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[saneasme]

You don't have to worry about sounding odd. You just have to sound like me.

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[doesntmiss]

[Breathe. Come on. What's the world coming to that a little witch girl can make you jumpy like that? Yes, okay, breathing. Bit calmer now.]

Yeah? I never knew they wandered off.

[saneasme]

They do. Or they get stolen. It's all because of the Witclaws.

[doesntmiss]

Never heard of 'em. What are they?

[saneasme]

Small insects. They take your words away before you can say them, then they all spill out the next day.

[doesntmiss]

Oh, those. Yeah I think we've all met 'em.

[saneasme]

Oh! Have you seen them? Daddy could always use more evidence for his articles!

[doesntmiss]

No, I haven't. I just know what that feels like, your wit walking out on you like that.

[saneasme]

They're really there. But most people don't see them.

[doesntmiss]

You know what they look like?

[saneasme]

They have big claws, like a mantis. But that's all we know for sure.

[doesntmiss]

So you haven't seen one yet either?

[saneasme]

They're usually invisible. Or else really tiny. But that doesn't mean they aren't there.

[doesntmiss]

[He shrugs.]

I'm not arguing it. There's lots of stuff people can't see.

[saneasme]

Sometimes I think people don't want to see them.

[doesntmiss]

Why's that?

[saneasme]

They'd be wrong.

[doesntmiss]

And no-one likes being wrong.

[saneasme]

Do you?

[doesntmiss]

Depends. Sometimes it's no big deal. Others it... matters a lot more.

[saneasme]

Like about Crumple-Horned Snorkacks.

[doesntmiss]

[Count on her to defuse any impending seriousness on his part.]0

What are those?

[saneasme]

We don't know. But I'm going to find out.

[doesntmiss]

So what do you know about them so far?

[saneasme]

They can't fly, they have crumpled horns, and they're very elusive.

[doesntmiss]

And you're trying to find out more, huh.