[grabs her hand too!! touch week has made her a monster. she'll put together a net out of the. shibari ropes, and she'll do it by directing nahri's hand.]
So you did this often. [ not so much a question as absorbing a statement of fact. ] I've seen fishermen work their nets before, but I lived in the city, so I usually just took what I needed.
Yes. It's a useful skill to have. I didn't think I'd be using it like this, though. [it's not going to be a very big trap, but it's something.] What is your city like?
Big. Bigger than this one- [ although they don't know what it's like beyond the barrier ] -with buildings and people all crammed together. There's outdoor market stalls lining the streets, and mudbrick houses build on top of another, and mosques where everyone goes to pray. There's a big bazaar that sells all kinds of things, stuff from far away. It's in the middle of the desert, so it's very hot and dry and dusty. We'd get sandstorms on occasion. I had a little tent where I sold amulets and fortunes, but that's gone now.
[she listens, though, quietly. she pauses in her work, looking down at the net, and then when nahri finishes, up at nahri herself.]
... I promised that I will help you to the end. [maybe shenhe isn't homesick for a city, but even she can tell nahri misses it. she misses her mountains in a similar, if muted, way.] You'll see it again.
In the mountains, you can see the sun rise up close. The world is dark, and then there is color. It creeps up on the grass, pink and red and gold. You can see those colors reflected in the dew on the grass. The wind is cold, and the trees rustle with it. A little like shivering.
But then it gets warmer, slowly, as the sun raises. Birds sing - sometimes they're a little too loud. But it doesn't stop the sight from being beautiful.
That sounds really nice, Shenhe. [ can she lean against her? she wants to. it's distracting from the net-making, and as much as nahri would like to not feel sad and homesick and ignore it by having a distracting task, she's pulled in by her sadness over shenhe being trapped here too. ]
[she's fine with it - if nahri leans closer, shenhe allows it, resting her head against nahri's. the net goes unfinished for now because she's distracted.]
I won't be sad if I don't. [she says, simply.] I hope you don't worry about it. But thank you.
Then I'll be sad for you. Don't you want to go home? [ she's projecting now, but. ] How can you turn away from somewhere so beautiful? Isn't that where you belong?
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cute, she tilts her head a little.]
... Yes. [decisively! she's a little flustered and she's not sure why so she just barrels on:] We should put up the trap.
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Oh yeah, it'd be a shame for the balls to go to waste after taking all of them.
How do we set up the trap?
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Um.
[stares at the ropes. and then the balls.
help]
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We can figure this out. We have time to figure this out.
A trap would have to activate when the door is opened. So maybe we can use the rope...?
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... Yes. [a beat.] We can make a net, and put it over the door, and set it to release the balls when the door opens.
[you know, just make a net with shibari ropes ig]
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I'll get the rope. You're taller, so you'll have to help set up the net.
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... I'm not that much taller than you. [she seems a little amused by this.] I can lift you. I might need to, to reach.
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[she holds out her hands for the rope!] Have you made a net before?
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[grabs her hand too!! touch week has made her a monster. she'll put together a net out of the. shibari ropes, and she'll do it by directing nahri's hand.]
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Where did you learn to do this?
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[ she's homesick. she misses it. ]
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... I promised that I will help you to the end. [maybe shenhe isn't homesick for a city, but even she can tell nahri misses it. she misses her mountains in a similar, if muted, way.] You'll see it again.
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Can you tell me about the mountains?
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Of course. [a pause.] Have you ever watched a sunrise?
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I've seen one or two before.
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In the mountains, you can see the sun rise up close. The world is dark, and then there is color. It creeps up on the grass, pink and red and gold. You can see those colors reflected in the dew on the grass. The wind is cold, and the trees rustle with it. A little like shivering.
But then it gets warmer, slowly, as the sun raises. Birds sing - sometimes they're a little too loud. But it doesn't stop the sight from being beautiful.
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I want you to make it back there.
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I won't be sad if I don't. [she says, simply.] I hope you don't worry about it. But thank you.
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