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[shroud_of_gray]

[The PDA hits the ground and switches on, bounces, arcs in the air and lands. Positioned awkwardly to one side of the screen is a tree. In it is a pale, glowing, elf-like girl peering down at the PDA, arm out stretched and dangling awkwardly from a branch as if she tried to catch it

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[foundmyarms]

[Okay, that is weird yet somehow cute at the same time. The timing of the wind and her twirling catches his attention, though, and he decides to ask her a question about it.]

did you do that?

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[shroud_of_gray]

[Confused, she wonders if she did anything other than chase leaves on a convenient breeze.]

If you spin you can make air move a little. The wind did most though.

I have a question.

What bird is this?

[She switches to video and opens her hand. In it is the blue butterfly, flexing its wings.]

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[foundmyarms]

that's not a bird, it's a butterfly.
it's pretty, isn't it?

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[shroud_of_gray]

Butterfly?

Yes. I have seen one once before. It was long at first and it made itself a white cage. When it came out it was a bird. Not blue like this one but yellow and white.

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[foundmyarms]

yeah, that sounds about right for a butterfly.
but butterflies and birds aren't the same thing.

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[shroud_of_gray]

That is strange. They are not so different, you see. They both fly, and both are born from strange white cages.

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[foundmyarms]

even if they're alike, they're not the same thing.
apples and tomatoes are both round and red, but they're definitely different things.
plus birds live a lot longer, and some birds can talk.

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[shroud_of_gray]

What are many apple and many tomato?