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[preborns]

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[wicka]

Magic is faster

I remember a floral-y smell in ur hair
Also like wood and incense

[ and a little bit of sweat but that's a rude thing to say probably ]

Not really
But some people said I'm hot

[preborns]

It is. But cheating.
I would prefer to be chased.

Oh, how lovely. There are many scents in the bathrooms here, and I like them all.

You are. But you are beautiful too.
You are like the shells left on shores, when the sun kisses them.

[wicka]

[ alia you're tapping into things that Excite him ]

OK...
I'll [ sdjhfg ] chase u then

Do u say that stuff about many people?
What they remind u of

[preborns]

You must try very hard to catch me. I am swift.

I do. They knock into my mind and I like to feel the shape of them. It makes them real and human, and not simply a memory.

I forget, sometimes, what is memory and what is not.

[wicka]

I'm pretty fast too

[ 👉👈 ]

I used to go looking for shells at the beach in Coloane
And those little pebbles in the sand with a bunch of colors
Some of them were just sea glass, I was always disappointed when my mom said that's what they were

[preborns]

Would you show me how fast? I would like to see you run and strain and pant and sweat. I would bring you a water in a bottle.

Coloane. Macau?
"Just" sea glass. They are treasures and gems. That is what you are, a handful of sea pebbles and shells on the beach in Coloane.
I have puzzled you.

[wicka]

If u feel like running from me I can show u

[ Is this flirting? He thinks he's flirting now. ]

Yea, Macau

I mean
I don't know if I get it but it sounds nice
So thank u

[preborns]

Yes. I do feel like. I am very fast.
Like a deer.
You must be very strong and swift to catch me.

[definitely flirting. this is flirting.]

On Earth.

You're welcome. When I see you, I will show you.

[wicka]

I'll try
Do I get something when I catch u?

[ It was an if at first, but he decided to be brave. ]

I don't really know how to write like u do but
I think ur beautiful

[preborns]

Hmmm. Yes.
You get to make a wish. And I shall grant it.

Do you? I would like to feel that in you, when I put eyes and ears on you again.
I could smell it in your sweat, your skin, taste it in your mouth.
Your tongue will taste like awe, methinks.

[wicka]

What kind of wishes do u grant?

I don't know if u remember
The month where we weren't really ourselves
They made me think I had bitten u

I liked the taste

[preborns]

All sorts. Any you can imagine.

I do remember. Sometimes I think you truly did.
I can remember the way your teeth felt.

Would you do it again?

[wicka]

I would
With my other teeth, too
If u don't mind the pain

I asked for a wish back home
We did a whole ritual for it
It left a mark on me

U could too
So I remember what ur teeth feel like

[preborns]

Other teeth? Within yours, like a shark? Or another-you?
I like pain, it brightens up the mind.

Did you receive mark and wish both?

Hmmm, perhaps I shall leave you my mouth's shape, writ in skin, if you run brave and bold and leap and tumble and chase me with joy. I would need to especially reward this.

[wicka]

The wolf's teeth
I don't have to fully be a wolf to have them, it can just be parts of me

Yea
I got my wish
And the sigil is on my body forever

I'll do that
Whenever u want

[preborns]

Oho! The wolf.
You would show me them? I should like to see.

Was it worth it?

[wicka]

Yea
I think so
I got what I wanted so...

Do u have any wishes of ur own?

[preborns]

What was it? Or is this a secret I must puzzle free.

Yes. But it is an impossible one.

[wicka]

It's kinda complicated
I'm a werewolf
And I couldn't really control what happened to me
It's been like that since I was a kid
So I asked to be able to turn into a wolf when I want to
Instead of it being something that just happens to me
Does that make sense?

What is it?

[preborns]

That is not complicated. You wanted to be yourself again.
That is the most logical thing in the world.

Something similar. I want to be just-Alia, not part of history or destiny or fate. I want to love and be loved and laugh and be happy simply.

[wicka]

Why can't u just do that?
They won't let u?

[preborns]

I am Atreides, Bene Gesserit. My path has been set since before I drew breath.

This means: I am sister to an emperor who rules the known universe as a god. I gained my powers before my birth. I can only ever be part of history.

[wicka]

[ right out of a science fiction movie, whoa. (says the werewolf witch.) ]

Do u have to be all that here?
It's a different universe

[preborns]

I carry the genetic memory of the millenia of my mother's order who came before me. I hear their voices at every moment. I could no more escape them than pull the veins from my body.

It is inevitable.

[wicka]

But they're not here are they
How come you still hear them?