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[flameguard]

the placing of these next to each other is exquisite

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[allomantic]

And another one beginning.

[her cyoa injuries have faded into scars, little marks dotting across what's visible of her arms, neck and face.]

I'm alright. Did you still want help with that?

[flameguard]

Yes, but... no.

[ he adjusts the box a bit. ]

Will you pick out a few books? Things you might be interested in. Anything! Just things you might like.

[allomantic]

Ah... I don't typically read for pleasure. If you point out things she might have enjoyed, though, I can take them.

[flameguard]

Sounds like a good time to start to me!

[ sparkles ]

[allomantic]

Ah, well... What I mean is that I don't particularly enjoy it. Though it's good that you do.

[flameguard]

Not even if someone reads to you? Or tells you stories?

[allomantic]

Is it that important?

[flameguard]

I'd like it to represent all of us. Or... at least as many of us as I can...

[allomantic]

Picking something that you like is good enough for me.

[flameguard]

Something I like...?

[ hmmm. okay. he will allow this. he thinks about it... ]

I like adventure stories, the best. Heroic tales of chivalry. But - there are some good books from Orsterra around, too, and I like nonfiction, too. Plus, I've been studying first aid... I could read just about anything.

[allomantic]

That sounds like you.

[a bit fond, before she continues.]

Perhaps one of each, then?

[flameguard]

Haha. I guess so...

[ yeah he is the most predictable boy in the entire world. when he smiles it's much more rondo - despite all the tired exhaustion of what has been a truly nightmarish week, he's still himself. ]

One of each sounds good. [ and he'll start heading towards the fiction section! ] I guess I can't really help it. It's nice to read things with a happy ending, too.

[allomantic]

...Mm, it is.

[it would be nicer if that kind of thing happened more in real life, too, but - it's been a difficult enough week without her voicing that kind of sentiment.]

Is your favorite one here?

[flameguard]

[ there's a beat. and


well... he poofs up like a happy ghibli character for a second. ]

Well - there's a history of the Flameguard.


[ fanboy... ]

[allomantic]

Hm... That one I might not mind reading.

[she says this to see if he will poof up more]

[flameguard]

Really?!

[


i mean yeah of course he does ]

[allomantic]

[nooooooo]

It might take me a while, but - yes.

[flameguard]

I'd be happy to go through it with you! Honestly, I have all the texts memorized, I read them all when I first decided to join the Knights and I couldn't leave home yet.

[ you could see his tail wagging. like if he had one it would be wagging at 100mph. ]

But I'd love that.

[allomantic]

[trying so hard not to look amused]

I wouldn't mind hearing your favorite parts.

[flameguard]

Heh, okay. I could probably talk about it forever.

[ fucking nerd ]

Honestly, looking back at it now might be even more exciting... I've met two of the people in this book, now. Even the one that's been dead for a decade. And... [ .... ] ...And someday, this kind of book is going to have me in it.

[allomantic]

By the time you're retired, I'm sure they'll have hundreds more things to write about you.

[flameguard]

[ sJFLKSDHJ NOOO watch him get flustered ]

W-well! We'll see. Maybe. It's not very common for a Flameguard to retire, anyway, and... I have really, really big shoes to fill. If I could do even one tenth of the good that my predecessors did, I would be lucky. [ also like not destroy the world

because thats a really low bar and yet ]

[allomantic]

That's what makes you a good fit for it, you know.

[flameguard]

Because there are big shoes to fill...?

[allomantic]

No. Because when I brought that up, you only talked about how you want to do good instead of wanting to be remembered for it.