Subject: Re: Really trying.
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Posted on: 2011-06-29 06:27:00 UTC

"That is a little backwards by many people's standards, but maybe not insane. Maybe." She grinned back, then grew thoughtful. "Something strange, huh? Hm." She took a drink of her own to buy time to think. There was a fair bit of strangeness to choose from, but most of it was a bit too strange for day one, in her opinion.

"Well . . . there was the one time I nearly got myself killed by vampires. Not your cute, sparkly modern vamps, mind you. Think wolves, only human-shaped and smarter. This was a generic fantasyverse, a different life altogether, and I was also nineteen." She grinned at the coincidence. That wasn't why she'd chosen the story, but it was even more fitting for it.

"I was with this village, helping with a minor epidemic, and I learned they had an ongoing problem with these guys. When I finally saw one, I couldn't believe it—she was a pathetic, scrawny little thing sniffing around the edge of the quarantine tent. So, in my infinite wisdom, I took it upon myself to go talk to them and get their side of the story. I figured, hey, they're intelligent, surely something can be worked out so nobody has to suffer. Luckily I was right, but only insofar as I was personally novel enough for the guy in charge to let me off with a couple of scars."

She lifted her chin and pointed to the place on her throat where the little white spots were, kept as a reminder not to get cocky. She did it with a smile, though. After the bite, it hadn't been all bad.

"Still, it's hard to negotiate when both sides think you're out of your wee little mind. The village kindly packed my bags for me and I never found out what happened, if anything changed or not. I doubt it, but nothing's impossible." She shrugged and resettled herself, then tilted her head in the universal questioning gesture. "Your turn."

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