[The problem with being reduced to around age six, Huo concluded, was not that it made one's legs so much shorter so that getting to the candy store took twice as long as it should have. No; the problem was that it really did not agree with one's emotional filtering, even if one was normally very good with that kind of thing.
Consequently, it was a rather harried and confused little boy who entered the candy shop that noon, and promptly stopped when he realized that he wasn't tall enough to reach the top of the counter.]
[The little bell on the door signalled the arrival of someone new into the store. Daitou glanced over from the shelf he'd been straightening with a bright smile. A child - an unfamiliar one, too, which was surprising. There didn't seem to be many children in the Sphere. ]
Small as it now was, Huo's mind was still very quick, especially to take advantage of unexpected boons. Assuming a perfectly innocent expression, he stared up at Daitou with wide eyes aglow with fascination.]
[Daitou blinked. How did he...? Right, the journals. Though he should have noticed another child's handwriting on there... Strange. Maybe he didn't write much.]
He doesn't? Really? [Huo stressed, every bit the child understandably intimidated by the big bad dragon. Then he appeared to get distracted by a new thought.]
So he should taste like fish. [He smiled a tiny smile.] Fish and candy together, phooey!
Not for always. [Huo shook his head emphatically.] Only now because everything's funny now. [He gave a mischievous smile.] You should check! It isn't good to taste like fish and not even know!
[That look has Huo in a bit of a predication. He'd very much like to believe that he is misunderstanding, but knows he isn't. He's understanding entirely too well.
He needs an innocent question. Quickly. Before that understanding shows on his face.]
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.
[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?
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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Date: 2011-02-02 10:12 pm (UTC)From:QL - don't mind if I do ^^
Date: 2011-02-03 01:44 pm (UTC)From:Consequently, it was a rather harried and confused little boy who entered the candy shop that noon, and promptly stopped when he realized that he wasn't tall enough to reach the top of the counter.]
QL
Date: 2011-02-03 09:07 pm (UTC)From:Hello! Can I help you with something today?
QL
Date: 2011-02-03 10:04 pm (UTC)From:Small as it now was, Huo's mind was still very quick, especially to take advantage of unexpected boons. Assuming a perfectly innocent expression, he stared up at Daitou with wide eyes aglow with fascination.]
Do you taste like candy now, Mister?
QL
Date: 2011-02-03 10:56 pm (UTC)From:I do, actually! Like grape candies.
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Date: 2011-02-04 12:58 pm (UTC)From:Is it nice? Mr. Tian said it was nice. [His voice dropped low.] But he's scary.
QL - Huo you're a bastard
Date: 2011-02-04 07:40 pm (UTC)From:[The corners of his lips quirked slightly as he tried to hide the grin at what Tian's reaction to being called 'Mr. Tian' would look like]
Tian-dono can be very scary, it's true. But not always.
QL - it's in his job description~
Date: 2011-02-04 09:26 pm (UTC)From:But he's a dragon and you taste like candy now! [He raised huge eyes to Daito.] Did he try to eat you?
QL
Date: 2011-02-04 09:43 pm (UTC)From:Tian-dono doesn't eat humans. Just fish.
QL
Date: 2011-02-04 11:05 pm (UTC)From:So he should taste like fish. [He smiled a tiny smile.] Fish and candy together, phooey!
QL
Date: 2011-02-04 11:13 pm (UTC)From:[He grins a little]
That does sound like a strange flavor, though.
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Date: 2011-02-04 11:22 pm (UTC)From:QL
Date: 2011-02-04 11:42 pm (UTC)From:Hmm, I think I'll leave the choice of who checks if Tian-dono tastes like fish to him, ne?
[None the less, that grin is kind of betraying that he knows the answer already]
QL
Date: 2011-02-05 12:02 am (UTC)From:Huo knows better than to react to that grin. No idea what you're on about, friendly candyman.]
Yes. Because you have to lick him for that. Or kiss him. [And he makes the universal face of a little kid on the subject of kissing: EWW.]
QL
Date: 2011-02-05 12:49 am (UTC)From:It's not so bad - though you probably won't understand that until you're older.
QL
Date: 2011-02-05 04:50 pm (UTC)From:Maybe kissing a dragon isn't so bad, [he says doubtfully.]
QL
Date: 2011-02-05 08:44 pm (UTC)From:[...Yup, still looking like a cat who got the cream.]
QL
Date: 2011-02-06 12:29 pm (UTC)From:He needs an innocent question. Quickly. Before that understanding shows on his face.]
What's 'dono' mean?
QL
Date: 2011-02-06 12:35 pm (UTC)From:Re: QL
Date: 2011-02-06 12:50 pm (UTC)From:QL
Date: 2011-02-06 10:25 pm (UTC)From:[And coming from a samurai, placing Tian on a level with a daimyo is actually pretty high praise]
QL
Date: 2011-02-06 10:46 pm (UTC)From:I'd respect a great big dragon too, even if he only eats fish...
QL
Date: 2011-02-06 11:06 pm (UTC)From: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.
Re: QL
Date: 2011-02-08 12:45 pm (UTC)From: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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Date: 2011-02-08 06:49 pm (UTC)From:Re: QL
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