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[forestpride]

[San doesn't pay attention to your silly little human books unless she needs to yell about the forest. She's clueless about any kind of experiment. However, she's also resting in the cave right now - having moved a lot slower lately because of, um, circumstances - and so the book she so carelessly tossed aside is picking up her thoughts]

(Mother is

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[tatzenkreuz]

[What sad thoughts! He doesn't respond, though he's more than ready to interact when he spots her later on in the day. He approaches, curious.]

San! Hey!

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[forestpride]

[she's pulling spindly little plants out of the ground but jumps back when she hears him. Her thoughts show she doesn't remember who he is]

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[tatzenkreuz]

Whoa, hey, what's with those thoughts -- ah, don't tell me it's like that. [He shakes his head.]

"Friends"? Does that ring a bell?

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[forestpride]

[her wolf brothers are what she's thinking of now]

...You're that pushy human.

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[tatzenkreuz]

[San in turn would see an image of a green tiger and a black raven. Super-sized, though nothing as grand as Moro.]

Ha . . . so you do remember. That's me, all right.

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[forestpride]

[the green tiger gives her pause, for sure]

What do you want?

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[tatzenkreuz]

[the thought vanishes as he takes a step closer.]

To spend time with you, 'course. That's what friends do.

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[forestpride]

[she has a clear image of herself foraging alone]

You're the one insisting we are friends.

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[tatzenkreuz]

And I intend to make it so! You're foraging, right? What are you lookin' for?

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[forestpride]

[several different plants pass through her mind. The vast majority are edible.]

Anything I can use.

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[tatzenkreuz]

Got it. Here, let's search together. [and here he crouches, ready to look for the plants that had come up in her thoughts.]

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[forestpride]

[your absolute refusal to leave her alone is infuriating, little human.]

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[tatzenkreuz]

[sorry, San. He's so absorbed in trying to help to the point he even forgets to make the usual smile. At least he won't talk as much like this.]

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[forestpride]

[and he's about to reach for poison ivy. San doesn't say anything, but her thoughts alternate between Tormod touching the plant and his hands covered in red blisters]

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[tatzenkreuz]

[well, crap, his gloves aren't going to help him terribly with that. He halts momentarily to ask the following, though his hand's still hovering over the plant that must not be touched.]

How much do you have to gather, anyway?

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[forestpride]

Enough to be prepared.

[she's thinking of Tormod's gloves, and how they have no finger covers]