text;

[quadrifoliate]

[ Considering how chatty Clover usually is, and how she isn't shy about showing her face on the network, the briefness of her message seems utterly out of character: ]

What's it like, not being human?

Growing up with it, I mean -- being a different species or having powers even before you came here.

[ Also out of character is the unusual effort she makes to keep the text legible and correct -- as anyone who's been subjected to her haphazard keypad-smushing and emoticon spam can attest to. ]

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[quadrifoliate]

You never wished you were something else?

[returnsmagic]

No, never.

[quadrifoliate]

It probably is a little tough to top being a smart, magic-casting, totally ancient dragon.

[ She's serious. Mostly. ]

What do you think of humans, then?

[returnsmagic]

They are chaotic beings, short lived and strange. But they are capable of good things, or otherwise my brother Smelt would have never be part of their company.

[quadrifoliate]

[ She's nodding without really thinking about it, then wonders -- how hard is it for a dragon to see text on an NV screen, anyway? Unless it's got the same function her brother's does, to read things out loud, or the dragon's NV is as huge as he is (just how big, she can't tell) it can't be comfortable.

So she switches to voice without much fanfare, her voice curious and probably sounding a good deal younger than she actually is. ]

Yeah, that makes sense -- I mean, I've got a brother, too, so I know what that's like. His name's Snake. [ And then, belatedly. ] You can call me Clover.

[returnsmagic]

[ Aurican can see the text on his NV quite well and it is a small thing in his claws. He just doesn't see the point in writing messages when he can say it anyway. Anyway, most of his time writing is used for creating songs and ballads, which are far more important. ]

Hello, Clover. My name is Aurican.

[quadrifoliate]

I've never met a dragon before. [ Actually, she was pretty certain they didn't exist. ] We don't have them where we come from.

But you have humans where you are, right?

[returnsmagic]

Oh, yes. They lived mostly on the plains.

[quadrifoliate]

Did you get along with them? Or...?

[ She hesitates, because there's no good way to ask if dragons in Aurican's world are as into kidnapping people and burning villages like all the fairy tales say they are. ]

[returnsmagic]

Oh, I don't talk to them very much, I tend to the elves' company more. My brother Smelt and even Darlantan tend to socialize with them more.