I got news about the lizard we found earlier in the year.
I went back some months ago and found another lizard with a lot more mechanical parts, except this one was dead. It had been dead for a while. The metal parts were also pretty different from Veliki's. I wouldn't be surprised if they were an older model.
Took me a while, but I've gotten the hang of resurrecting it. It's not really alive, first of all, but I get a better shot at seeing through its memories when it's not just bones and tissue. So, I did that, and I could see that it had been experimented on quite a lot. Something must have gone wrong with the new magic or the engineering, I can't tell, but that's part of what killed it. I saw a lab, too, inside a cave. That's not something you'd see in Solvunn, but why did we find two lizards with mechanical parts here, then? My guess is that it must have been a place near the Solvunn borders. Either the Badlands or the Free Cities. Veliki escaped, and this unlucky one... must have been dumped, maybe moved around by some other animal.
I couldn't see who did it. And I couldn't tell either if any of these experiments are a bad thing. I don't know that they're good, either, but it could be testing out something to use on humans later. Like prosthetics.
[He's just not going to ask about the specifics of lizard resurrection.]
I would guess that you're correct about it being an older model. Its life would be inconsequential to those seeking to create something so unique as long as they could learn from the failure. I have known men like that.
The location can't be a coincidence — I'll keep a keen eye out when I ride in the badlands. Good or bad, the fact that such work was done in such secrecy gives me pause.
I like the name Sef.
[Because he knows he's not escaping name discussion time.]
In any case, Sef's new lease on life is attached to mine. If I'm alright, he'll be alright. He won't have to worry about disease or anything like that.
And… no, it’s not exactly like that. I brought it back with my magic, but it’s lifespan now as a newly risen lizard depends on my own strength. There’s nothing to worry about.
[He doesn't like the sound of channeling Old Gods at all but this is not the time or place to voice such an opinion.
He'll also let Hilda respond to that first question because he's sure she will have a strong opinion.]
When we can, between other matters. As much as curiosity burns, there are more urgent things to see to on a day-to-day basis. But I have no intention of writing them off as an eternal mystery.
I’m mostly wondering because the animals here in Solvunn can wander around pretty freely. Especially with the way the treehouse is surrounded by a forest. I imagine the Cities to be pretty much that — a city.
Sounds good, though. Whether it is relevant or not, as long as they’re safe, that’s what matters. I’ll bring Sef along next time the portals to Nocwich open so you can show him to Viktor, then.
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[wanda] invites [altaïr] and [hilda] to a group dm ✨
[yes, wanda is keeping it.]
RETURNS FROM THE DEPTHS
I would guess that you're correct about it being an older model. Its life would be inconsequential to those seeking to create something so unique as long as they could learn from the failure. I have known men like that.
The location can't be a coincidence — I'll keep a keen eye out when I ride in the badlands. Good or bad, the fact that such work was done in such secrecy gives me pause.
I like the name Sef.
[Because he knows he's not escaping name discussion time.]
ALSO RETURNS? FROM THE DEPTHS?
𝘖𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨! 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢, 𝘸𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘵. 𝘠𝘰𝘶'𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰 𝘕𝘰𝘤𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥.
𝘉𝘶𝘵, 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘶𝘯𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵? 𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺. 𝘖𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘬𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘶𝘴 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴?
[ And then a beat later - ]
𝘈𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴?!
us climbing up the well like samara
[she's okay with that name...it's your cross to bear, altaïr.]
let's go girls
Consider than your incessant pestering has worn me down when it comes to names.
[He says that with affection...ish...]
are you ready kids - wait, wrong song
𝘐𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨?! 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘦. 𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘶𝘥𝘦, 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢.
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[It wasn't not on purpose.]
I value your life over the lizard's, but it's good to know you'll both likely stay safe.
It means 'yesterday' in Arabic. I like the sound of it.
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[ She's still going to find you on some rooftop later and fight you Altaïr, just you wait. ]
𝘞𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘢 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦, 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢? 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦? 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘚𝘦𝘧?
[ Ah, it looks like we have moved onto asking about the Rising of Sef. ]
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[He has his limits.]
If you're strong enough to reverse death in the first place, I don't doubt that the lizard will live a long second life.
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[ GOD 🙄]
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘵𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐?
𝘚𝘦𝘧 𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺! 𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.
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He'll also let Hilda respond to that first question because he's sure she will have a strong opinion.]
When we can, between other matters. As much as curiosity burns, there are more urgent things to see to on a day-to-day basis. But I have no intention of writing them off as an eternal mystery.
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[ She'd be lying if she said that she already hates the thought of that though. ]
𝘐'𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘧 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴.
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fin! 💕
𝘞𝘦'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯, 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢!