No humans. [The agreement is soft. It may take months.. years even, before she could tolerate their presence, and he had no pressing reason to try to start the process. This mention of an entire town or city of just plants is news to him, by the brief flash of surprise. If such a paradise truly existed, why was he only hearing about it now? He .. could have had a home, a place to belong, a place to bring all his abused sisters to--
... Later. Like so much else, later. He'd hoped his brother would care for Tessla directly, but it seemed that wasn't in the cards, and he was reluctant to just cut her loose and hope for the best.]
I have enough of a home that if you want to stay with me, you can. If you don't want to try this Independent city.
[But now that he knew another option was there, would he remain so close to humans?
It is a relief to see the last bits of mutilated flesh ease away into unmarred body, even if there wasn't ... quite .. the normal number of fingers, or if feathers and wings remained. She was whole, and if this was the new whole, then that was fine. It was better than the image that lingered in his mind even after so long of her corpse floating in preservation fluid. Infinitely better. Rare was it these days that Knives can simply be happy about something, but this was certainly one of those rare moments.]
They're still with you, just out of sight. If you need them, they're there.
oops!!
... Later. Like so much else, later. He'd hoped his brother would care for Tessla directly, but it seemed that wasn't in the cards, and he was reluctant to just cut her loose and hope for the best.]
I have enough of a home that if you want to stay with me, you can. If you don't want to try this Independent city.
[But now that he knew another option was there, would he remain so close to humans?
It is a relief to see the last bits of mutilated flesh ease away into unmarred body, even if there wasn't ... quite .. the normal number of fingers, or if feathers and wings remained. She was whole, and if this was the new whole, then that was fine. It was better than the image that lingered in his mind even after so long of her corpse floating in preservation fluid. Infinitely better. Rare was it these days that Knives can simply be happy about something, but this was certainly one of those rare moments.]
They're still with you, just out of sight. If you need them, they're there.