[Barcus has carefully avoided mentioning The Thing because he doesn't fully understand what happened, although he can see several hundred different ways in which Gadriel's lack of familiarity with the social graces common to at least three-fourths of the Visitors could cause friction.
He wasn't there, he didn't see it, it's over now, and as far as he's concerned it doesn't have to be his business. Clean slate.]
I'd offer to talk to him but I doubt I have any sway at all. Lioriley will handle it, I'm sure.
Well, I don't want to draw songbirds to the window so she can kill them. I try to discourage her from that. But she does get to go outside regularly and she's fairly consistent about bringing me rodents and large insects. And I play with her, as well.
[Gadriel still wasn't entirely sure how that had all happened himself. But it was just the first and most public of his continuing string of errors. An all too familiar thread.]
It is all settled. I understand not to eat people's plates now.
as long as she gets to kill something that probably does it. [He's got to advocate for other predators.]
Have you considered getting a pet yourself? For while you're here, I mean?
I admit, I was afraid of how you and Satchel might interact at first, only because she's not aware how delicate she is and you're a wall of muscle and adamant. But you seemed to understand that at once.
It might be good for you to have an animal friend.
Not especially, no. Satchel just walked up to me on the street and insisted I pet her. But there are also shelters where domestic animals without a person to care for them are kept, so they don't get hurt on the street.
If you'd like to just go look sometime, I'll come with you.
[That sounds like Satchel, at least the one he knew for 5 minutes. She had given hints that she had wanted some fish, and her body language suggested she would have been impatient with an incorrect answer.]
I will consider that. I am better at killing things than
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Date: 2025-02-10 07:01 pm (UTC)He was
not
pleased.
He did not believe me when I said I did not know
they were not for eating.
[Probably signage going up at the winery right now, everything labeled "gadriel:DO NOT EAT"]
I...could? [Just saying he's not ruling that out. ]
How is Satchel? [The REAL priority here.]
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Date: 2025-02-11 04:31 pm (UTC)Oh dear. I'm sorry, he's a bit...acerbic if you get him going, I know. I traveled with Astarion for a while back in our own world, and he is.
[Is...? There's a long pause as he searches for diplomatic wording.]
Uniquely challenging. I would never wish him harm but imagining the look on his face as someone devours his dishware has made my entire day.
Oh! Satchel is quite well. I put a birdfeeder in the windowbox and she's having the time of her life watching them.
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Date: 2025-02-12 12:52 am (UTC)not
very understanding. [Understatement.]
I suspect he has not
yet
gotten over last month's
thing. [The thing? You know the thing. The thing that had Gadriel bleeding out in the streets murmuring a prayer of consecration.]
does she get to catch anything? An unrewarded prey drive is...unpleasant.
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Date: 2025-02-12 01:06 am (UTC)He wasn't there, he didn't see it, it's over now, and as far as he's concerned it doesn't have to be his business. Clean slate.]
I'd offer to talk to him but I doubt I have any sway at all. Lioriley will handle it, I'm sure.
Well, I don't want to draw songbirds to the window so she can kill them. I try to discourage her from that. But she does get to go outside regularly and she's fairly consistent about bringing me rodents and large insects. And I play with her, as well.
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Date: 2025-02-12 04:45 pm (UTC)It is all settled.
I understand not to eat people's plates
now.
as long as she gets to
kill
something
that probably does it. [He's got to advocate for other predators.]
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Date: 2025-02-12 10:31 pm (UTC)Did you have animal companions of any kind, where you come from? Or working animals?
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Date: 2025-02-12 11:03 pm (UTC)that was an option.
[If so please feel free to have Satchel write up a contract and send it to him. He will sign.]
Only on agriworlds, I believe.
but I do
understand
a prey drive.
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Date: 2025-02-15 08:26 pm (UTC)I admit, I was afraid of how you and Satchel might interact at first, only because she's not aware how delicate she is and you're a wall of muscle and adamant. But you seemed to understand that at once.
It might be good for you to have an animal friend.
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Date: 2025-02-15 09:28 pm (UTC)I had not [But honestly, he is thinking he might enjoy a cat. If Satchel is any indication, that is. ]
Are they difficult to acquire?
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Date: 2025-02-17 11:45 pm (UTC)If you'd like to just go look sometime, I'll come with you.
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Date: 2025-02-18 12:41 am (UTC)I will consider that. I am
better at
killing things than
keeping anything alive
however.
[Including himself.]
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Date: 2025-02-19 05:32 am (UTC)Keep it in mind, there's no rush to decide.