“…Oh.” She didn’t understand, but he seemed to be getting prickly, so best to drop it. “Okay. That makes sense.” It didn’t.
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
Nicholas could see his children exchange a glance out of the corner of his eye, and he tensed. They had plenty of right to judge him, but not for that.
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
Sadie could feel the tensions raising even higher and anxiety crept into her gut. She needed to salvage this. Somehow. Think… think… “So are there any local hidden gems we may have missed?” Radical change of subject.
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"In two years? Not likely," Nicholas replied, maintaining his posture. "There's very little to see in this town. The children would know better than I do."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
Well, it was worth a shot. Sadie bit her lip and nodded. “Ah.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"Laura is the expert on the town, I think," he mused. "She and her siblings have combed it top to bottom."
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
Sadie smiled a little at that. “They’re good kids… Not sure I want to hang out where they do, though. That seems iffy.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
Sadie nodded, too. “Ah well… I stay pretty busy during the school year anyway. Not much free time past all the grading and such.”
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
(Hey this conversation has turned pretty domestic; probably my fault. Wanna brainstorm how we can jazz up the setting of this little town?)
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
(You’re all good— but yeah! I think that’s a great idea! I’ll be free probably around 9 cst tonight for maybe an hour if you want a synchronous brainstorm or other evenings. What with traveling for work it’ll probably be 8 or later tonight through Thursday, may have a chunk Friday afternoon, or all day Saturday)
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
(Sure, that works for me! I won't be free on the weekend due to a class trip, but I can do tonight!)
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
(Okay! That sounds good. We just went to dinner. Once we’re done I’ll be ready but sticking with the 9 ish estimate)
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
"The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words." --Ursula K. Le Guin
"u and rina are systematically watering down the grammar of yws" - Atticus "From the fish mother to the fish death god." - lehmanf "A fish stole my identity. I blame shady" - Omni [they/he]
It's a pity the dictionary has only one definition of beauty. In my world, there are 7.9 billion types of it- all different and still beautiful. — anne27
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