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[silk_for_calde]

I stopped to inquire at one of the little tents as to why they were giving injections, and had a fascinating conversation on the subject of immunizations. The technology to create vaccines is lacking in my whorl, unfortunately; it is a shame, because I imagine it would save hundreds of lives. Especially in the Orilla, and in my own Sun Street

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[lionesscouchant]

You're not sick, are you?

I would like to spend more time with you, Silk.

[silk_for_calde]

No, Lucy; I'm actually feeling quite well. I thought it best to take the precaution, though.

I'd like that as well. Have you been to the zoo here? I've been thinking I'd like to visit it. I imagine they have creatures here that do not even exist in my whorl.

[lionesscouchant]

I would like it very much if I could go with you.

[silk_for_calde]

Shall we go tomorrow? I don't teach on Sphigxday. Ah, Saturday, I should say.

[lionesscouchant]

Yes, please.

[silk_for_calde]

I look forward to it, Lucy.

[ooc: i could have sworn i replied to this last night :O ee. did you want to log or just assume?~ I'll be around a couple more hours tho I'm goin out later. ^^]

[Next day?]

[lionesscouchant]

[She's waiting for him at the entrance of the zoo]

[Next day indeed :3]

[silk_for_calde]

[Silk arrives, dressed in black as always, smiling brightly when he sees Lucy waiting for him.]

Am I late? I hope you haven't been waiting long.

[Next day!]

[lionesscouchant]

[She sees him and smiles a little]

No, not at all.

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[silk_for_calde]

Good, good. [Still smiling, he gestures toward the gate.] Have you been here before? I've only read about it.

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[lionesscouchant]

Yes, once. But I'm glad to come again.

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[silk_for_calde]

We haven't a public zoo in Viron, though some of the wealthy citizens keep small menageries. The beast market, though, is perhaps the closest parallel.

[He began walking at a leisurely pace, not sure whether he ought to offer Lucy a hand. One of his own students would have been too old for that, and though she was somewhat younger than his boys, she seemed older than her years to the augur.]

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[lionesscouchant]

Really? There wasn't a zoo in Narnia, because all the animals were free.

[She solves the problem by taking his hand anyway]

I like Lions the best.

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[silk_for_calde]

[He smiles at that; he worries too much about things which are solved simply.]

Do you? In my whorl we call today Sphigxday, after the youngest of Pas' daughters, and lions are sacred to her.

[He raises his free hand absently to his face, running a finger down his cheek.]

Though I imagine it might be dangerous, if lions ran free.

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[lionesscouchant]

Well I suppose that rather depends on the lion.

[She tugs him over to look at the monkeys]

Do they have those in your whorl too?

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[silk_for_calde]

I suppose it does.

[He tags along obediently]

We do, though they're not native to the area around Viron. They can be trained to do a great many things people can do, did you know? They're very clever animals.