10th ♥ [Audio/Commentlog]

[lightwithin]

Who said something about bass spawning soon?

[Kairi's voice sounds a little distant, and there's the lapping sound of water against a boat's side.]

Does anyone else know about - Oh! - About fishing in the cold? No, come back!

[She doesn't really have hands free to search the journal herself right now.]

It broke my line again.

[Kairi can be found out on the lake, piled under blankets, with a makeshift fishing pole and a bucket full of worms. She's caught a few weedy little things.

She wants to catch a big one!]

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[lightwithin]

[Kairi examines the knot critically for a moment, skepticism written in the way she bites her lip. But she decides to try it before she says anything.

But first, she takes up an oar.]

The fish are only in the deep water. We'll need to row out.

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[morningfeather]

[Te Ata nods and takes up the other oar.]

Hopefully we can catch something out here.

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[lightwithin]

So,

[Kairi pulls in her oar and takes up the pole again, eyeing the line once more.]

Where did you learn how to fish?

[It didn't matter, it was just smalltalk.]

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[morningfeather]

My parents, mostly. After that, just random people from the village.

[To be honest, they were all kind of weird.]

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[lightwithin]

The village? Your village?

[Well obviously. But what she meant was well... Was Te Ata's world small like her own?]

What was it like?

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[morningfeather]

Hmm, not too different from here, actually. About the same level of technology, though the people in my village were very tight-knit and we all worked together to make sure everyone was taken care of.

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[lightwithin]

[Kairi stared at the water and her slack line for a moment.]

Do you think that would work here?

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[morningfeather]

[Te Ata stared off into the distance for a moment, frowning in thought.]

It might. Most of the people I've met have been nice and seem willing to help when asked.

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[lightwithin]

But... If they could teach more people, then it wouldn't be so hard.

[There would be more people to make clothes or food or catch fish...]

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[morningfeather]

Well, the only way to really know is to just ask. Can't hurt even if no one wants to help.

[There were so few who knew how to do these things, maybe she'd at least find some who would be willing to learn.]