picknicking

[dark_light]

There's something unutterably pleasant about landing in a bit of woods in the middle of Nowhere, Manitoba, removing a sandwich and an apple from her backpack and having a picnic before she's ready to move on. She could eat in midair, but it makes it too likely that she'll drop something and find it unrecoverable.

Path's on her knee, and her cloudpine is propped up against the tree next to her.

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[dark_light]

"I can get you pictures of me with Path as any of a dozen of his favorite old shapes, if you really want!" laughs Isabella.

"I am travel-sized," asserts Path.

"And soft," says Isabella, though since he's currently snuggling Vernaia she doesn't pet him to punctuate this assertion.

[prodigal_miser]

"I think I'd love to see pictures," replies Adarin. "Perhaps not now, but eventually, certainly."

In order to see pictures now he would have to stop hugging her. He doesn't want to. Hugs are nice, especially when the rest of him is cuddling adorably as a bird.

Vernaia giggles a little, and nuzzles Path. "Very," she proclaims.

[dark_light]

Hugs are very nice!

"I have some of them on my phone. For the whole set we'd need to apply to my dad for the physical photo album."

[prodigal_miser]

"Ahh, the pocket library also has adorable pictures. I support this."

[dark_light]

"The phone is not primarily a pocket library. It's named after the talking-to-faraway-people-who-also-have-phones function. The class of devices has been picking up added features like internet access much more recently."

[prodigal_miser]

"I'm going to think of it as a pocket library no matter what you tell me. That also sounds remarkably similar to spelled mirrors! Except... Those have no added functionality. And they are not libraries that are pocket sized."

[dark_light]

"Well, neither did phones, recently enough. It's even pretty recent that you can use them without them being connected by physical wires the whole way. If you see wooden pillars by the sides of roads with wires strung between them and branching off towards houses, those are called 'telephone poles', although I think some of the wires are for electricity and other utilities that are carried via wire."

[prodigal_miser]

"Ah, I see. That's very cool - your world is interesting, did you know?"

[dark_light]

"I did know! I expect yours is interesting too."

[prodigal_miser]

"I think so. It's beautiful, anyway, if sometimes - oh, yes, you're immune to cold. Then it'll just be pretty for you, I suppose."

[dark_light]

"We usually describe ourselves as unharmed by cold. I can still tell that cold things are cold."

[prodigal_miser]

"Well, is it a bad feeling?"

[dark_light]

"No. Especially not if it's starry out. Moonlight and starlight feel beautiful and they're easier to feel in the cold."

[prodigal_miser]

He laughs, a little. "New Kystle has two moons. I do hope you like it."

[dark_light]

"Oooh. I am very much looking forward to that. And new stars."

[prodigal_miser]

"I don't think we have many astronomers. It's possibly the ones we have will let you name a star, if you find the right person to ask."

[dark_light]

"I don't think that will affect the quality of the light, but it'd be fun! I will contemplate what to name a star."

[prodigal_miser]

He grins. "I'm glad you'll have fun."

They are still hugging. At this point, it might have graduated to cuddles, but Adarin certainly isn't complaining.

[dark_light]

Isabella seems pretty cozy too!

"Also if I freeze a dayside lake for you I should name the lake too."

[prodigal_miser]

Adarin laughs. "Sure. I'll have to find you a lake that doesn't have a name yet, but I don't think all of them do."

[dark_light]

"How long have you all been in New Kystle at this point?"

[prodigal_miser]

"Four years. Certainly not long enough to name everything on a planet."

[dark_light]

"Not even in a narrow band around the twilight area. Okay."

[prodigal_miser]

"To be fair, people are also clustering around certain places, and then not moving from them, so the places they're not at get ignored."

[dark_light]

"Makes sense, it's useful to be around people and specialize your labor."