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Sounds like something my dad would say.
There are other Christmas movies though. Are there any others you like?
There are other Christmas movies though. Are there any others you like?
Brenna's fond of the classics. We tend to watch those over the holidays.
My niece and nephew are fans of newer cartoons, like the one where Santa's daughter suddenly inherits the family business and has no idea what she's doing and the local Changeling reindeer clan pitches in to help her.
My niece and nephew are fans of newer cartoons, like the one where Santa's daughter suddenly inherits the family business and has no idea what she's doing and the local Changeling reindeer clan pitches in to help her.
[ Of course, Adam knows as much. He’s also spoken with the archangel more often than anyone would gander to take a guess, conversations with more meaning that any particular stranger might expect of a little boy. But people who have were there that day would know better.]
I guess. [ The answer is loaded with rather personal doubt.]
Sometimes he sounds like he gets stuff. Then he’s talking about the end of the world and God again. Keeps telling me to ask Aziraphale and Crowley things. Like he thinks everyone’s keeping secrets. And he keeps saying he’s here because he’s being punished for something. Even though we’re all here too.
I don’t really get him.
I guess. [ The answer is loaded with rather personal doubt.]
Sometimes he sounds like he gets stuff. Then he’s talking about the end of the world and God again. Keeps telling me to ask Aziraphale and Crowley things. Like he thinks everyone’s keeping secrets. And he keeps saying he’s here because he’s being punished for something. Even though we’re all here too.
I don’t really get him.
I think a creature like that is hard to get. [ There's the muffled sound in the background of her getting back to her cooking. Chopping up vegetables, monitoring the bubbling pot. ] Like, just by the very nature of his existence. Which isn't a free pass for him, of course, but I have to keep reminding myself that he's literal millennia old and that he didn't spend time on Earth like Aziraphale and Crowley did. The frame of reference is different.
Don't think I've watched anything like that
Are they werereindeer then?
Are they werereindeer then?
Guess so.
[ He's still sat on his bed with his books and whatever myriad of things he's got spread out over the covers. ]
Doesn't feel like he tries to understand anyone else, though.
[ He's still sat on his bed with his books and whatever myriad of things he's got spread out over the covers. ]
Doesn't feel like he tries to understand anyone else, though.
[ I think he does for me, Anathema almost says, but bites down on that initial instinct. She understands people well enough to know that just because someone behaves one way with one person, doesn't mean they're like that with everyone. And that's just regular humans. ]
Yeah. It's tough, both for people having to deal with him and for him, too, I expect.
[ Another sudden course-correction as a thought occurs to her: ] Hey. What sort of things do you like for Christmas? Presents and stuff.
Yeah. It's tough, both for people having to deal with him and for him, too, I expect.
[ Another sudden course-correction as a thought occurs to her: ] Hey. What sort of things do you like for Christmas? Presents and stuff.
Considering it doesn't come out for another 60 years in my world, I'd say you haven't.
They're changeling Reindeer, yes.
They're changeling Reindeer, yes.
[ It's a matter of perspective and different experiences. Adam has no idea how Gabriel acts with other people, who he interacts with. What he does know is what the archangel has said to him, and not all of it had been...unpleasant. Their conversation about Violet's name had been alright. And about movies. But so many of the other times had been just...
But Adam welcomes the change in subject. It sure catches his attention. ]
Huumm, well... there's these videogames I've been looking at. There's one with this really fast rat that fights this eggplant man and his robot minions. And there's this one where this lady goes into pyramids and fights all the mummies and gets treasure.
[ He's getting more intense in his descriptions as he goes. ]
Oh, there's also this one about these robot animals that are possessed by ghosts and you gotta make sure they don't kill you, but also that they don't leave, and they're in this burger place where you work at night-
[ They're gonna be here a while. ]
But Adam welcomes the change in subject. It sure catches his attention. ]
Huumm, well... there's these videogames I've been looking at. There's one with this really fast rat that fights this eggplant man and his robot minions. And there's this one where this lady goes into pyramids and fights all the mummies and gets treasure.
[ He's getting more intense in his descriptions as he goes. ]
Oh, there's also this one about these robot animals that are possessed by ghosts and you gotta make sure they don't kill you, but also that they don't leave, and they're in this burger place where you work at night-
[ They're gonna be here a while. ]
It was the present for me then.
The year was 2082 before I arrived here.
The year was 2082 before I arrived here.
Oh. So you’re from the future?
But we’re in different places now...how does that work?
But we’re in different places now...how does that work?
My world is vastly different than this one. Yes, I am "from the future", but most of what is important history to me has never occurred here, I can't even begin to guess this world's future.
Right.
[ Makes sense. He figures that's the case for most people, but he couldn't help but to wonder if the history of their worlds was similar at all. ]
Do you guys have robots and flying cars and stuff?
[ Makes sense. He figures that's the case for most people, but he couldn't help but to wonder if the history of their worlds was similar at all. ]
Do you guys have robots and flying cars and stuff?
No and no.
We do not have robots. There's no need for them.
Our cars don't fly, they utilize maglev strips in the road or in a changeling's territory. It's easier on the environment. Though most cars have retractable wheels for those who prefer it the old-fashioned way. They're also mostly autonomous, though again there is the option for manual driving.
We do not have robots. There's no need for them.
Our cars don't fly, they utilize maglev strips in the road or in a changeling's territory. It's easier on the environment. Though most cars have retractable wheels for those who prefer it the old-fashioned way. They're also mostly autonomous, though again there is the option for manual driving.
Oh. That's still cool, I suppose.
Really should have robots, though.
Really should have robots, though.
Because robots are cool. Specially the ones with lazer eyes
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