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[fucking_ebay]

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[psycheslantern]

Peter what the fuck why is Zephyr asking me what sad()mas()chism means d() y()u have n() c()gnitive-v()cal filter at all

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[fucking_ebay]

It's not like I told them what it is. I'm not a fucking idiot, I know Zephyr's just a kid.

[psycheslantern]

Kids g() l()()king f()r answers when they think s()me()ne's h()lding ()ut, dude, that's what kids d(), maybe y()u sh()uld have remembered they're a wiggler bef()re y()u started speculating ab()ut ()ther pe()ple's c()ncupiscent pr()clavities in fr()nt ()f them

G()d fucking damn it this is why civilized species limit c()ntact between adults and children

[fucking_ebay]

Doesn't mean anyone has to tell them. Last I checked Zephyr was all about things like free will. I told them I'd tell them about it when they're older, and I will. Not your problem.

[psycheslantern]

S() y()u're just g()ing t() gamble that n() ()ne else will be willing t() explain the featherbeasts and the c()mmunal insects t() them until y()u deign t()? W()w, dude

[fucking_ebay]

Yeah, I'm going to assume no one here is enough of an idiot to explain sadomasochism to a child who also happens to be a god. Am I giving you too much credit or something?

[psycheslantern]

And I w()uld have liked t() assume n() ()ne ar()und here was en()ugh ()f an idi()t t() bring the subject up with them in the first place, but apparently that was giving y()u t()() much credit and n()w I can never unsee "will y()u tell me what sad()mas()chism is?" written in Zephyr's handwriting

[fucking_ebay]

[He laughs at this letter for a while, but then the more serious implications hit him, same as they hit him when he was talking to Zephyr.]

You didn't tell them, did you?

[psycheslantern]

D()n't get like that I didn't tell them anything inappr()priate. But dude, I think they were kind ()f w()rried by the idea that s()me()ne w()uld want t() be hurt? Especially ()ne ()f their L()st pe()ple. They get pr()tective s()metimes

I t()ld them that s()metimes pe()ple's cerebral sp()nges are wired a little sideways in a way that can make pain feel g()()d

And that then th()se pe()ple and the pe()ple wh() care ab()ut them have t() be careful s() n() ()ne has t() d() anything they aren't c()mf()rtable with ()r gets hurt ()r traumatized

I'm n()t ab()ut t() talk ab()ut sex stuff with them! But I d()n't like evading their questi()ns when I can help it. Bl()wing them ()ff seems like a really g()()d way t() c()nvince them I'm hiding s()mething interesting



PS I'm pretty sure using physical size as a sh()rthand f()r s()cial maturity is g()ing t() bl()w up in y()ur face s()()ner ()r later

[fucking_ebay]

I guess you could have done worse.

Fuck if I know how old Zephyr was. They said 11 seasons but they're obviously not a 3 year old, and they agreed not to cheat with god bullshit.

[psycheslantern]

They d()n't mature at the same rate as humans ()r tr()lls d(), anyway

I've been here a bit m()re than a sweep, and in that time they've g()ne fr()m being
incapable ()f physically manifesting at all
t() l()()king like a barely p()st-pupal kid - I'm n()t sure what the human equivalent is? But tiny and clumsy and just barely able t() c()mmunicate
t() h()w they are n()w

I d()n't kn()w h()w much ()f an existence they had bef()re they br()ught us here, but they call the date we first sh()wed up here their "birthday," and that was pretty cl()se ()n three years ag() n()w

[fucking_ebay]

They said they were older than three years.

Look, I'm not telling the kid about kinky sex shit and you got it covered, so no harm done.