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[longwillows]

reach out?

the smell of fresh water in dry desert air. the feeling of cautious curiosity. a place as dangerous as it is resplendent.

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[snaggletooth]

[ How thorough! He knew he could count on her for some kind of explanation, and that certainly was one. Drawings can be of anything, including things that don't actually exist. The clouds Till used to draw that were much fluffier than the fakes ones in the fake sky above their school come to mind.

He was worried that might be the case here, that it was someone's dream of intimacy that wasn't actually possible in the way it was for a proper breeding pair.

He's giddy to have been wrong. ]

To-the-point, as expected. I appreciate that, Kalmiya.

[ Nerves behind the black wall of the Murmur twinge sharply, braced to do something exciting, but maybe a little scary, too. ]

Haha, now I just have to hope you don't think of us as complete fools, after such an ask. We were taught some basic anatomy, but only so we wouldn't engage in any behavior that would result in reproducing.

[longwillows]

[The anticipation is answered with a glowing ring of excitement, not unlike the first time she saw Ivan and Till together.

Though she seems aghast at the suggestion.] No, not at all! I didn't know about any of this stuff until I left my crappy home, either. Sex was only supposed to be for the purpose of procreation where I came from, so that's about all I knew for a long time.

[snaggletooth]

[ She did mention something like to that effect before, that she spent some part of her lifetime in one place, like them, wondering about a world of unknowns.

But she makes that easy to forget. ]

I doubt anyone would guess that about you, Kalmiya. Someday, I hope I can become half as knowledgeable.