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[oftheriver]

Why would you even do this? I have chores to finish.

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[tinyflower]

[ Hello lil Sanzo. Meet another golden haired child. ]

Chores?... What kind of chores do you do?

[oftheriver]

Mostly just sweeping and tidying up after my master. He's so lazy!

[tinyflower]

I do that too. Sweeping and dusting and the dishes. Sometimes I do the laundry too.

[oftheriver]

Me too! Doesn't it bug you? Adults are all so irresponsible.

[tinyflower]

Sometimes it does, when I'd rather do something like paint or read one of my books, but... at least it gives me something to do. I get so bored back home.

[oftheriver]

I get bored, too. I was raised in the Kinzan temple. There's absolutely nothing to do there other than chores or listening to scripture... and all of the monks are hypocrites. They don't do a thing that they preach.

...though sometimes my master acts oddly. I suppose that's enough that I'm not always bored.

[tinyflower]

He sounds like a nice person. [ She smiles a little. ]

I live in a tower far away from anyone. Mother and me are the only ones who live there and she likes to leave the tower during the day so I have to find stuff to do around the tower.

[oftheriver]

He's a scatterbrain. Honestly. [But he smiles a little too before hiding it. He wasn't some little sissy.]

...you live alone in a tower? Really?

[tinyflower]

[ She nods her head. ]

Well... I made a new friend! [ She holds out a chameleon. ]

His name is Pascal. He keeps me company while mother is out.

[strayroach]

Why d'you wanna do your chores?

[oftheriver]

Because if I don't then they'll just pile up. No one else around here lifts a finger.

[strayroach]

So why's it your problem?

[oftheriver]

Well---just because! I don't want to be disrespectful to the one who took me in.

[strayroach]

So you gotta do everything? Sounds like he's takin' advantage.

[oftheriver]

He would never take advantage. I'm not like the monks in the temple so I'm not fit for the things they do. These chores are my means of staying. I'm not just going to sit around.

[strayroach]

[little twelve year old Gojyo is going to light himself a smoke now.]

Whatever. If you wanna do it, I guess, not like it's any of my business.

[oftheriver]

H-Hey! Why are you smoking? You shouldn't!

[Kouryu doesn't understand how anyone could enjoy such a horrible habit, his master included.]

[dragonride]

Kyuu?

[That's... a tiny Angry. Why is Angry tiny?

Pardon the dragon, he has to investigate this closer.]

[oftheriver]

Ah!

[He's never seen a dragon before.]

W--what are you?

[dragonride]

Kyuu! Kyuu!

[He makes a little loop around Angry and then lands on his broom.]

[oftheriver]

[He's still unsure.]

C-can you not speak..? But you seem friendly...

[dragonride]

Kyuu!

[He leans his long neck forward, attempting to lick Angry's face.]

[oftheriver]

[Kouryu backs up slightly.]

Ah, hey! Quit it!

[But he's smiling.]

[dragonride]

[Sweet Goddess of Mercy, little!Angry was so cute! So excited, Jeep continues his tongue assault, flapping over to his shoulder and sitting down.]

[oftheriver]

[The claws sunk in a little through his robes but Kouryu didn't mind. It was a friend. An animal. Innocent. He was free of judgment in this little creature's mind. That alone meant the world to Kouryu, who had no friends of his own other than Shuei.]

Na, do you want to see the temple grounds? There are trees out there I sometimes like to sit by. The shade is nice.