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"Yeah, th'former. New settlement of civilised folks what didn't understand the local climate yet. Natives and wilders knew to take shelter in nature, greenhorn townies not so much. The Wanderin' Light got to 'em in time to help batten down the hatches an' make safe their homes." Luz smirked to...

Luz laughed, and this time it really sounded forced. Oh, just the coolest thing the mythical person she resembled had ever done? Okay! "Well, it's all folklore, y'know?" she said, her huge smile flickering with embarassment. "So it's not like I can corroborate any of it. Bound t'be exagerated...

"So what's yer question, partner? Shoot."

"Here we go! I got two of 'em. Let's see yers."

Luz grinned to herself. Kate was actually analysing Pleo's play like it meant anything much. Delightful. "Five fours, y'all," she drawled, stretching out. This was so inconsequential. It was perfect.

The folks in Frontier Town were 'mean', and it wasn't out of desperation. If things became fine in the Empire, would its authorities and armed forces stop being 'mean'? No. Entrapping a thinking person and using them for protection was wrong. ...Stars, where was she getting this? From the...

"Aid should be given freely, not coerced," said Luz, quickly. "And if yer gonna use power, y'shouldn't get to compel it from others without gettin' yer paws dirty." She surprised herself with the ease of her conviction. She . . . believed what she was saying, automatically, although she'd never...

Pleo talked about it like he really was the flesh and blood Pleo. Was that a peculiarity of speech, or did he really feel like he was 'Pleo'? Best not to ask about that, probably "Sounds like th'two of ya really hit it off. I'm guessin' there were a reason he and his were out to capture you...

Brisa tried not to think too hard about what Sombra was saying or what Dave was replying. She focused on the way Dave held her tighter, the way this was okay, the way it felt like, yes, yes, he really did love her after all. In a way she couldn't put her dewclaw on exactly, she felt . . . safe...

"Pleo, darlin', now we reveal our dice!" Luz flipped her cup to reveal a solitary three, Kate another, and Pleo, alas, with two threes and a wild one. Five total. "That's too bad, sweetheart. We're just shy of six threes betwixt us. Now Kate here gets t'ask you a question, an' y'gotta answer...

" She was, and could only be, the shade of Luz Escarpa."

"Yer wrong an' you know it, Brisa Escarpa."

Well, Kate was a sharp one, wasn't she? This would be good for getting to know one another, and exciting without exacting an actual loss. To Luz the appeal was considerable. It wasn't like she had much to bet, anyway. "Winner gets a free truth outta the loser. I like those stakes!" Luz...

Sombra laughed, and it sounded like birdsong. "Two seconds, huh? I'd give it at least ten minutes. You're right, though. I think we're almost ready t'grow that lil' bit stronger, now that we're steppin' past this." Brisa let her Shadow speak for her. Dave's foreleg at her mane and his head near...

He'd said it before, with different words, in other ways. Still, Brisa was hearing the meaning for the first time. Not an admonishment at all, but acknowledgment from someone who saw worth in her. "O–okay," she said, her voice choking on a quiet sob. "Th–thank you—" Sombra smiled, closed her...

Luz searched her memories of such games of chance as Brisa had had the opportunity to play. Townies tended to accuse roughlander types who got good at anything of cheating, and the luxio line in particular of using x-ray vision to do so, so it hadn't been many. Still, Doubter's Dice was one...

"Mm? Oh. It's a lil' somethin' Mimikyu Leg made fer Brisa. Back before I existed, Brisa got trapped in the reverse world fer a spell, and Leg made this as some kinda wish fer her t'return safely..." Her eyes felt peculiar again. She couldn't even cry, she was a shade, and she wasn't upset, so...

Starr was nothing if not self-controlled, and so, as usual, she was in the training rooms at her usual allotted time. The incineroar was testing out her new body's endurance lifting weights, it seemed. She could lift . . . a lot. Wow. It was easy enough to find her. It always had been. The hard...

"I really couldn't say, partner. Eternatus ain't somethin' I know too much about!" Or someone, as it may be... Augh. Luz didn't have energy left to contemplate stuff like that or reassure Pleo. Every time she questioned something like the personhood of a world-eating entity her first instinct...

Brisa shook her head, wincing, cringing, even. "Please, Dave, y'got nothin' to apologise t'me fer. I started it. I hurt you far worse. And... You were just tryin' to help me, an' I lashed out." Sombra seemed to grimace. "It didn't help that ya fuckin' called him 'pa' first." If Brisa could...