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| An odd [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CloudCuckooLander scientist] at times. Sometimes she 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. It's the suspicion. But she's not consistent, sometimes it's neophilia instead. It's the sensation of wonder. '''context'''. 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. 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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| Everything is magic. If you don't think this it is because you haven't honed your perception enough to observe the action of power interacting with the world. I may not know how to detect it yet, but I will.
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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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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. Beware everyone's language. Language changes people. Control language and you control minds.
 
 
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| Sorcerers are mages, right?
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| Is this another word for mage?
 
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| nowrap style="text-align: left; vertical-align: top;" | '''Fera:'''
 
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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? Why not ask them what they want. 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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| 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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