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[not_as_special]

[The handwriting appearing on the scroll now is an ornate script - carefully written and by no means messy, but sacrificing a certain amount of legibility in favor of aesthetics. Those who take the time to decipher it will find that it reads as follows

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[existwithoutme]

[The script that replies is also ornate, but flowing rather than forced--though it is a bit forceful, even in its intricacy.]

A better term is never wanting. I could think of many more, offhand, with a less prosaic sound.

Clay of creation, mystical soil, dreaming sand, wishing dust, the earth that engenders, the loam of miracles.

Be more imaginative. Don't use words you find lackluster simply because others do.

[Kuja has not yet made anything, but she doesn't see the use in mentioning that.]

[not_as_special]

[Oh, that stings. And it's hard to argue with. Damned if she's not going to try, though.]

Well, I am terribly sorry if I didn't take the time to ensure that my brief query on the Vine was a stunning work of prose.

[existwithoutme]

You need not apologize to me, as it is only your writing that suffers.

You took the time to consider the term "magic dirt", decide that you did not care for it, then wrote "for want of a better term". Were you someone who used the term unthinkingly, I would have said nothing, but you must have at least a nascent aspiration to reach greater compositional heights.

If I chide you, it is for your own benefit. Don't be petulant.

[not_as_special]

Well, I suppose I should be thanking you for being so magnanimous as to offer your literary critique, then.

[existwithoutme]

Thank me or not, it makes no difference. I am a poet, and words are my passion. It pleases me to discuss the subject, so I do.

[not_as_special]

... right, fair enough. I suppose I was being a bit lazy.

[existwithoutme]

The words "for want of a better term" are anathema to me.

As for your question, I have not yet made my own creations, but I plan to recreate my library. Not the structure itself, but the books that are its heart. If one is familiar enough with a work, one can summon it from the soil.

[not_as_special]

Yes, someone mentioned that it is possible to create books even without remembering them word-for-word. It's an appealing prospect, considering how... limited the library here is. Not that I don't enjoy poetry, but still.