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[scowlish]

Mm.

[Another little hiss as she lifts the cotton ball and then puts another back down again.]

I didn't believe you were.

[A soft exhalation.]

There's a reason I called you.

[bemist]

Well, thanks for considering me reliable, I guess?

[ She lifts her eyebrow. ]

Anyway, nearly done. We'll probably have to wrap them again, unless you wanna try bandaids.

[scowlish]

You are reliable. And that's a good thing!

[A little nod, though he doesn't move his face much, not wanting to interrupt her ministrations. But that raised eyebrow makes him huff out a breath. It really is a compliment, you can't get much better in Onni's mind than reliable.]

I'm fine with wrapping them. This is somehow more inconvenient to bandage than when my ear was cut.

[bemist]

Well, I'm here. Might as well make use of me, right?

[ And she also has a roll of bandages, which is produced next after she's finished tending to the scratches. ]

Did you cut your ear here?

[scowlish]

Mhm.

[He hums in his throat, then exhales a huff of air.]

Though that's not all that you're good for, being used. You're also good to talk to.

[Which is a rare compliment coming from Onni Hotakainen.]

No, it was cut back at home, by some children. They were trying to play hairdresser with me, but got my ear instead of my hair.

[bemist]

You don't need to compliment me, you know. I can tell you're just fine with my company.

[ It's very sweet though. ]

... That's brave, though. Letting kids with scissors near you?

[scowlish]

I know!

[A little huff of breath, and he looks very stubborn for a moment.]

Not brave, just stupid. I was helping them with their homework when I was called by Reynir, a person I know back home, that he needed help. I went to help, or rather sent my luonto to help, and my consciousness left my body. They got the scissors while I was still. I guess they got bored.

[bemist]

... Kids. [ With a sage air. ]

What's a luonto, though?

[scowlish]

Kids.

[A sigh. He's had a lot of experience with kids and raising or babysitting them.]

Ah, the luonto is part of the soul.

[bemist]

And you can just... detach it from yourself?

[ Sir??? ]

[scowlish]

In a manner of speaking.

[A little shrug.]

You can do that in the dream realm, when you're asleep. You take the form of your luonto and can move around in that form.

[bemist]

And does this usually have a certain form? [ or are you like some kind of wispy blob? ]

[scowlish]

Yes. They take the form of animals.

[A pause, and then almost as an afterthought-]

Mine is an owl.

[bemist]

An owl...

[ She squints at him for a minute, as though trying to imagine it. ]

... Yeah, actually, that makes sense. I could see it.

[scowlish]

[He looks almost taken aback for a moment.]

I should hope so. It's what it is.