ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ i don't think the tavern . . . is your scene ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ you're a round ears . and the bar-lady ? is kinda scary I've heard they ( whispered ) eat people ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ hmm . guess your ... experiences are . . . different . that place just . . . i have examined its aura and it does not . . . feel safe ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ i could show you ? we could go together .ᐟ i can hold your hand if you get really scared ? ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ grrrr. life is a bottomless pit of loneliness ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ( grumble grumble grumble . ) what are you doiiinng ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ( face red from alcohol ) how do you knooooooo i don't want to clouds have never been darker ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ( clings to her arm , stumbling a little ) you zmell nice stop doing that ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ showered for me ? ( continuously booping her cheek ) hmmm hot ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ( chooses not to listen to that . too busy booping and repressing dark thoughts ) you always showered for meeeeee ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ you don't smell like ( fake gag ) Canary now . ( said with absolute disdain . she does NOT like them . ) now you smell like my Pattadarling, what do you think i want ? ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ i am not your strongest elf ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ no no .ᐟ i meant you're ( can she say this ? ) . . . hot . ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ yeah . you did something to me just now . ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ( no .ᐟ she did not .ᐟ oh wow . . . this is going wrong ) I recognize the anxiety in your voice . everything okay ? ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ okay . hold on . I just meant , ( she's just going to hold her now ) you gave me butterflies ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ

ㅤ ( of course Fionil still gets butterflies . she always does — around Pattadol . call it feelings of the past , or simply ones that never went away . ) that is so , Pattadol. don't — stop holding me. i just wanna . . . pretend right now. ㅤ