homophonic ❆ alex

[bindings]

alex

I'll tell you when you're being weird.

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[bindings]

[hey! she's up here! she's chewing on a flower. or rather, a collection of flower petals.]

Hello. [she says, after she's swallowed. a pause.] Alex.

[that is her name, yes.]

[camena]

That's me.

[ ....................... ]

Are you eating flowers?

[bindings]

[oh you know]

Yes. [a beat.] You are saying this the way people say things to me when my behavior is abnormal.

[camena]

Well. Plenty of flowers are edible, technically, but...

You know there's like a McDonald's, right?

[bindings]

[wrinkles her nose.]

The... nuggets, made me feel ill. [it's so much grease for a girl who lives off medicinal herbs]

[camena]

Oh, right. I guess it's probably a bit much if your stomach isn't, like, trained to handle fast food.

[bindings]

[a pause.]

Fast food? Is there a particular method to catching the chicken that you must know before consuming it?

[camena]

It's just called that because they make it really fast. The whole process is super streamlined.

... But not exactly healthy.

[bindings]

[she is baffled by this but she accepts it.]

And you still choose to eat it?

[camena]

I have trained long and hard since childhood. My body can take it.

[bindings]

Impressive.

[she says this with such sincerity.]

I suppose I will need to do the same. There are no animals to hunt here that I've seen.

[camena]

Yeah, there's usually not much hunting in, like... Cities...

[bindings]

My Master informed me mortals don't like it when you chase beasts into the city square, no.

[camena]

[ there are multiple concerning things there ]

They were right.

[bindings]

[help]

She doesn't often steer me wrong.

Never tell her I said this.

[camena]

Don't think I could if I tried. Is she, like, here even?

[bindings]

I hope she is not. [...] Though if she was I would know. I would hear her.

[camena]

[ it's day two and she knows better than to question that. ]

Fair enough. [ since here equals. dead. ]

She have a big ego or something?

[bindings]

In a sense. [ego is half right.] In her mind she is always correct. And you cannot tell her if she isn't, because she will not let you slip a word in edgewise.

[camena]

Ha. I know people like that.

[bindings]

Frustrating, aren't they? [...] But I do respect her greatly.

[camena]

[ she nods. they truly are. ]

Well, sure. She wouldn't be your "Master" otherwise, right?

[bindings]

[a little nod.]

She took me in when I was young. It's hard to be anything but grateful.

[camena]

Hmm. So is she kind of like a parent...?

[bindings]

[a long pause]

... No. [she actually did have to think about that a little.] Close.