testing out a newish muse

[splendide]

It's quite nice of you to go to all of this effort for me. I appreciate it, but let me make this clear: If you're trying to send me to some odd place away from home, the only place I want to go is Narnia. I'd really rather not go anywhere else.

[Though getting back to Narnia isn't going to happen any time soon.]

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Peterrrrr!

[practicality]

You really think that's going to work?

Susaaaaaaan!

[splendide]

I had to try, didn't I?

Re: Susaaaaaaan!

[practicality]

Maybe, though I'm sure you'd know soon enough that it doesn't really work that way.

[splendide]

Does it? I'm still getting the hang of this.

[practicality]

Let's just say Muns have that odd habit of doing exactly what you don't want them to.

[splendide]

There's no reason why I should have to do anything mine says, especially if she's that unreasonable.

[practicality]

What is she planning to do with you, anyway?

[splendide]

She's not really sure yet, but the idea of sending me somewhere came up and I thought I'd let her know what I thought about it.

[practicality]

Oh, I think I know how that feels like... quite well, actually.

[splendide]

You do?

[practicality]

Let's just say a few months ago, I was as against the idea as you are, now.

[splendide]

What changed your mind?

[practicality]

I don't know, really. Maybe the certainty that whatever I want isn't really as important as what she wants to do with me.

[resolvere]

[So what's all this about a lion being your savior...

Just a white wolf, most likely, swishing her tail back and forth as she looks at Peter. What do?]

[splendide]

Is it worth it? [Ruling Narnia certainly was, but he's not sure he'd trust a mun as easily as he trusts Aslan.]

[practicality]

I think so, yes. After all, I did manage to see Ed, Lu, and Caspian. [ and peter as well, though perhaps this one won't be too receptive of 'alternates' quite yet. ]

[splendide]

[He looks at her curiously. Peter would expect that the Narnian wolves would remember him as Sir Peter Wolfsbane, but this one seems different. Still, she could be dangerous.]

You're not afraid of me at all, are you?

[resolvere]

[Her tail swishes back and forth a few more times before thumping against the floor and simply resting there. Why should she be afraid? What is there he has to cause her fear?

She opens her maw and stretches her neck out in a yawn, licking her chops before panting slightly. Is that a good enough answer?]

[splendide]

Are they all with you? [Having 'alternates' might come as a shock.]

[splendide]

[Not much, really. He's just a human. But he's used to animals that think and talk, so seeing a wolf that understands him isn't all that strange. She doesn't seem like a threat to him at the moment, but he'd rather be sure.]

Can you talk?

[resolvere]

[Oh dear. She doesn't mean to come across as intimidating in the least. A mother's worries are extensive and all.

She looks down at the ground between them, lifting a paw and bringing it down where now letters are forming words, as if by an invisible brush.

NOT IN THE SAME MANNER AS YOU, BUT I SPEAK.]

[practicality]

Yes, though I'm not sure you'd like where we are.

[splendide]

Where is it?

[splendide]

[He glances down at her paw, then watches the words as they form. He's never seen an animal speak quite like this.]

That's quite a talent you have. What's your name?

[resolvere]

[There are no others quite like the sun god, that is why he has never met one like her. Without her Celestial Envoy, it is the only way.

I AM AMATERASU. AND YOU?]