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[cactusy]

Not really. I don't see the point.

[Shaw, as this whole conversation likely shows, has never been big on talking things out.]

I just wanted to teach you how to swim, Shadowheart.

[tocastashadow]

Oh. No, of course not.

[She's not sure what else to say, but she does feel dreadfully badly that the fog's had such an effect on Shaw. Shadowheart's had, apparently, forty years to grow accustomed to Mother's barbs, and Mother didn't tell her anything she didn't already know to be true. Not so, she'd guess, with Shaw and the people the fog showed to her.

Like that woman, who Shadowheart can't help but be curious about.]

I can't help but think that Aurora deserves to meet the business end of a poo-scraper for everything she's put us through.

[cactusy]

[Shaw smirks. It's amused, but also a tinge grateful: she may not know all the contours of Shadowheart's opinions on Etraya, but she always appreciates talking to other people who aren't completely sold on the place. The business end of a poo-scraper. Ha.]

I don't do well with not knowing what's real and what isn't.

[She says, as she again motions for Shadowheart to try floating on her back. Come on, buddy; let's multitask.]

I still don't know how much of that actually happened. I don't even know how long it lasted. It felt like months, but it couldn't have been.

[tocastashadow]

[If she's supposed to be multitasking, Shadowheart will valiantly attempt to multitask by scrunching her eyes shut and kicking her feet up until she's floating on her back and barely flailing at all.]

No, it was days, I think. Weeks.

[She's not sure herself. It had all been so surreal.]

But it wasn't real. It can't have been.

[Mother can't have been in the fog, she's dead. Shadowheart saw what was left of her when they departed the cloister; Mother can't hurt anybody ever again.

Like the Thorms were all dead? a treacherous voice whispers in the back of her head. Like none of them could hurt anybody ever again?

A voice best ignored, she decides.

She opens her eyes again – carefully, as though doing so might cause her to spontaneously sink – and stares up at the sky.]

Sometimes I forget how beautiful the morning light is.

[cactusy]

[Shaw watches her closely, ready to swoop in if she needs to - but pleased that she doesn't need to. Good job not drowning; you're doing great, sweetie.]

The comment about the morning light doesn't tempt her gaze upwards, but she does grunt quietly in acknowledgement.]

Let your focus drift; see if you can still float on instinct even when you're thinking about something else. Are you, uh-- a big nature fan?

[People who think about how pretty the sky is usually are, right?]

[tocastashadow]

I... suppose I am.

[She likes animals. She likes flowers. That probably makes her a nature fan.]

I don't think I got to see the sky very much, for a long time. And when I did, I doubt I much appreciated it.

[She turns her head to look at Shaw, but the movement causes her whole body to drift and she quickly snaps her head back.]

Do you like it? [She means nature, generally.]

[cactusy]

I don't hate it, but I'm a city girl. I've... had my own periods of not getting to see the sky much, though.

[Shadowheart's phrasing is notable, and for a moment, she weighs the pros and cons of asking - but screw it. If she doesn't want to answer, she doesn't have to.]

You don't think you saw it?