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[grigori]

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[spydey]

I'm fine.

[ a pause ]

Are you into fishing? Yesterday I learned everyone is very into fishing.

[grigori]

[ they pause. ]

I don't know. I've never done it before, actually. Do you like fishing?

[spydey]

[ she takes a sip of the drink. ]

Fish can be high in protein. And apparently it's relaxing.

[grigori]

I do like fish dishes... I guess it's just never come up. Normally we'd just get fish at the supermarket.

You don't sound that convinced about the relaxation part...?

[spydey]

I have never gone fishing where I wasn't already hungry.

So it makes it harder to relax.

[grigori]

I guess that makes sense. It's a useful skill, though, isn't it? Maybe I should learn, just in case.

...But you shouldn't have to go hungry while we're here. We can't conjure up a whole feast for you guys or anything, but we can at least give you lunch?

[spydey]

[ she lifts up the drink. ]

I see. Then we should have lunch.

[grigori]

[ with a wave of their hand, two bento boxes appear on the table in a shimmer of gold dust! nom. ]

How's this?

[spydey]

Huh.

[ she'll take one. it's cute. ]

So you have magic.

[grigori]

Just enough to give you guys a helping hand! We've all got some unique abilities, too, but if we're lucky, none of us will need them.

[spydey]

What kind of abilities? Like...

[ she gestures ]

You know. Like... flying?

[ she's trying to think of powers ]

[grigori]

We can fly, but that's more...

[ spreads. the wings? it's a wing thing? ]

My own one is more like making shields or force fields? Like this.

[ another shimmer of gold, and the bento that yelena left suddenly has a little gold dome around it! ooooh, aaaah. touch the little barrier if she wants, but she won't be able to get through it. got that bento on lock. ]

[spydey]

[ she of course pokes at it. ]

Oh, that's neat! How big can you make it? Can you shield an elephant?

[grigori]

Hm, I think so. The limit probably relies on me and how much force I could manage to keep it going under, but I haven't seen any elephants to practice it on, though.

[spydey]

[ she looks disappointed for a second, and then brightens up. ]

Maybe someone has an elephant friend?

[ daemon ]

[grigori]

Oh! If they do, I'd be happy to test it out with them!

But only if they're okay with it.

[spydey]

Yes, yes, I'm sure they would! It would be really neat.

[grigori]

[ giggles ]

Some of you do have some pretty big daemons! I'll ask, if they come to talk to me.

[spydey]

Ah, Natalia, you could have been bigger...

[ the spider on her shoulder is :/ ]

But anyway, can I ask a different question?

[grigori]

I think she's fine as she is.

Sure! What's on your mind?

[spydey]

The coins.

[ she pulls her out of her pocket. ]

The symbol on it.

[grigori]

Oh, the comet? That just means you're one of us - the Celestials. Everyone has one for either team, you just can't see it.

[spydey]

So there's another one for the uh... Temporals, right?

[grigori]

That's right! You can see it on their masks if you talk to them, just like this.

[ tapping the little yellow thing on their mask, where the same comet design is front and center! ]

It's more of a clock design for them.

[spydey]

Why do I feel like I need to keep quiet about it?