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Mundane, as it appears I must instruct you as well as my son -

A prince does not stand around and wait in someone's headspace. A prince must act before he, or the herd, are instead acted upon.

Besides all this, Bambi still needs me. His mother.... [There's a moment of weakness before he rallies himself.] I have yet to locate a suitable doe. I will not allow you to force me to abandon my duties or my son, for all that you seem determined to try making me do both. It is not the way of a prince. It is not my way.

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[Well, that sure is a talking deer. Tohru stares for a moment--there's no deer in the zodiac, is there?--before realizing she's been staring. (Oh, no! How rude!) She should be used to talking animals by now, right?

She suddenly bows--must be polite!!--and flushes a deep red.]

I-I'm so sorry to stare! Oh, um, I hope your mundane understands, Deer-san... they're very stubborn people sometimes, but they aren't all bad; I'm sure they'll move a little quicker now that you've said something.

[STARTING BACK SOME because hi that's a very small Man with longish hair. Who... is speaking to him. Intelligibly and everything.

Cautiuosly, just in sort of this turns out to be some sort of trick (as it always has been thus far), he answers. While he watches veeeeeery closely.]

I won't get my hopes up.

[Oh, what had Mom told her to do around deer? She'd been too little last time she'd seen one, and, to her disappointment, had scared it off. Tohru tries very, very hard to be still and as un-intimidating as possible. (Not difficult when you're a short, slim teenage girl, but hey, A FOR EFFORT.)]

You could, just a little? The more optimistic I am, the more my mundane is, too. Maybe the same will be true for yours.

[Well, that helps some, but he's still watching veeeeeery closely.]

Optimism saves no does, nor their fawns.

[ Is that a rustle of grass? No.

Because nothing's there, is there? Nothing to be seen and nothing to be heard, now ...

Carry on. ]

[Oh no don't THINK he didn't hear that 8|

Not for nothing is he the oldest deer in the Forest, and they call him the wisest for a reason. He is watching and listening and smelling very, very intently, ready to take off at a moment's notice.]

[ Heard what??? Not the gentle sway of the grasses in the wind, or the way they gently bend in his direction, no, that is Entirely Normal and what kind of deer is afraid of the forest, anyway? Not this strapping fellow!!

No, no, relax ... take a load off for another ten seconds ~~until he's in range~~. ]

[Afraid is a strong word. Observant. Observant is a good word. Like for instance that grass moving not entirely the way that it should be, and the shuff of the blades of it and-

Yup nope he's out bro he is right on out of here.]

Oh! You talk!

[ asa, some people say the same thing of you, considering the antlers and deer-like ears and dappling. ]

You know, I-- I've had the most people ask me if one of my parents was someone like you.

I've always talked. It's Man who haven't made sense before now, though they try with their tricks and their snares and the speaking sticks to lure us in close enough to kill.

[Yeah he's eyeing that a little uncertainly.]

What manner of creature are you?

I'm sorry-- I just don't often meet forest-dwellers here that do. Or even back home, really.

[ an embarrassed twitch, ears swiveling back. ] My father was a-- a kind of forest-god. I'm half-human, though.

I have rarely been out of the forest before now, and so I have met little but - and it is no good thing when Man brings his dogs and ventures in to the forest.

[EYEING YOU HE ALREADY WAS THINKING THOSE EARS AND ANTLERS AND SUCH MIGHT JUST BE ANOTHER TRICK YOU ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING TO CONVINCE HIM OTHERWISE.]

You are a good prince to put your subjects before yourself. [Why yes, that is a a giant white serpent talking to him. No worries, though, she's not in the least bit interested in eating him.]

It is the duty of a prince to protect the rest of the herd, those less able to defend themselves.

[Man what is with this place? The Great Prince is keeping his distance, but as long as this serpent keeps away from him as well, he will stop and talk. Snakes do eat smaller animals, and he does avoid them from the knowledge that some are dangerous, but they are not the deadliest creatures of the forest. There's no need for alarm here, not unless he's given cause.]

[She's certainly big enough to eat him if she wanted (being roughly half the length of a football field), but she vastly prefers fish, thank you very much. Besides, eating an intelligent creature would be tantamount to cannibalism, regardless of species.]

I agree. You have a very admirable outlook, My Lord. [She gives a serpentine equivalent of a smile (difficult to do and awkward-looking thanks to a lack of lips) and nods, contentedly licking the air.]

It is encouraging to witness such nobility in these modern times.

[Yes but even big enough still has to get close enough and a deer can certainly outpace a snake he is just sayin.

He inclines his antlered head.]

If not I, who?

[True.

Though this line of conversation is kind of pointless since she'd never even consider it, and would likely be appalled at the suggestion of such. She's a benevolent water deity, not a hunter. ~~Most of what she eats is in the form of offerings to the gods anyway.~~]

And I will bestow upon you whatever protection I can manage. [Even if that just means keeping him safe when crossing rivers or something like that.]

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