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WHAT in person
WHERE Heavenly Grounds
WHEN 75!!

[So how do you feel about getting into the holiday spirit? Because with all that wine around from the Bingo victories someone's put a sign up outside Heavenly Grounds today advertising a ~holiday party~ There's festive decorations with mulled wine, hot toddies, spiked egg nog. You name it, it's there to get you plastered.

And I guess there's cookies and fruit cake and stuff too, but who needs food when there's drinking?]

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... You know. I mean, if you're into it. That sort of thing. Games.

I am not.

[laugh.]

Pity. Alright, Waver.

Pity, is it.

[lounges back with his drink, eyeing Waver like. did i just get scolded for flirting or not. im taking it gracefully!!]

Sorry-- I mean you no disrespect or harm. Maybe too many of my conversations are with tricksters these days.

. . . I'm no trickster. And I know you didn't. I trust you.

[he grins.] Good, I'm only a little bit of one. Mostly Loki's thing.

Yes, he's well-known for it.

That would be very hard to miss. He's right over there.

[points. there he is. the god of mischief. flirting with tony stark damn him]

And . . . another friend of yours?

Ohhh yes. A dangerous pair if there ever was one. They've been here fifty years now.

[he grimaces a little]

Fifty years . . . is that great in the grand scheme of things for you, really?

Even one year can be great if certain choices are made in it. The last eight have been completely transforming for me.

You won't find me arguing that.

[he shakes his head with a laugh.]

I wonder sometimes if I get along with humans so well because you seem to go at my pace.

What's that? Impulsive?

Well. I was going to say something that sounded more dignified, but now all I can think of is impulsive because you said it.

[bursts out laughing, charmed]

[tailwag tailwag!!!]

It's-- hard to describe, you know! I don't ever find myself thinking that I feel distant, or think myself so much older that mortal concerns do not matter to me. Perspective is different, yes. Humans think they're enormous, which, [scoff]! But -- If anything, compared to some humans, I feel as though I'm the one that can't keep up.

Precisely because our lives are so short and fraught—I think that throws some accomplishments into particular relief.

[he nods.]

For your scientists, especially.

You strike me as someone with a surprising interest in such topics. Science, research, magic. Or perhaps just those that dedicate themselves to it.

[his ears turn a bit red.]

Iiiit's both? I was the misery of my tutors, and there's no purpose in acting otherwise. I can't understand the detailed workings behind it all. But the... general, logical nature of it, and the people who can go into specifics like I can't, I think it's just amazing.

I think you could learn if you had the inclination. Your tutors likely didn't know how best to make it accessible to you. That, and you surely prioritized other things over dedicating yourself to the details. But it's no question of capability.

[he blinks up at him? Briefly startled? Then, laughs it off]

I've always been a fool, Professor.