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[inpiecesofcloud]

[Yachiru's face is smudged with dirt but she doesn't look too unhappy about it. There is a heavy rattling sound behind her as she pulls her wagon over the rough ground at the excavation site. Beside the huge Kenpachi doll on which a very big kitten sleeps is a bow and a quiver full of arrows. Some of the arrows are neat and new but a few look much

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[yetsleeping]

Yachiru! Are you... collecting arrows?

[She tips her head a little, looking at the screen more carefully.]

I stopped going there a while ago... what's going on?

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[inpiecesofcloud]

Sure! Why not? I collect lots of things and sometimes when I shoot my bow the arrow goes so far I can't even find it!

[She shuffles around a little bit more in the debris but only manages to come up with some scraps of fabric. Clearly not interesting. She makes a face.]

I dunno. Lots of digging I guess. They keep finding weird stuff. But I only come when everybody else goes away. The foreman guy yelled at me once! I didn't really care but he didn't have a sense of humor at all! No fun!

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[yetsleeping]

[Okay, that makes her laugh.]

Yes, I remember that about him. Well, I guess there's nothing wrong with collecting arrows, but are you sure they're safe?

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[inpiecesofcloud]

Huh? They're arrows! They're supposed to be pointy! But I know how to use them, promise! Isie showed me!

[She mimes pulling a bowstring and makes a whistling sound which bears very little resemblance to the sound an arrow actually makes as it flies through the air.

And she giggles.]

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[yetsleeping]

Well... he is a very good teacher.

I believe you! It's not so much that I didn't think you'd know how to use them. But I wonder about the arrows themselves. Um. Whether they have... I don't know! Maybe... weird. Properties? Magic, or... poison or...

[...]

I guess I worry about you.

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[inpiecesofcloud]

Oooh.

[Her eyes go wide for a second and she pulls out one of the arrows to study the tip.]

You think it might be poisoned? It just looks like a regular arrow to me! Except that red part...

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[yetsleeping]

It could be! I don't know. Don't poke your-- oh, I know.

You could poke me with it.

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[inpiecesofcloud]

Why would I wanna do that if it might be poison!

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[yetsleeping]

Oh, because toxins and things like that don't affect my kind.

Err... I mean, they could if we let them, but we can filter it out.

But I could tell if it was there to filter.

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[inpiecesofcloud]

You don't have to worry about poison and stuff either? Scilly's amazing!

But Scilly! Why would somebody put poison on their arrow? That's like cheating!

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[yetsleeping]

Well, poisons, toxins, drugs, sicknesses, temperature...

Anyway, that would be a good test! And... I guess they would do it if they cared more about the kill than the battle.

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[inpiecesofcloud]

That is cheating! And it takes the fun out! I don't want poison on my arrows! You can test it and not get hurt, right? You're sure?

[Because she worries about you, too.]

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[yetsleeping]

I'm sure! You don't have to worry about me, Yachiru! I wouldn't put my own life in danger unless I had no other choice.

I promise.

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[inpiecesofcloud]

Good! And you don't have to worry about me! But I guess we do that anyway, huh? Even though we don't have to.

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[yetsleeping]

I guess so! Maybe that's just part of being us.

Because we guard things!

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[inpiecesofcloud]

[She nods vigorously.]

Right! And we're good at it, too!