Two Crows Watch from the Gallows Tree (part 16)

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Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:32 am
Shady says... · Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:32 am
“Do you… wish that you were? Part of it?”

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Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:34 am
Ljungtroll says... · Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:34 am
"I don't really see much point in wishing for something that won't happen," he said quietly.
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Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:38 am
Shady says... · Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:38 am
That wasn’t a no. Not properly. She nodded, trying to think of how to navigate this carefully. “I don’t even know what would go in one, really… I feel like I only vaguely understand…”

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Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:42 am
Ljungtroll says... · Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:42 am
"For a kid, you'd do the little dolls that signify their birth and then their family members," he said with a sigh. "Then you accumulate things they find meaningful or have grown attached to. Old toys, gifts, odds and ends. Think of it as a memory box."
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Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:44 am
Shady says... · Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:44 am
“What about for an older kid?”

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Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:46 am
Ljungtroll says... · Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:46 am
"Same thing. The dolls would just be a little different. No holes in the head for necklace strings, just little wooden or stone totems."
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Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:49 am
Shady says... · Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:49 am
“What?”

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Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:53 am
Ljungtroll says... · Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:53 am
"Before the child's birth, the mother would wear a totem of a baby around her neck for good luck. That and some similarly carved totems of the family at the time would then go into the heartbox." He set down his tea, running his hands through his disheveled hair, resting his elbows on his knees and his chin between his arms.
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Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:55 am
Shady says... · Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:55 am
“Ah… where do I get those?”

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Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:57 am
Ljungtroll says... · Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:57 am
"You make 'em. Or get them made."
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Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:59 am
Shady says... · Mon Oct 10, 2022 1:59 am
Ky reached down and rubbed the pendant Papa carved for her. Would she be able to do anything worth while? Should she try?

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Mon Oct 10, 2022 2:01 am
Ljungtroll says... · Mon Oct 10, 2022 2:01 am
Tomhas was silent again, rocking himself gently with his elbows still on his knees.
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Mon Oct 10, 2022 2:03 am
Shady says... · Mon Oct 10, 2022 2:03 am
Ky sipped on her tea. “How’s yours?” Best to get him hydrated. He’d feel better.

(Says the hypocrite: sitting here not hydrating or eating)

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Mon Oct 10, 2022 2:05 am
Ljungtroll says... · Mon Oct 10, 2022 2:05 am
(Heheh you probably should though.)

He looked down at his tea that he'd set on the ground; he hadn't taken a single sip. He picked it up and sipped at it slightly. "It's good," he replied, forcing another tiny smile. "Nice and crisp."
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Mon Oct 10, 2022 2:09 am
Shady says... · Mon Oct 10, 2022 2:09 am
(Yeah. I really should. I’m hungry just queasy and exhausted)

“Good.” She nodded.

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"A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni
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