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[Finn is going for a bit of a new look this month, which just means he put a couple of sky blue streaks in his hair. He's also got some of his sketchbooks in front of him.]

So, I decided to take some advice I got a few months back, and put some of my art in a book.

[He's heard that Yato has gone home, which is a shame. Finn thinks the god would have liked to see him taking his advice.]

I was hoping that someone could point me towards a publisher, or, barring that, lend me some advice to self-publish.

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If you'd like, I can ask my radio show sponsors if they know anyone in the book publishing business.

[Lucien had a radio show too. Suddenly he misses his Speaker, but he doesn't let that show.]

Sure. That would really help.

[ Knock Out sounds amused. ]

Well, whether it's helpful depends on what their response will be, but I appreciate the sentiment. What kind of art?

Mostly drawings of various stuff.

[Finn holds up his sketchbook to show a detailed drawing of an undead dragon.]

[ Knock Out makes a bit of a face at the drawing, but then at least elaborates why. ]

Not a denial of skill, but that thing looks a little too much like a Predacon for my liking.

Is that some kind of Decepticon?

Decepticons are a faction, Predacons are a species of Cybertronian. English makes them sound similar by ending them both with "con", but they don't in our language.

[ It's a patient explanation; he doesn't seem put off at all that Finn made the logical connection in how they sounded. ]

Most of them resemble "dragons" in their main forms.

I see.

[The fact that all the elven races in his world end in "mer", that's more or less how he came to the conclusion that he did.]

Are they sentient, like the ones from my world, or are they just animals?

Oh, they're quite sentient. We found that out.

[ The dry tone Knock Out uses suggests "the hard way" is the ending of that sentence. ]

They've also been extinct on Cybertron since the Great Cataclysm -- the new ones are cloned from their ancient CNA, but that's Shockwave for you.

Funny, but dragons were extinct in my world for a while too. Or mostly extinct, I suppose.

[Finn flips through his sketchbook until he finds a drawing of Alduin, turning it around to show Knock Out.]

This asshole here brought them back to life.

[ That's definitely an impressive dragon. Knock Out studies the picture for a moment. ]

If Predaking could have brought more of his kind back, I'm sure he would have. Instead, it was just Shockwave playing Primus.

Bit on the nose for a dragon name, but hey, they're not known for being subtle.

[It even follows the three syllable rule.]

And it sounds like this Shockwave could have used a good arse kicking.

[It took him a moment to realize Knock Out's using "shockwave" as a proper noun.]

[ Knock Out agrees, for what it's worth. Predaking named himself, and went right to the top of the metaphorical food chain in doing so. ]

Megatron would never allow it, he's always valued Shockwave's contributions to the Decepticon cause, even from the beginning. It's all logic this and logic that with him, but he's Chief Science Officer aboard the Nemesis, so technically my superior.

[ Even though Knock Out's the ship's CMO, Megatron regulated him under Shockwave's purview (moreso after the whole incident with Silas, unfortunately). ]

Besides, I've seen Shockwave in action in the field, he can more than hold his own.

[ And Knock Out values his finish too much to want to initiate something to that effect, whether Shockwave deserved it or not. ]

And I'm guessing Megatron is your leader.

[See, he's catching on quickly.]

I bet I could take him. Shockwave, I mean.

[Though he also thinks he could take Megatron.]

[ Knock Out makes an affirmative noise at Finn's guess. ]

That's right.

Do you now? That'd be a sight to see.

[ Even breathing fire, humans-or-near-humans aren't really who the medic pictures standing pede to pede with Cybertronians. ]

I fought dragons on a regular basis back in my world.

Now you're just bragging.

Maybe a little. I mean, I'm sort of a dragon. In spirit.

That sounds a little bit like wish fulfillment, if you ask me.

It's not. I'm the Dragonborn, a dragon's soul in a mortal coil, gifted with marvelous powers by the dragon god Akatosh himself.

Though I'm not entirely unconvinced this wasn't Akatosh saying "hey, let's see what happens when I make this mer dragonborn, it'll be good for
a laugh".

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I do hope you lead with that on your resumé.

[ It sounds a little bit like primus apotheosis to Knock Out, but he'll elect not to say so. ]

Do your gods often meddle like that?

Depends on the pantheon. The Aedra usually keep to themselves, while the Daedra are always meddling in human affairs.

[ Pidge moves her face close to the screen and squints, obviously trying to get a closer look at the image. ]

Is that blue in your hair?

Oh yes.

[He untucks a lock of dyed hair from behind his ear, holding it up so Pidge can see.]

I thought about green, but then I decided to get a color that matched my tattoo.

[ She takes a moment to look before sitting back a little from the camera and smiling brightly. ]

I love it. It really looks great!

Thanks!

[He tucks the streaked hair back behind his ear.]

If you wanted this look back in Tamriel, you had to whiten your hair and then rub berries in it.

That couldn't have lasted long right?

Never said it was a clever thing to do.

I dunno, I wouldn't have thought of it. And if it works, even for a few days, it's better than I could have done.

Well, I'm just glad that Earth has progressed far enough in its cosmetics that I can have this look without smelling like fruit salad.

[ Giggles escape as she imagines Finn trying to do anything in his homeworld while smelling of fruit salad. ]

I can see that being an issue. The mighty Dragonborn defeated because he smelled too good.

Never seen a dragon eat anything besides meat, but hey, maybe they like fruit salad.

Do you have bears back home? They like fruit and can kill a person.

Skyrim has bears, yes. I've been chased by bears more than once.

[If Pidge wasn't underage, he'd make a dirty joke out of that.]

[ If she wasn't so focused on thinking about the actual animal she'd probably get the joke on her own, but currently it just goes right over her head. ]

There you go. The Mighty Dragonborn, killed by a fuzzy creature with a cute face and terrifying claws all because he wanted to have fun colored hair.

At least I'd leave a good looking corpse behind.

There see? A positive to the entire situation.

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