da, horns. exactly as stated.]

[coastal]

[UWOH

she tilts her head in surprise]

Ah....

Why do you have them?

[do

do they ram into each other with them]

[nonbelligerent]

Why does any being have what they have? I was born with them. Among sura, they're a feature of my particular clan.

[coastal]

I was wondering if they served a purpose...

[WHAT ARE THEY FOR

DO THINGS LAND ON HIS HEAD OFTEN]