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[This is a view from the bottom of a very tall hill - a small mountain, if you will - that is also very steep and has a small cart at the top. Standing next to the cart is Adam Parrish. He looks doubtful.]

This is for posterity, Parrish. In case we die.

[Running a hand over his face, Adam’s faint voice can be heard in all it’s horrifically accented glory.]

I should never have let you watch those Jackass reruns. It’s not the nineties anymore.

[Ronan makes a noise.]

Don’t pussy out on me now-

[Ronan sets the camera down and gets in the shot; the angle such as it can catch the entire length of the hill. He heads up, and there is a moment of bickering at the top that the camera doesn’t catch because that’s how far up they are. The bickering is good natured for all that - they’re not really fighting. They’re just arguing for the joy of arguing. Chainsaw is sitting at the front of the cart and she occasionally contributes her opinions in the form of cawing.

And then Adam scowls, gets in the cart, and Ronan gets in behind him. Apparently, Lynches celebrate birthdays with spectacular feats of stupidly racing down things, because Ronan pushes them. They’re both screaming after a moment, and Chainsaw opens her wings and flies away before they crash at the bottom.

Now they’re right in distance for the camera to catch them, a pile of boys at the bottom of the hill, with Ronan making a noise that’s laughing and Adam-

Adam Parrish, resident misanthropist, who has never been seen really smiling on the network (or anywhere the public can see) is smiling too, and pushing at Ronan.]

That was really fuckin’ stupid. [He’s still grinning though, far too fond as he untangles himself and moves to check out the pretty wicked scrape now on his arm. It’s then that he catches sight of their recording, moving to pick it up and hand it back to its owner when he gets a look at it properly.] Did you press something different?.

What? [He looks up. Ronan Lynch, who has never posted to the Network, didn’t realize that the red button for record and the green button for stream were different things. This is what you get when you hate phones. He gets up, and rolls his eyes, and switches it off.]

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Was talking to one of the people trying to adopt them out at the Swear-in. They were rescue folks, but didn't know much about corvids. Were just doing their best by them. I'll figure it out.

i'm pretty sure lynch and chainsaw can give you a crash course.
they take a lot of feeding when they're small though.

[ He still remembers Ronan bring her to class. ]

Guess we'll see if the asshole's up to it.

Thanks.

[ He better not have meant Ronan with that asshole comment.

He might be one, but only the closest of friends get to claim he is. ]

not a dog person?

[He definitely meant Ronan. But he meant it affectionately.]

I love dogs. Just had a lot of luck lately with some ravens and I kind of like them now. There were some friendly ones at the Swear-in. But I found a couple wild ones in the De Chima park not long before that. One was still figuring out how to fly. Pretty thing. Odd coloring, but pretty.

Yeah, that one. I know which raven you mean. Ate half my sandwich and told me to fuck off.

[ He's hilarious. ]

[Definitely the same one, then.]

Yeah. He got a mouth on him. But he was friendly enough. Let me pet him for a bit and help him get some flying practice in. Really liked my wings.

you have wings?

Yeah. Power I was given when I got here.

that's pretty cool.

They're okay.

[Two months and he's still getting used to them.]

i grow plants.
i thought it was the lamest power in the beginning.

[ But he is always going to be moved by the whims of forests, apparently. He just had to deal. It got better after that. ]

The ones you grow stick around?

yeah.

[ Unless Adam gets depressed and then they die. It's a shit deal. ]

Mine go away as soon as I pick a flower. Even if I ain't using them to find no one.

you can use them to find people?

[ That's far more impressive. Adam can't even scry anymore. ]

Yeah. Need to be a little familiar with them, but it works. They don't stick around though.