36 ⁂ she says, I've come to set a twisted thing straight

[weaver_girl]

Good evening, everyone! How are you doing today

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[cathar_jedi]

I do not know. They were not, and then they were.

It is an annoyance, but a minor one considering.

[weaver_girl]

You have them, too?

I'd feel a bit better knowing what they mean, though. They've got a bit of a sad feel to them to me.

[cathar_jedi]

Yes. I have not been able to count. They move quickly.

Observing them [pause] it makes me uneasy.

[weaver_girl]

Right. I guess they would. I think I like fireflies more when they're just, well, doing their thing. Fisher Isle had some last summer.

I feel like they mean something I should remember.

[cathar_jedi]

I remember. I suppose that glowing insects or analogues to them are a common occurrence across the worlds.

You are thinking of [pause. Non-explicit referral to lanterns...] lights in the darkness?

[weaver_girl]

Those, too. But I think they have to do with dead people. Maybe something from my home world? It has that familiar blurry feel, at least.

[cathar_jedi]

Perhaps it is so. Are they sensitive to the dead?

[weaver_girl]

Maybe. Or they show up when someone dies? That doesn't sound right. People die at every time of the year, not just in the summer.

[cathar_jedi]

Do they only live in the summer? I cannot recall seeing such in other seasons.

[weaver_girl]

Fireflies only live in the summer, I'm pretty sure.