It was a huge, cosmic sort of plant. Very invasive. But we took care of it!
[Also thank goodness you really are her people]
A pig person. Boar, really. He was the Baron of a whole city, after all. It would be very difficult to do that if he couldn't talk and had no means of building his big brick house. He had these...they were hooves, but more hand-like.
[Shaking her head with wide eyes and making an ix-nay cutting motion.]
He was bad. He was trying to kill Death itself so he could profit off of wars between other nations forever. Also he was mad about his dead brothers. Which I get, but still! Come on! That's a crazy way to deal with it.
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[blinks, though. after a moment:]
Wait, so... [math lady meme] If this baron wanted to make mechanical helpers, why wouldn't he pick something that has opposable thumbs?
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[Also help this is such a good point that she blue-screens for a moment.]
Um. I suppose it's because he was a pig?
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[yikes!! anyways fortunately (?) he automatically accepts this fairy tale logic for whatever reason with a nod.]
Makes sense. [DOES IT] Was he, like... A talking pig, or just a normal pig?
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[Also thank goodness you really are her people]
A pig person. Boar, really. He was the Baron of a whole city, after all. It would be very difficult to do that if he couldn't talk and had no means of building his big brick house. He had these...they were hooves, but more hand-like.
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[moving on, though, he sounds curious]
Sounds like an interesting person. How long did you end up staying with him?
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[Shaking her head with wide eyes and making an ix-nay cutting motion.]
He was bad. He was trying to kill Death itself so he could profit off of wars between other nations forever. Also he was mad about his dead brothers. Which I get, but still! Come on! That's a crazy way to deal with it.
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[yikes!!]
I'm guessing it didn't turn out to be a "let's talk this out" situation? Because that sounds... really intense.
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But it's fine now! We've set it right. [Nodding fast.] Order restored, Death unboiled. We're doing just fine.