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Σ(°ロ°) wwww a real life swordsman! People haven't used swords where I come from in a really long time! And we never had magic. It's only in story books and games that magic comes up!

You're so cool~~ (´｡• ᵕ •｡`) You're even out in the woods too?

[ Or someone outdoorsy....just like a fantasy character! ]

My current campsites near Lapine. I've been trying to follow the rivers for a while, determine when the seals start appearing in them (seems to be once you get into the desert btw)

[ Being praised for it, being something like a fantasy character... it's the second time in as few days. Her and Makoto. It's... nice, but it's also a little unsettling. It gives him flashbacks of when he was younger, first exposed to that world. It isn't the best of memories, if he's honest. But he can't help but also feel amused. ]

Wait, seals... not seal animals? A magical seal?

[ Or maybe the animal seal? ...but why would they be in the water near the desert...! ]

Oh!

Okay so there's a river that flows down from the the mountains north of Epiphany* down through the desert of Cruel Summer and ends somewhere in the swamps of Exile** where it sort of intersects with another river. Locals and maps call it the Selkie. During the desert potion, there's a breed of mild tempered seals (the animal) which seem to thrive in the potion that flows through the desert.

* - I think, I've found the sources of tributaries but not the main river
** - Again, I think. I've never made it far into Exile

Ooooo wow, so real seals! That's so amazing! And you're looking for them? Why?

Curiosity, mostly

The river flows through a lot of this realm and I've been told the Salkie name comes from a story about seals, but the seals are only in that one region. The river also is pretty calm, doesn't seem to ebb or flood all that much.

If I'm being honest its mostly a task to keep me busy and traveling though

I thought it was because you really liked seals, but even for curiosity...! I don't even travel around to different places in Folkmore by the bus, so being able to go so far by your own... I couldn't do it!

I hope you don't get lonely out there. Or that you have friends you can talk to! Unless it doesn't bother you?

Well I'm talking to you, aren't I? ♥

But no seriously I'm just here with me out here. But I usually stick close to the towns and cities, sleep in them by night. See people there! That and studying things on the Relic here when I'm camping

You're a regular passenger on that Cat Bus?

Serious or not serious, you can always talk to me when you need a friend! ♥

I saw the cat bus once, but I never went on it. Actually, I've only been on the train twice to go between Wintermute and Epiphany. This is the first time I've been able to leave or go anywhere I want, but... there's so much choice, I don't really know what I would do if I would go to the other places? Maybe that sounds strange, but...

Where I'm from, people never traveled! We all stayed in a city, and I never thought about anywhere outside there as somewhere I would go.

Hehe, I'm not very adventurous~

A small world huh?

[ So young, something like a peasant, impoverished, or all of the above. She says a city, so it could also be that the city fulfilled all their needs? Depends on the sort of world they're from. Lex runs through several things in his mind's eye, but ultimately it's not going to come to much. So instead, ]

Take the train and see some other places, now you have the chance. Even if you're furnishing an apartment, seeing new things'll expand your horizons.

Elder Mother station in Willow will get you right in the heart of the town there, and it's within a mile or two of the Amrita (the school). Then Obamabo station is pretty near both Puca Park and Talaria, in the desert's edge and south end of the lakes respectively. There's actually two stations in Epiphany, both with stuff to see. Luan station has a shopping district full of birdsong around it, leads right up to the school and the main city. Jami Station lets out pretty near the neighborhood of Satori Hills, and there's a bunch of places there including a high fashion business I'd recommend run by a person I know named Rue. The station up by Wintermute is pretty near the science school up there too.

All of those are pretty safely and easily navigated. Even if you don't know what to do, just wander around and see and hear what you can feel around you.

[ And via horse or cat bus there's even more places. But they said they didn't travel much. So Lex starts (by his logic at least) small. ]

[ Really, really small. ]

Traveling advice by the expert...! Maybe I should try something new, too. I'm not ready for going out into the wild like you, but a town sounds cozy~ I'll take pictures when I go! Epiphany's been really beautiful in places.

I'll visit your friend's store, too! Going to stores where people make the clothes themselves is really high class where I'm from. Even just seeing the sights though... that sounds nice.

I should spread my wings a little~ (even if I don't have any!)

I know I recommend it, for sure The train line makes it a lot easier to see a lot more variety. Hell, even just riding on it through the windows you'll see Cruel Summer, maybe even see Never Fade in the distance. Probably plenty of pictures to see

And yeah Rue's a real talent. A little scary looking but that's only for the first few seconds

The world's only as big or as small as what you see and let in

[ He said, even though he himself... uh. Well, he's been feeling restless for both the size of the "world" and how small "this world" seems to be sometimes. ]

[ The world is only as big or as small as what you see and let in...

He's probably right. No, he likely is. There's so many places she could be going, but it feels too large to even begin--where when she's left to her own devices, she doesn't know what to do. To be off script--to have no script.

Is this what living life is really like...? ]

Then, can I ask a favor? Um, only if it isn't any trouble...! But I'd like to see pictures of the places you visit. Even if there isn't much, or it doesn't seem so... it'll be the first time I've seen more than my own city, or outside Epiphany.

Call it a way of distracting yourself more! ♪ But it's okay if you don't want to do it.

[ ... Mmm

Okay, he can do that. He'll curate them too be sure, no need to have someone know where he is at all times or know all he is doing, but a basic picture exchange? He can do that. ]

Alright I don't mind doing that sometimes. Not the best at photographs myself but! if that'll motivate you further, no issues with that from me

Thank you! You've been nothing but nice to me. You have to let me repay the favor sometime, okay??

Whenever you're in Epiphany, a game or cake is on me!

A game? Like at that arcade?

Exactly! Have you been? I figured if you hadn't, I could show you the kind of stuff I know! We have those where I'm from.

I heard about it, have been to the outside of it, never really went in.

I know there's one in Epiphany and apparently one in Never Fade too.

It's the fun way to fight friends and to take them out! ...or you can work together in some games.

But I think an adventurer like you deserves a challenge ( • ̀ω•́ )✧

Ooooh!!!

I take it if you're offering, you're a pretty talent games player, yeah? Will beat the snot out of me?

Uhuhuhuhu, that's what you think....!

In reality, I've lost all the games I played! But this might just be my chance to beat the snot out of someone: You!!

I feel as if I'm being accused of being *very* weak right now . . .

But true, you just might on experience! That counts for a lot

Exactly! And if you turn out to be a genius at video games when you're already so cool at traveling, I'll cry!! I need the advantage!

Lex, by the way

Thats the name people usually call me face to face

[ Oh! ]

Lex~ I like it! Do I get to call you that over the relic too?

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