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| A little bit of [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MisfitLabRat Misfit Lab Rat], a little bit of odd [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MotherlyScientist Motherly Scientist]. Like young ravens, has a mild [https://corvidresearch.blog/2016/08/01/hate-new-things-so-do-corvids/ neophobia] about jumping in to things, but she pushes though it. She wants to give people real [[Second Stories|second chances]], not this [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RaiseHimRightThisTime return to the wheel] myth. Too many people want [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CureYourGays to cure] what they don't [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24895661-neurotribes understand] or [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BurnTheWitch send them to hell] for it.
 
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Sometimes she's a [https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9160393-she-has-told-me-everything-wen-went-on-i-know difficult] [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/WMG/ThiefOfTime student]. She's too [https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7607910-ah-smart-the-word-had-a-very-specific-meaning-here smart] for her own good.
 
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If she didn't wear her hair in a [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TomboyishPonytail ponytail] it would get caught in the zipper of her vest of many pockets or fly in her face. "ptwww fppt plah", she says, as it gets in her mouth.
 
 
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| She recently woke up in Detroit. There aren't a lot of teachers for her here... by which she means "official" euthie teachers. All the mages and woo people she meets are teachers, really.
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| I don't want to be pushed around. I don't want to lose the ability to take perspective.
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As a new mage, she doesn't have a clear understanding of boundaries and where things fit. Anything that isn't "a default kind of thing" is magic, but where does that refinement really start? There is some sort of expertise gradient. maybe. Like, if someone spends a lifetime mastering the art of pencils? That's probably magic that stupid fucking mages can't detect because they are fucking arrogant. probably.
 
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She still thinks real scientific research shouldn't require faith to be replicated. It should work no matter what people believe.
 
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She's willing to learn about established doctrines because they are instructive, but they don't really tell you how things really work. People are distracted by all of these stories. And notice how [https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreamorris/2018/05/09/a-mind-without-a-brain-the-science-of-plant-intelligence-takes-root/#24b3ba7576dc anthropocentric] they are all are.
 
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<del>holy fucking shit it's a conspiracy to get us to use a second language to bias us all to a more utilitarian mindset.</del> okay maybe it's not a conspiracy and people are just trying to learn stuff. self, stop kneejerking so much.
 
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She thought mabye there wuold be fewer stupid fucking idiots in this group of people, but she's coming to realize that maybe she was a bit idealistic there.
 
 
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| Sorcerers are mages, right?
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| Is this another word for mage?
 
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| [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/254704.Mind_of_the_Raven Wolf birds]! Not just wolves. At first I thought they were just a bunch of narcissistic murder-people who thought I was spying on them when all I'm doing is my job. Now I realize that people get afraid and will want to defend themselves the best they can.
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| [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/254704.Mind_of_the_Raven Wolf birds]! Not just wolves.
 
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| holy fucking shit. you mean to say vampires are real? no kidding? that's kind of terrifying. Note to self, avoid vampires because they will probably rip your face off.
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| Ravenous monsters that will probably rip your face off?
 
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| Do they like crows? I like Matthew in Sandman.
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| They're really real? Do they like crows?
 
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| Office hours in the [[Hall of Science]] and the outdoors. Help them grow or leave them alone? Guard their borders.
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| People, I have office hours in the [[Hall of Science]] and the outdoors. Goal: Give everyone enough space to simply be.
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People in suits and pretty whitetablecloth clothing: frightening.
 
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People in useful clothes: trustworthy.
 
 
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| meet it and call it hello. it's an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insular_biogeography insular hagiogeography].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_dynamics][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_effects]
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| an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insular_biogeography insular hagiogeography].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch_dynamics][https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_effects]
 
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| nowrap style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | '''Nature:'''
 
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| I love nature, but have you ever been bitten by [http://evopropinquitous.tumblr.com/post/43767432722/things-i-learned-as-a-field-biologist-294-one it]? [http://evopropinquitous.tumblr.com/post/34218973532/things-i-learned-as-a-field-biologist-639 Wet boots] are pretty nasty too. Sometimes offices and dry clothes are really great.
 
| I love nature, but have you ever been bitten by [http://evopropinquitous.tumblr.com/post/43767432722/things-i-learned-as-a-field-biologist-294-one it]? [http://evopropinquitous.tumblr.com/post/34218973532/things-i-learned-as-a-field-biologist-639 Wet boots] are pretty nasty too. Sometimes offices and dry clothes are really great.
 
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Latest revision as of 12:39, 2 February 2019

Mages: I don't want to be pushed around. I don't want to lose the ability to take perspective.
Sorcerers: Is this another word for mage?
Fera: Wolf birds! Not just wolves.
Vampires: Ravenous monsters that will probably rip your face off?
Fae: They're really real? Do they like crows?
People: People, I have office hours in the Hall of Science and the outdoors. Goal: Give everyone enough space to simply be.
The City: an insular hagiogeography.[1][2]
Nature: I love nature, but have you ever been bitten by it? Wet boots are pretty nasty too. Sometimes offices and dry clothes are really great.
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