( though he's laughing too, and ultimately shakes his head. )
I think the only thing I've ever managed, aside from sticking my nose into other people's business, is getting a spoon to stay on my nose for a matter of heartbeats. Hedgehogs, they're far more talented with tongues and noses. Bet they smell things at least five times better than any of us can.
( his look of concentration is particularly silly for this, and he has a good false start, a second go that almost works before the spoon just flat out falls off his nose, and then the third attempt...
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Date: 2021-09-04 11:00 am (UTC)Some people are just unwise enough to set themselves up for, ah, robbery and exchanges of goods not strictly agreed on, yes.
( Not just a phenomena of his childhood, but to be fair, he did try to give equivalent stuff... if radishes and turnips counted. )
Mm, not much at all. I think they just lick them up, like they're drinking water. I've seen different animals do that before.
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Date: 2021-09-05 08:11 am (UTC)She tried to imagine licking up ants. She couldn't help herself, she giggled.]
Do they be having long tongues?
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Date: 2021-09-05 09:57 am (UTC)( which he attempts to demonstrate, only to prove that wei wuxian, alas, cannot lick his own nose. )
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Date: 2021-09-05 10:09 am (UTC)[She tries as well, crossing her eyes as she tries to make her tongue touch her nose. She giggles as she finds out it is practically impossible.]
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Date: 2021-09-05 10:28 am (UTC)( though he's laughing too, and ultimately shakes his head. )
I think the only thing I've ever managed, aside from sticking my nose into other people's business, is getting a spoon to stay on my nose for a matter of heartbeats. Hedgehogs, they're far more talented with tongues and noses. Bet they smell things at least five times better than any of us can.
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Date: 2021-09-05 11:05 am (UTC)[That sounded pretty silly too. But hedgehogs? They sounded very talented.]
They can be smelling danger then, before they do be attacking it.
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Date: 2021-09-06 01:33 am (UTC)( should he see? it's all silly, but that's half the point. let things be silly, too; serious is enough of their lives. )
Yes, exactly. Also important when finding the tastiest dinners.
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Date: 2021-09-06 04:20 am (UTC)She looked at the soft hedgehog. They did sound cool, with their good noses, long tongues and weapon spikes.]
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Date: 2021-09-06 06:26 am (UTC)( his look of concentration is particularly silly for this, and he has a good false start, a second go that almost works before the spoon just flat out falls off his nose, and then the third attempt...
... he gets to stick! )
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Date: 2021-09-06 04:31 pm (UTC)Then it stuck. She laughed.]
You do be looking silly.
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Date: 2021-09-11 07:24 pm (UTC)I do, but I also go the spoon to stick, so that's my victory, isn't it?
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Date: 2021-09-12 08:10 am (UTC)[She probably won't actually call him that, her cheek only goes so far.]
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Date: 2021-09-12 09:44 am (UTC)( stated solemnly, as if this whole conversation has been sensible. )
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Date: 2021-09-12 11:36 am (UTC)[Knifenose sounded like a character from a horror film. Someone who went about slicing people with his nose. No murder weapon to be found.]
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Date: 2021-09-13 02:09 am (UTC)( he wrinkles his nose, and the spoon falls off into his waiting hand. )
Sounds stinky to me.
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Date: 2021-09-13 04:25 am (UTC)It would be being very stinky.