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[bitesvampires]

[Will is in Xanadu, and currently lazing about beneath a tree, an apple in hand - green, for the record, rather than gold. He looks, it has to be said, exceptionally comfortable and contented.

He's also full of complete and utter crap.]When I awoke this morning, I had the strongest urge to travel to the north, perhaps to the coast, or at least to

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[byweavinglives]

You saw nymphs.

[bitesvampires]

I believe my point was that I did not.

[byweavinglives]

Cleaning stables might be better. I've heard that nymphs aren't so kind to meet.

[bitesvampires]

Not if it requires the destruction of walls or the changing of river paths - and there are many that aren't kind to meet; that's hardly a deterrent.

[byweavinglives]

Don't get covered in filth.

[bitesvampires]

Or? But don't worry, I shan't.

[byweavinglives]

I don't like dirt.

[bitesvampires]

It washes off.

[byweavinglives]

That's the hope.

[bitesvampires]

-Or were you referring to a different type of dirt, I wonder.

[byweavinglives]

What kind of dirt would I be referring to?

[bitesvampires]

The metaphorical kind, perhaps, the kind that supposedly dirties one's soul and mind and leaves them entirely with a lack of morals.

[byweavinglives]

I don't really think that' a problem for me.

[bitesvampires]

In that case, I shouldn't worry. The last five years of my life have been an almost constant stream of nagging regarding the importance of cleanliness, not only of oneself, but one's belongings and abode.

[A deliberated pause.] I've noticed, though, that in the case of the latter, dirt and mud have an almost remarkable ability of cleaning themselves. I'd cry witchcraft if I didn't know any better.

[byweavinglives]

Belongings and abode, I'll agree that should remain clean.

I don't know how one dirties the soul. I surmise that's a matter of opinion.

[bitesvampires]

Debauchery and sin, apparently.