( video | un: duckling )

[danserai]

[ her feed turns on and there's ahiru, a girl, not a duck. ]

Uhm, so . . . I've been here for a year. Which is really long and I was just thinking that . . . it's been so nice. To be here. And to meet new people and try new things. Also make so many friends.

So, uhm, to celebrate . . . I'll give you a compliment! To celebrate everyone. And if I don't know you, uhmmm, I'll give you my best first impression!

[ she bows lightly. ]

Comments

[opress]

How does one lose pieces of their heart?

[danserai]

It's magic. When he broke his heart, the pieces, the feelings spread all over.

[opress]

That seems like a fatal flaw of the magic where you're from.

[danserai]

I guess? Magic doesn't really follow rules.

[opress]

There are always rules.

[danserai]

What makes you say that?

[opress]

Anything with meaning or structure has rules. Things you can and can't do with it. Gestures, words or personal energies you have to put into it to make it work.

Energy itself may be unrefined and chaotic, but to use it, I expect there has to be structured rules.

[danserai]

I dunno . . .

The person I got this from . . . he could make stories come to life. And stories don't usually have rules.

[opress]

That sounds like a dramatic way to show a story.

[danserai]

Stories are supposed to be, I think.