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[watergrape]

It's so nice to not have to worry about being turned into a stool!

[Is she purposefully goading someone? Maaaybe.]

I wonder if he's turning someone else into a stool or something worse! [GASP.] I bet he is. What a criminal!

[Tiny hummingbird wings flutter in indignation on her back.]

Someone should lock up the Crow before he does more damage. Lock him up and throw away the key~

[And the goading continues.]

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[watergrape]

[She doesn't want to push him away. Of course it isn't fair to leave him in confusion either! Since she was never made aware of the spell placed on her as a baby, Jin Mi can only tell him what she does know.]

Father said there is something suppressing my power. He wanted to bring me to Lord Dou Mu. She is the only one capable of breaking the spell.

[And maybe the spell has something to do with...this...too. Jin Mi smiles a little and leans forward, embracing him.]

I'll keep looking for someone powerful here.

[firefalling]

[ The mention of her father reminds him of one possibility.

He's stealing this fairy from his brother. Guilt gnaws at that thought, then he forces himself to set it aside. Because she...

Her spirit calls to him.

And she seeks him out. Wants his attention. Says he makes her feel warm.

Determination settles over him and he holds her close. ]

I'll look too. Surely someone can help.

[watergrape]

[She has no idea about that contract nor would it mean much to her. The one she is drawn to - the one she is happy to kiss and tease - isn't Runyu. Phoenix awakens something in her and she has been able to be her full, silly self in front of him since the beginning.]

I'm not worried about my powers. I can't help Rou Rou here anyway. But if...

Something hurts when I'm close to you. [Shamelessly - because she is Jin Mi - she shows him the part of her chest that aches.] I don't care if it does. I'll still visit Phoenix!

[firefalling]

[ She's unlike anyone he's ever met. She's irreverent and silly. But also kind and sweet. Part of him eases when she's around.

She hurts...when he's around her. He tenses, prepared to pull away just to save her from that pain when she does something utterly shocking that makes him flush and turn away.

Kisses are one thing!

But this? A thing to fan the flames of imagination and dreams, surely. ]

Jin Mi! [ He attempts to scold and hears it fall rather flat. ]

We'll find a way to stop that pain.

[watergrape]

[Likewise! But she knows maybe ten people. Maybe. So that it isn't saying much.

She looks puzzled at his scolding, fixing her robes to be polite. Her cheeks stubbornly remain pink and she can't look away from his stupid handsome face. She bets he gets everything he wants with that face.

Including her kisses.]

If you think so, I believe you.