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Old Knight, and a New Dawn - Crawkid/43

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She made a happy trill-like sound. "That's the best part! It's not difficult at all! Illusion magic is the easiest form of magic for me to use!" Her three tails tapped the floor in a rhythmic pattern. She lifted her arms and stretched, yawning. "We should probably head into one of the cities soon," she paused. "though for that we'd need a reason we'd be traveling together that isn't the fact that I saved your life." Her cheerful facade remained despite the slight concern in her words. If he doesn't manage to pay me back for doing that, we're going to have a problem. I mean I didn't do much but that boy owes me, she let herself think the thought then flicked it away with a flick of one of her ears. She leaned back on her hands, studying him.

Old Knight, and a New Dawn - Crawkid/43

Don't worry about it!

Old Knight, and a New Dawn - Crawkid/43

It's okay! Take your time!

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She just smiled and closed her eyes. After a few moments, a gentle orange/red glow settled around his feet. She opened her eyes. "Illusion spell. It'll last for as long as I'm able to maintain it, break if I use any other spells, and you'd have to stay somewhat near me. I've rarely met anybody who could see through one of my spells," she paused, then went quiet as she decided not to say what she could have. "Or maybe it's a super evil curse that'll turn you into a flying frog in a year," she joked, tails tapping against the porch floor.

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The girl paused for a long moment before responding to the first question. "In human time I'm two hundred and fifty two years, six months, four weeks, five days, seventeen hours, ten minutes, and thirty seven seconds old." She paused after listing off the number as she considered her answer to the second part. "I'm not sure what you mean by that. As for the last part, mind if I do?" She held her hand out to the man, palm up.

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"You lived in the city for how long and didn't find the cottage? We can stay here for a while. Yeah, resources will be trouble. But I'm a kid, or at least I look it- I'm older than you are, most likely.' She couldn't help but wag as she spoke. "If I told you how I got on living, you'd be surprised." She sounded confident in her own abilities, though that confidence was more than slightly misplaced.

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The girl's tails wagged. "In terms you'd understand, it's sentient! I didn't think it had the resources to cook but clearly I was wrong!" Her entire demeanor had changed from the day before. The rest had treated her nicely, her mood and voice much more upbeat than they'd been the day before previously. "Did I say sorry for being mean yesterday? I don't think I did... well, I'm sorry about that! Using my magic makes me pretty drained!"

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I think it would be the latter, yeah.
She's not really scared of him knowing what she is anymore(not like she was in the beginning when she was going for appearing human). She can't talk in her fox form so she would have to get out of that to talk to him.
Honestly I'm not 100% either, something might have gotten lost in communication at some point.

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The house gave a creak that somewhat resembled "you're welcome."

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The girl had finished her meal, the plate resting on the step below where the fox currently lay. The moment he stepped outside, she quickly changed to her humanoid form. "Hey," she offered him a half smile. "Did you get some sleep?" She knew that answer but would ask anyways for the sake of conversation. Only when she went quiet did she realize she hadn't managed to go fully human and sported her red ears and three tails.

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The house used a fork to push a plate of pancakes at him. It wasn't going to accept denial as an answer. It also offered him a little cup of syrup. It then used a knife to point to the door that led out to the porch. It wanted him to take the food and go sit outside with the fox, and it was doing its best to get that point across as basically as possible.