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[Have sword, will travel. Katie's in the forest today, travelling with ...a purpose. She's hunting for Sigmund's shoe. Though she's also looking just in the hope that she might find a Sanji under a bush somewhere, and may stop to pounce a spider or two (they may survive the experience), and eventually just make a tally of everything she can find

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[Cloud is definitely talking a walk; headed down to the lake. But he has First Tsurugi with him and he's all geared up just in case Yazoo comes along, so he clinks like a freaking poltergeist (because he's a Nomura character).]

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[...that sword is bigger than she is. And his hair looks funny. ...awesome, but funny. Definitely stalkworthy material, either way. Don't mind those stealthy rustling noises behind you, Cloud. You can't hear them over all that clinking anyway, right? Right?]

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[Oh no, he hears it. He definitely hears it. And since he is on alert for a sneak attack, one hand reaches back to grab First Tsurugi's hilt as he half-turns to regard the bushes behind himself.]

Who's there?

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[...she really needs to get better at this. She'd also rather not get hit by that humongous sword any time soon, so clearly this calls for up front honesty.]

Moro. ...the wolf god. [She got that right, didn't she? Right.]

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...Moro the wolf god sounds like a little girl.

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I'm in disguise. [Peering at him over the bush solemnly.] Is that sword very heavy?

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[Given the nature of Luceti, that may very well be the case. But as far as he knows, Moro the wolf god isn't on the wanted criminals list he's been keeping mentally and she looks enough like a little girl.]

Extremely. [He slips the broadsword from the harness at his back and jabs the blade into the ground.] You can come check it out yourself, if you want.

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[She is indeed a harmless-looking little girl, and that sword is far too tempting to resist. Edging out from behind her bush to come and peer at First Tsurugi. And then at Cloud. And then back to the sword. The thing on her back is a toothpick in comparison. Sob.]

How do you carry that?

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...I got altered. There's a program back on my world called SOLDIER; it uses training and chemicals and stuff to make people stronger and faster. [Of course, his involvement wasn't exactly consensual, but you don't tell little girls these things.]

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[...training blah blah chemicals blah stronger and faster. Well, she sort of understands. Have a fascinated look.]

So you're a supersoldier? Does that mean you're like a superhero then? [Were you bitten by a radioactive scientist, Cloud :|]

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No, not really. [If she's done looking at First Tsurugi he'll be removing it from the ground and ugh, getting the dirt out of the grooves in the blade with the bottom hem of his shirt.]

So how come you were following me? Am I on your property or something?

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Oh. Well, you see, there were bear traps out here. And I'm trying to find out who set them. [Fidgeting. And then hastily:] Not that I thought you were the sort of person who would attack bears, even if your sword is big enough, but you seem nicer than that. And your hair doesn't look mean enough.

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[Cloud wants to know what constitutes as "mean hair," but. Whatever.]

You know how to disarm them without getting hurt, right?

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[Hair that's less fluffy, obviously. Maybe lank and filled with grease and the skulls of your victims. Something. But that was a question nobody's thought to throw at her yet. Startled blinking.]

Well, yes. It's the first thing they teach you as a ninja.

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I didn't know they had ninja schools for wolf gods.

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Oh, but I'm only a wolf god part time. Being a god is very tiring, you know. Too many people want things from you, and you have to answer prayers and all sorts of things. It's my day off.