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[ asa usually avoids the video function on the network, if only because he's.. well, extremely shy. it doesn't seem quite polite to do so when addressing the network as a whole, though, especially in this case, when he's planning to offer something that includes a small demonstration.

dressed as modestly as always, his long red hair has been pinned up in a messy bun, small black antlers decorated with green ribbons and tiny silver charms that chime when he bows his head politely. he looks just about as nervous as he always does, though at least he manages a small, tentative smile. ]

Ah-- Hello. [ a slight fidget, a blush rising in his face, golden eyes sliding away from the video slightly. he always feels silly doing this. ]

It was.. suggested to me some time ago that.. that people might.. appreciate my skills, so I thought-- I mean, if it can be useful-- [ he clears his throat, then lifts his palms, cupping them and tilting them toward the camera to show that they're empty. a few moments later, a tiny vine twists out from between his fingers, growing in mere seconds and blooming with a big blue flower of some unknown type. he strokes the petals gently with his fingertips, lowering his hands and glancing up again. by now, he looks like he's seriously two seconds from bolting from the frame. ]

I-- I can do that with any.. any plants. Flowers, herbs, fruits and vegetables-- I can.. maintain large gardens and.. adapt the plants to.. to new conditions. [ his shoulders hunch, ears flattening back, voice growing a little smaller, more hesitant. ] I don't.. know if it can be useful to.. to anyone, but if it can, please don't-- don't hesitate to ask.

[ he reaches out, then, and hastily ends the feed. ]

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...Modified window-box?

[What do you mean by that?]

Well.. a kind of inside window-box. So you can have fresh herbs when you need them.

[ he offers a small smile. ] --It'll be low maintenance, I promise.

Oh. Alright.

So you'd be willing to show me how to do that?

Certainly. I don't see why not. It'd be helpful if you could, um, find some kind of.. small trough, or long, narrow wooden box of some sort.

That should be doable.

When shall we meet, then?

O-Oh, ah.. well, whenever's.. best for you is fine with me, I suppose. I don't have any immediate plans, anyway.

Tomorrow?

Also do I need to bring a picture of the plants I need or will the name suffice? ...I'm asking because the plants and flowers you seem used to growing don't look familiar to me. [Like that big blue one, back then.]

Tomorrow is okay. Maybe after lunch.

[ he lifts the flower back up, smiling. ] This is just one I made up. Still, it can't hurt to bring pictures, just in case. I've never gotten a plant wrong, though, if that helps.

Works for me.

Are you from Earth?

.. Um. Well. A version of earth, I suppose. Technically. From the United States, originally.

I see.

I'm Raven, by the way.

I'm Asa. It's nice to meet you, Raven.

[A nod.] Likewise.

Sorry to ask but... you're a boy, right?

[ he blushes, but the expression on his face is fairly long-suffering. ]

It's okay, I get it a lot. And yes, I am. I just.. kind of.. look otherwise.

That must be annoying sometimes.

Does it have anything to do with your abilities?

I'm not really sure. [ a slightly uncomfortable shrug. ] Half-breeds often look really different. One of my best friends kind of looks like a fish, and another looks like someone cut a human shape out of the night sky.

[ he smiles a little wanly. ] It might run in the family, though. My brother isn't exactly the pinnacle of masculinity, either.

Half-breed. Meaning one of your parents is human and the other one is...?

Anything else. God, demon, angel, monster, fae, et cetera. They all come from one world and sometimes wind up in the human world on accident.

And in your particular case?

Um. The.. Green Man. He's sort of.. the one who made that world.

Oh. A male version of Mother Nature, then?

[ he nods, looking pleased with the comparison. ]

Basically, yes.

Sounds better than many other kinds of half-breeds, if you ask me.

[ his expression fades into a wan smile. ]

I wish more people thought that way.

Maybe you just should care less about what people think.

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