contemplating distantskies.

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Hey!

I'm not gonna talk to you about not doing this thing you're thinking about doing, as I know it never works anyhow, but I do have some questions. You know you're having trouble thinking of just one animal soul dangling thingy for me to settle down as, well, you know, that makes perfect sense! Because being one thing forever is the thing that doesn't make any sense, I think.

I mean it's not like people just stop changing from being what they are after they hit twenty years, or fifteen years, or any number of years! That sounds depressing, in my opinion. And what about people who have a lot of different things going on inside them at once? They're complicated! Boiling that down into just one thing is tough. I'm surprised anybody manages to do it for anyone at all.

Hmm, it sounds like an interesting kind of place, though... but honestly I think I'd take a daemon, or whatever, over you messing with how things are at home. If you have to take me out someplace, can't you at least leave Edo alone?

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I have no idea, unfortunately whenever I have problems I have to figure things out as I go along rather than having a bunch of people teach me what to do. That would be so nice!

Unlike you, you pampered little... kitty cat!

[jurisimpudent]

..."Kitty cat"? You must be joking.

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Dogs are useful animals.

[jurisimpudent]

Indeed they are. Well observed. Is this conversation going to consist of you spouting off a string of animal-based platitudes?

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I'd have called you a dog, but you're not useful.

[jurisimpudent]

Thank you. I got that. You're not precisely dog-like yourself.

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I can live with it.

[jurisimpudent]

And you're welcome, by the way, for not making the obvious, crude joke that would normally be applied to your gender. You should know that I am above that.

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Want a pat on the back?

[jurisimpudent]

No. Now may we get back on topic, or do you want to try to derail the conversation again?

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How about you go away instead?

[jurisimpudent]

Says the girl who criticizes others for incuriosity. As soon as she loses the argument, she loses interest in knowing what she needs to know.

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I don't think I lost the argument, or at very least, you made some paltry efforts that didn't convince me of anything at all! You're acting like I'm really ridiculous for being concerned, but you don't know much at all about who the people in charge of things are or what their motivations outside the obvious might be, so forgive me if I'm not convinced.

[jurisimpudent]

First...please take a deep breath and calm down.

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Quit being so condescending and I'll consider it.

[jurisimpudent]

Do it and I'll stop being condescending.

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No.

[jurisimpudent]

Then I shall continue to condescend. After all, only by descending can I get to your level.

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Feel free to go find someone as stuffy as you to talk to.

[jurisimpudent]

You say "stuffy," but I hear "well-informed and with an attention to propriety."

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You say "stuffy" and I hear "stuffy."

[jurisimpudent]

You were the one who said stuffy. We're referring to your original quote.

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Yes, I was making fun of you when I said that.

Look, never mind.