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[wolfskin]

[ the feed flicks on to show (1) one king and the head of (1) one direwolf looking over his shoulder. the wolf snorts at the device, lips curling to bare sharp white teeth. he was no love for the tablet it seems. ]

Greetings Exsilium, I have a query for you.

[ his words are a touch uncertain. ]

I know it is not queer for men to disappear and then return, it happens often enough to be considered normal on this island. When they disappear they either return with no knowledge of Exsilium or they return changed; older, wiser than they were before.

Has any ever returned unchanged? [ he understands the reason behind his disappearance, though is by no means pleased, yet he feels unchanged and it bothers him. mayhaps it is nothing and he worries for naught, mayhaps. either way it will not hurt to at least ask. ]

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[wolfskin]

[ robb exhales, it is a bothersome thing that ways on his mind. feeling no different to before despite being missing for a day. mayhaps he wasted energy worrying of nothing at all, mayhaps. ]

I have little love for tricks and spectacles. [ grey wind snorts before moving from frame, only to reappear again and force his head underneath robb's right arm. ]

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[shrewdly]

Nor does your friend, it would seem.

[ it's clear she's referring to the wolf positioned beneath robb's arm, regarding the beast with a small laugh. ]

Tricks and spectacles make up much of this world for those who cannot see through them.

[ it's the same with people, she thinks — those that function under one mask, employing tricks to disguise their inward nature. there's a small pause and then: ]

Do you feel unchanged?

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[wolfskin]

The tablet is queer to him, more than once he has tried to devour it.

[ this world and their own. no matter where he turns tricks and spectacles are used, and webs are spun. ]

Aye.

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[shrewdly]

Better to devour the tablet than an unsuspecting stranger, I would think.

[ her smile is small but apparent, though it fades as she makes a small hum of consideration. ]

Mayhaps you only feel unchanged.

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[wolfskin]

Aye, much better. I have no qualms with losing the device.

[ handy as it is, he kinda misses the good old ravens he is accustomed to. ]

Mayhaps and something has without my notice.