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❧ Sterling (2)

The Ring seems to fade out around you. More to the point, it seems like the world just zeroes in on your small dessert table and your team. You appear to be in a lantern-lit garden, though if you try to stray away from the table, you find yourself disoriented and turning back around to face it. There is a gentle sound of water running.

There is a book and quill on the table now, too. The pages are blank, for now. When writing does appear, you find you're able to understand the words regardless of whether you can read or not.

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Condensing that will be a bit more difficult.

Tightly-knit, supportive people who smile for others?

Mmm.

People on Tiger's Eye seem to value sensibility over irrationality, as well.

Oh, yeah! They're really organized about their decisions. And they like making pie and making people feel welcome.

Carnelian tries to function as a family, but ...

They have a lot of really different kinds of people on Carnelian.

"Really different sorts" is a good way to put it.

[huff]

"Sensible, organized, welcoming, and full of pie" for Tiger's Eye and "Really different sorts" for Carnelian then?

[nods]

Peridot prefers to handle its problems independently.

I've got "A Very Special Emotional Episode of the Brady Bunch." for them so far. Do you know what that means?

... not at all ...

Hoodie over there seems pretty sure about it.

Is that short for hoodlum?

No! 'Cause he has a hood on.

Aha . . .

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