on a lark

[alicornucopia]

She combs and combs the world aside and there is another world, just ahead, and she steps in.

The combed-away hole closes behind her. She puts her comb in her pocket.

Thanjen (Unbitwise)

Blueberry (kappa)

Hivers (Rockeye)

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[wind_on_my_face]

(Transmit.)

“If I get you a radio, will you take it?”

[alicornucopia]

"I don't know what I'd do with one, but I guess, if you want."

[wind_on_my_face]

“You don't have to use it. It would be just in case something happens so you have the choice.

Would you like to come with me to get one, or stay here?”

(He will not be especially surprised if she leaves to wherever it is she came from while he's gone.)

[alicornucopia]

"How far is it?"

[wind_on_my_face]

“About thirty miles. Maybe fifty minutes there and back if I go by myself or carry you, more than that if you want to fly yourself.”

[alicornucopia]

"That seems like a long time to wait just for a radio."

[wind_on_my_face]

“‘Just a radio’ can be the difference between life and death.”

[alicornucopia]

"How?"

[wind_on_my_face]

“If you're somewhere with nobody around, like this island, and you get sick, or hurt despite your reinforcements, or you run out of energy in a place where you can't walk away, then you can ask for help. And if you want them to then, people can find where you are.”

[alicornucopia]

"Only if you're someplace where another radio can hear your radio."

[wind_on_my_face]

“That's why there are relays, to make sure that those places are very rare.”

[alicornucopia]

"Well, I don't think it'd be that useful for me."

[wind_on_my_face]

“Why not?”

[alicornucopia]

"I'm not always places where there's relays."

[wind_on_my_face]

“Well, if you're going into a cave or something, you can also bring local repeaters. Or, you know, make sure other people are around. I'm not saying bringing a radio can help all the time, just often.”

[alicornucopia]

"I don't think it'll help me."

[wind_on_my_face]

“Why's that?”

[alicornucopia]

"I already said, but you weren't paying much attention, I guess." She climbs into her reconstructed griffin and seals it up behind her. Stretches, catlike.

[wind_on_my_face]

“You said you weren't always places where there were relays, not that you were never places where there were relays.”

[alicornucopia]

"Well, I'm a place with relays right now, I guess, but I might never be again."

[wind_on_my_face]

“How do you do that? I can't think of any places like that except for ones that also don't have food and stuff.”

[alicornucopia]

"I haven't just never eaten for my whole life, don't be silly."

[wind_on_my_face]

Gently: “Then where do you eat?”

[alicornucopia]

She snorts. "Why do you want to know?"

[wind_on_my_face]

“Right now, you don't think I'm making sense and I don't think you're making sense. If you tell me some things, maybe that'll help. I'll tell you whatever you want to know about me.”