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[The journal turns on with a little crash, revealing... the ceiling. Yes, very exciting.]

Stop knocking things over!

[A small, furry black face saunters over to the journal, sniffing curiously. It meows. And then, turning, flops over right on top of it, covering the camera.]

Hey, cat, get off that, it's not your damn bed.

[A small trill, and the fuzzy thing rolls over, revealing a mildly irritated redhead.]

...What the hell? You actually turned it on? Hey, dreck, the cat's from the Dawn Age.

[His tone is even mildly amused for that one. He brushes the kitten off the journal, picking it up and half-closing it. Before it shuts, he reconsiders, then grabs the pen and scribbles out a note.]

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I need to talk to you.

[There, that's good enough. Back to the whiny, needy little monstrosity who has moved on to making his own water dish into a cat bath. Surprise! Luke brought home a kitten for his very disgruntled original. What a wise decision this was, eh.]

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I've heard rumours that the sentient aggregate of Gnome uses the form of a cat sometimes. It would probably sing to communicate.

[Lorelei's voice had a resonance, so why wouldn't the rest?]

I - ... [... Yeah, Luke can't argue with that. Even he doesn't trust himself with names.]

Whatever, we'll go with Tsuae. [He brings his attention back to the kitten and... hesitates, but passes his hand along its back.] You like that, Tsuae?

[Well, the kitten's raising its furry butt thanks to Luke's hand stopping at his tail, but otherwise he just keeps eating. ... Luke will just take this as a yes anyway.]

... Really? I would've loved to see it.

[It looks like she's getting up now. Yes, Asch, she is planning on coming over. But before she makes this known, she has one other thing to talk about that she noticed.]

By the way... Is Gnome an earth spirit in your world?

...I don't think he cares. [One of the benefits, he will admit, of cats- besides food they don't seem to care about much of anything.]

I guess you could call it that. Earth is the Second Fonon, and when enough fonons gather in one place, it can create a sentient being. That's what Gnome is. As far as I know, its appearance is completely random.

How strange...

In Melfes, there was an old legend about how six spirits gave life to the world: Efreet, Celsius, Volt, Rem, Shadow... and Gnome. No one knows what they look like, or even if they exist... or if the legend is true, for that matter.

...Efreet, Rem, and Shadow? We have those, too. [Is this like the same world similarities he and Yuri talked about once?]

Well, it's more like he whines. Kind of like how a dog barks but in this case whining.

So, animal sounds that people can sometimes understand?

[Yep, definitely weird.]

[ Something about that surprises her, and she looks up at him searchingly, though she continues to wave the little bundle of feathers at the kitten. ]

... that's really pretty. Where'd that come from?

[ She returns her gaze to the kitten, and grins, lifting the feathers so it has to jump up to reach. ]

From Auldrant- all the names in our world are Ancient Ispanian.

[Huh... he had no idea that cats were so easily amused. Go fig.]

Uh, yes. That's pretty much it.

[ Even to her it doesn't make much sense. ]

Yes, yes, of course...

[Dist only half pays attention, finishing up his work quickly, but being very careful not to place any of the metal pieces wrong, or in spots where they wouldn't be as effective. After a second or two, the machine actually begins to register Asch's pulse and the faint beep of every heartbeat fires up quietly in the background. Dist watches it for a second, then looks back to Asch. It was a little faster than normal, but Dist assumed it was because Asch wasn't comfortable. Whatever, he'll just start the test from here.]

Burn a hole through the wall if you could. A small one. I'll tell you to increase the size if necessary.

[He removes a notepad and pencil from a drawer. The wall should just repair itself if damaged, so he could care less. If not...oh well.]

Any reason why some people can understand better than others?

[Asch nods and glances around briefly, then chooses the closest wall, hands lifting. After a moment of careful concentration, a silver-orange glow appears between his hands, shooting out towards the wall. When he lowers his hands, a neat hole about the size of an orange has been burned clear through.

Hey, he's been getting better at pinpoint shots. Score.]

I'm afraid I don't know the answer to that. Though I think you might be able to understand him if you try.

Why would you think that?

You just seem to be that kind of person who'll be able to understand Noishe.

...Well done.

[He actually means that sincerely; Dist had been observing Asch all through his use of hyperresonance, scribbling thing onto his notebook about what he could see outwardly. Not much, really, other than the glow, but Dist knew that was normal.

After that's done with, and he inspects the hole as well, Dist turns his attention to the monitor. Not a staggering difference, but Asch's hear rate did increase a little bit. He notes that down though, just in case. In this field, nothing can be taken for granted - even assumption.]

How do you feel, Asch? Anything abnormal?

[ SAY THAT TO MY FACE >| ]

Are you? [ jest jest jest, mister original ]

[ She gently bats the feathers in the kitten's face, then moves them back and forth. Chase, kitten, chase! ]

Does it mean anything? [ A beat. ] Is the kitten a boy or a girl, by the way?

[H... he can't see it...]

If you say so.

The re- [....She'll correct him again.] ...Luke said it was male. Does that make a difference?

[Asch glances over at Dist, surprised by his first comment and - at first - suspicious. Someone like Dist didn't just toss out compliments willy-nilly, and Asch isn't even sure that it wasn't meant to be mocking. Whatever, though, if Dist wants to weird him out or mock him, he's certainly gotten Asch's attention either way.

He glances down at his hand; hyperresonance has always left a bit of a burn on his hand afterwards, so he gives his fingers a good flex and a small rubdown, brows furrowing.]

Not unusual. You should know that when I'm hyperresonating, it's when I feel the most healthy.

[Probably why he's reluctant to surrender the power completely- it's a selfish aspect to the necessity of taking advantage of such immense power. If it can offer some relief from the frequent seizing up that his body is prone to do, it just makes it all the more tempting.]

[HE WILL, JUST WATCH]

...I've never taken care of one. [Star has never really been counted as a pet, since he's fairly self-sufficient... so Peony's got him there. But at least he doesn't kick them around like that dreck! 8|]

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