homophonic ❆ libby

[bindings]

libby

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[bindings]

Ah - yes. I have known people to use the elements to do so. Wormholes have to do with teleporting?

[medeian]

Yeah. Another name for them could be portals, but that's simplifying things a little... Basically, a wormhole is a kind of tunnel through spacetime. Well, the time part is theoretical - I've only ever managed to make one through space. It's a really complicated kind of magic where I'm from, though, because you have to make sure that it's safe to go through, and they're really unstable unless you're careful. They're rare for a reason.

[fuckin nerd]

Can I ask why you wanted to know?

[bindings]

[she listens very patiently and with a lot of intent, actually. shenhe likes learning! and while some of this kind of goes over her head, she's interested.]

It says on your profile. [she holds up the phone with her thumb and pointer finger, dangling it like it's gross.] I was curious.

[medeian]

Oh - right. [tilting her head] Well, yours is pretty interesting, too. Can I ask what...

[there's a pause because she started to be polite and then remembered what is actually in her profile]

I mean, um - meditation seems pretty cool. I've never been too good at stuff like that.

[bindings]

[i mean her profile is full of concerning stuff and she knows it]

It's a necessity, for me. Like anything you learn it when you practice. [...] You can ask whatever you'd like.

[medeian]

[...]

Well - you don't have to tell me, obvious. But why do you say necessity...?

[bindings]

[she's just super blunt:]

To suppress my homicidal urges. [...] They are under control. You don't need to worry.

[medeian]

Oh.

[anything she could possibly say seems so inadequate but also not saying anything seems bad]

Sorry, um, we don't have to talk about it. But we can if you want...?

[help]

[bindings]

[help poor libby]

I don't mind. If you'd like to know about it I can explain it to you, but I've long made my peace with it.

[medeian]

I guess I'm curious about... what makes you that angry. I mean, assuming it's about anger.

[bindings]

[hm... she's silent for a moment.]

I don't know. [she kind of does, but.] I think if I knew better, I might not need to meditate.

[medeian]

Well... I'm glad you found a way to manage it. For yourself, I mean.

[bindings]

[she doesn't quite know what to say to that - she never does. so she just nods and is silent.]

[medeian]

...Sorry. Um, we can talk about something else.

[bindings]

If you'd like. What would you like to talk about?

[medeian]

Um... Oh. I meant to ask you - you changed your mind about the team thing, right? I mean, in general.

[bindings]

Oh. Yes.

[...] I promised I would help someone.

[medeian]

...I'm glad. It sounded like things would've been really serious if you hadn't found someone.

[bindings]

I think that I would have been erased. [she tucks her hair behind her ear.]

[medeian]

...That's what they made it seem like, yeah. That's why I wanted to make sure.

[bindings]

Thank you.

[a pause.]

I don't want to cease to be.

[medeian]

Ha, well... I don't think you're alone there.

[bindings]

No, I definitely am not alone. [she sounds exasperated about this in that sort of like "there are so many people here" way. she is. taking it very literally.]

[medeian]

[just rolls with it]

Yeah, you didn't really strike me as the social type... Not that that's, um, a bad thing. Just an observation.

[bindings]

I'm not. I don't like crowds. [pouts about it]