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[driftsintobuffetline]

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So. It's winter, which means it's the holiday season where you circulate those online shopping "buy me these things" lists, spend too long in retail shopping lines--and realize you honestly don't know what to buy people who you know REALLY well.

I don't say this often, and you probably won't hear it again, but HALP PLS.

Shopping for: Male. Mid-Thirties. NERD. Likes space and math and robots. Dresses like an academic dork (stuffy librarian). Significant enough other that a spending limit does not exist by default. Nor is a gift objectionable due to being "too personal" or "too significant." Does not need a new watch, nor a new winter jacket. Rarely wears ties. Does not wear jewelry.


Alright, and just because: What's the BEST gift you've received?

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[driftsintobuffetline]

Who IS he?

Private

[governorkang]

A dragon who never looked down on me because of my origins.

And, my great-great-uncle.

Private

[driftsintobuffetline]

Oh. Oh shit. so he's not really a kid--I mean, right now he is, but how old should he actually be?

How fast is he going to age to adulthood?

Does HE know how you two are related???

Private

[governorkang]

He was dead thousands of years before my kind were created, and lived thousands of years himself. Right now, he's at least a few centuries old; according to the legends, the first dragons matured much more slowly.

Not yet.

Private

[driftsintobuffetline]

He never looked down on you because of your origins, but you say he was dead before your kind were created, so

uh

????

Private

[governorkang]

In the City, there were four from Krynn. Myself, a black dragon, a bronze dragon, and Aurican. He learned of it there.

Private

[driftsintobuffetline]

O
K

Uh.

Private

[governorkang]

Differing timelines make things very interesting.

Private

[driftsintobuffetline]

I. bet. Wow. I can't even imagine if my dad or someone showed up as a child. Well, no, I can imagine it, but I don't think it would go very well. At least you have experience with kids.

Private

[governorkang]

It may surprise you. It's certainly surprised me.

Private

[driftsintobuffetline]

how you handled kids, you mean? I'm pretty sure they're less durable than cats. I'll stick to cats for the time being.

Unless Hermann wants one, then I guess I can devote some of my science to figuring out how to make mpreg a reality. O_O

Private

[governorkang]

That's not what I meant.

Private

[driftsintobuffetline]

what did surprise you about having a small version of someone who should have been older?

Private

[governorkang]

The dragons, Newt. The bronze never meant me harm, either, knowing what I am. All my life, I believed that all metallics would rather see my kind dead out of hatred or pity.

I was wrong.

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[driftsintobuffetline]

You're allowed to be wrong, dude. It's not your fault.

...and you'll make up for it now, right?

Private

[governorkang]

It's not about making up for it. Enough dragons feel that way that our anger is justified. I saw it firsthand.

But, now I see a chance for... conciliation. To put aside the hostility and learn to at least tolerate each other.

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[driftsintobuffetline]

Do you think, if you remember this somehow when you go home, there's still a chance it could make a positive difference there?

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[governorkang]

I do. The bronze dragon I mentioned has quite a bit of influence.