Let's Do The Space Warp Again

[iamnotpolaris]

'Guided random' selected, parameters recalibrated, universe selection initiated.
What's on the other side now?

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[pythbox]

"Oh, well. His name is hardly the aspect of him I am most interested in."

[whatamithinking]

...The combination of this statement with a certain recent infodump is giving Edie mental images best described as "TMI." She makes a face correspondingly.

"So, uh, how do Dragonbonds usually work?" she asks, trying to change the subject. "I got a decent impression of theirs, but it was accompanied by the impression that it was rather atypical..."

[pythbox]

Saravasse snorts. "Which parts do you need explained?"

[whatamithinking]

"How close are the bondeds' minds, usually? When I first showed up on the island my impression was of one person in two different places."

[pythbox]

"Farther than that," says Saravasse. "When I had my first Bondmate we could hardly feel each other's minds at all. These days when I add a new Bondmate we spend a little while all living in each other's heads more than we might like, but that soon passes."

[whatamithinking]

"So more like my sister and I. Interesting."
Is that the clearing right up ahead?

[pythbox]

It is!

Liselen wobbles determinedly toward it. "Ugh ugh ugh why can't everyone be virgins," he mutters.

[whatamithinking]

"...I'm sorry? Is being around nonvirgins uncomfortable for you? Should I be backing away and communicating solely by telepathy from a safe distance? Should I be trying to shut the sensation off?"

[pythbox]

"You should not be trying to shut the sensation off! That sounds like a terrible idea!" Wobble wobble. "I'll just deal with it. Oh look, a virgin I can hide behind."

[not_only]

...um?

[whatamithinking]

"Just checking."
She switches to Sivath's language. "Apparently the kind of person that Liselen is finds nonvirgins uncomfortable to be around. And you are not, so he's hiding behind you."

[pythbox]

From behind Sivath, Liselen says, "That's better. Sort of. Anyway, does Tialle's Demon even speak this language?"

[whatamithinking]

"I am not sure."
'(sample of vocabulary/comprehension?)'

[endragoned]

He does not speak this language!

[whatamithinking]

Would he like to? Edie can do that!

[endragoned]

Sure, why not.

[whatamithinking]

Languify!
"He does now."

[endragoned]

"What fun."

[pythbox]

"I think I'm probably supposed to tell you that you're not Dark," says Liselen. "Don't ask me how that happened. I'm just the unicorn."

[endragoned]

"It is... surprising news."

[pythbox]

"No kidding!"

[whatamithinking]

"Considering that it's probably why you're not dead, I think we can all agree that's a good thing."

[pythbox]

"If there'd been a Dragonbond Endarkened who was Dark, everyone else would probably have been dead long before Idalia could have sacrificed herself to destroy all the Endarkened," says Liselen.

[whatamithinking]

"Well, the fact that he hadn't committed genocide was not a surprise to him, so I thought it bore mentioning."

[pythbox]

"It's really weird!"