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[opportunitycosts]

Alvin will have acquired his own little carrier pigeon to send messages, so he'll have one stationed at the main carrier pigeon place that will come and find him.

In the meanwhile, this is the entry for any private messages that are delivered via the carrier pigeon system.

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[opportunitycosts]

Yeah, it would. [Eyeing you, Red. Eyeing.]

[gottacatch]

......What?

[ ????????????? what's with that look ]

[opportunitycosts]

You know, you could share what you just told me with other people.

[gottacatch]

With who? [ uh-- ] I thought other people knew about it already.

[ well, until... just now, apparently. ]

[opportunitycosts]

Nope, it's news to me, and I bet a lot of others don't realize it either.

[gottacatch]

Well..... what should I do? Just tell it to peoples' heads one day?

[opportunitycosts]

That's one way of doing it. Although I have very strong feeling you're not the only one who might need to share a few things. I've spoken with Daimonia, and while I didn't learn anything groundbreaking... Maybe I brushed off things I shouldn't have.

[gottacatch]

Is there anyone we can tell? There must be someone like a... I don't know, a scholar or someone like that who writes these things down. Someone who'll let all the information stay free to everyone.

[ If only they had the internet here. They need a website. ]

The only problem if we talked about it in everyones' heads is that not everyone is going to be free to listen. I know I get distracted a lot, and it's hard to follow if you're talking for ages that way.

[opportunitycosts]

Yeah, even I would get an information overload. [And gathering information was his previous occupation.]

I'll think of something. In the meantime, you should go ahead and write down what you've learned so it's not forgotten.

[gottacatch]

Mm, [ a nod ] okay, I'll do that tonight. Do you want me to give it to you later? I think that's all I really know though. I didn't get to talk to Thras about anything important...

[opportunitycosts]

That's fine with me, and don't worry about it. We had a lot of inquisitive folks who went down there, so I'm sure they learned something.

[gottacatch]

[ True. How much was there known from down there? Did they have a library? How many people checked that out in three-something days?? ]

Let me know what you find out too. I want to know everything there is to know-- maybe we can start coming up with ideas of what to ask the arehtei that can help out somehow!

[opportunitycosts]

That's the spirit. [Grins.] It'll probably be slow going to get things started, but it'll pick up once we've gotten everything.

Who knows? There may even be some answers we weren't even aware of.

[gottacatch]

[ Answers they weren't even aware of...!?

Don't say things like that. Now he's just sitting there, mind going elsewhere for the moment and a concentrated look on his face as if he can figure them out right there and then.

But there could be so many answers right under their noses! ]

[opportunitycosts]

[He sees that look—and he can't help but chuckle.]

Don't hurt your brain yet. Let's see what we can pull out first, all right?

[gottacatch]

B-- [ does he want to argue that!? Yes he does!!

...but the realisation of how silly that is hits him, and the fighting look turns into something more. Grumpy. Ugh. ]

Alright. [ It's not a very happy defeat. Red takes the petals into a fist, not squashing them, but no longer caring so much for whatever was collected on them and why he was sat here before. He looks down at them, an energy building in a chest warming the chill away from them. ]

I just-- [ his face twists, and he looks back up to Alvin ] I really want to help this place! I don't want to see them break out into stupid fights or get hurt by the arehtei! I don't want to see the arehtei continue to hurt either!

There has to be something we can do!

[opportunitycosts]

[This is way too amusing. Kids are great.

But he notices that fist and that look, so while he's still amused, he's at least not so visibly showing it.]

I know. Really, I do. And that kind of spirit and determination is what we'll need to do just that. But we have to start somewhere, and unfortunately that's going to take a little more time and some patience.

Of course, you can always dig on your own, you know.

[gottacatch]

[ There's more than just a passion or desire to see things turn out for the better present in him, a small frustration in the back of his mind. It's what he wants the most, the words not false, but it would be a lie that there wasn't a more personal drive somewhere in it too.

But getting all huffy here and now about it doesn't help any of that. His lips line hard, pressing down on that urge as best as he can, keeping his face much of the same sour look.

(double ugh) ]

You mean by talking to people?

[opportunitycosts]

People and the Arehtei, especially the latter.

[gottacatch]

Whenever they're feeling up to it again... do you know if anyone's ever been able to get through to Sosyne? Even Daimonia couldn't.

[ oh, hold on ] Well, there was that one person... ...whatever her name was.

[opportunitycosts]

[A small curious tilt of the head.]

One person? A girl? [He said "her" so...] Got a description?

[Alvin do you know every girl in town already—]

[gottacatch]

[ His brows furrow, a look on his face like he's thinking of somebody he's not keen on that's gone as soon as it's comes. Let's think... ]

She's older than me, but not as old as you. She has ginger hair about this long [ a gesture, level to his chin ] and freckles all over her nose, and she wears big rectangular glasses.

[opportunitycosts]

Hmm... Freckled ginger that looks like a nerd. [Alvin that's not polite.] Don't think I've really talked to her, but I think I've seen her around.

[gottacatch]

I don't know her name [ and if he should, he doesn't remember it ] but we've met twice. The second time was out around Lake Niras to try and speak to Sosyne. She said that...

[ okay, give him another second. ] ...something about Sosyne being too scared to let go of her anger, and... how she wants to see something done. [ A brief sympathy crosses his face remembering that, until he shakes his head. ]

I don't remember everything, but she talked about it with another guy. Daimonia said too that Sosyne was spending most of her time cleaning up the lake and healing the creatures in it when she wasn't too mad.

Oh yeah, and throwing the junk she cleaned up at people who bugged her. [ Very important. ]

[opportunitycosts]

Too scared to let go of her anger? [That's...new.] I was under the impression that the Arehtei wouldn't want the negative emotions. That's a twist.

But sounds like Sosyne is more of an environmentalist. Interesting.