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[fuga]

Who: Lauralae and you!
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: On the Starstruck
When: Ridiculously early in the morning

tell me of curses in your world.

healing. magic. spell breaking.

i will offer my own knowledge in return.

[ There's no thanks, and nothing else added to the message. What you see is what you get. ]

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[mucked]

What happened?

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[fuga]

i was exiled.

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[mucked]

I wasn't aware that exile changed one's genetics.

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[fuga]

[ And all Peggy gets now is an awkwardly taken, sloppy and very slightly off centre photo of Lauralae's ears - where she has cut off the tips, and the scarring make them look almost deformed. ]

it changes many things.

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[mucked]

[ -- fascinating. horrible, but fascinating. this is a state beyond genetics: a violent metaphor, divorcing the young woman from her blood and from her people. peggy takes a moment to reply. ]

Why did it happen?

[ ordinarily, she might feel the question is too rude to ask. but lauralae is the one who wishes not to stand on formality. ]

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[fuga]

because i made a mistake.

[ it's that simple, really. she made a mistake and this is the price she has to pay. ]

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[mucked]

Must have been a very big one.

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[fuga]

in their eyes it was.

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[mucked]

And in yours?

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[fuga]

i was a child.
i did not know the boundary between good and evil.

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[mucked]

It seems an uncommonly harsh punishment for a child.

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[fuga]

i did not say they were kind.

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[mucked]

There are some who would considering it a blessing in disguise to be untethered from a people like that.

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[fuga]

i would not think of many things as blessings.
perhaps it is true, if one looks back.

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[mucked]

Onto better things, I suppose. Onward and upward.