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Does anyone else taste like things they're not supposed to? Like food?
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QL

[identity profile] coughcoughshank.livejournal.com 2011-02-06 10:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm - not quite. It's not an actual title. Just a level of respect.

[And coming from a samurai, placing Tian on a level with a daimyo is actually pretty high praise]

QL

[identity profile] getsome-sleep.livejournal.com 2011-02-06 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[That's not exactly the answer Huo was looking for, but it's getting somewhere.]

I'd respect a great big dragon too, even if he only eats fish...

QL

[identity profile] coughcoughshank.livejournal.com 2011-02-06 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[Daitou chuckles a little]

I suppose that's one reason to respect him, yes. But dragons are gods - benevolent ones. [Even if this one hides that under grumpyface] They should be respected for that as well.

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[identity profile] getsome-sleep.livejournal.com 2011-02-08 12:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[The little boy breaks into a huge grin at that. You may not know it, Daitou, but you have just caused him untold relief now that he knows that you know what you're getting into when you, ahem, have tea with Tian. It's about the only good turn the conversation has taken so far.]

Wow! [Now how to make that into a properly childlike reaction...] Can he do magic? Can he make me taste like candy too? [And a serious face.] Should I pray to him?

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[identity profile] coughcoughshank.livejournal.com 2011-02-08 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
I think he can do magic - but probably not candy magic. That's just the Sphere. As for praying to him... [He pauses, looking thoughtful] I think you'd have to ask him that question, not me.

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[identity profile] getsome-sleep.livejournal.com 2011-02-10 10:10 am (UTC)(link)
Aww... [So Tian has not shown Daitou any particular powers - if the other man was telling the truth, and why would he lie to a child? He fixed Daitou with an innocently fascinated stare.] Do you pray to him?

QL

[identity profile] coughcoughshank.livejournal.com 2011-02-11 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
[Daitou flashed the child a small grin - a little sharper and bleaker than before, though]

I'm not the type to pray to gods. And he has never asked me to pray to him.

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[identity profile] getsome-sleep.livejournal.com 2011-02-12 04:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[A child would not understand, but Huo does, and it's another piece in the puzzle. It makes him wonder how much further he can push the matter.]

He must get sad if no one prays to him...

QL

[identity profile] coughcoughshank.livejournal.com 2011-02-12 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[That question gets a slightly sidelong glance. This is an awfully inquisitive small child...]

People still respect him, even if they don't pray to him.

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[identity profile] getsome-sleep.livejournal.com 2011-02-13 09:15 am (UTC)(link)
[Sensitive to such cues in his, well, delicate position, Huo notices the glance and knows what it means. No more questions, at least not outright...]

If he's not sad then it's okay! [He flashes his most winning smile.] No one should be sad. Not scary dragons either!

QL

[identity profile] coughcoughshank.livejournal.com 2011-02-13 09:35 am (UTC)(link)
[That gets a laugh and a warm grin from Daitou]

I agree.
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