Again, thank you. And also, thank you for the following, it is definitely going to be up there on my list of all time favourite ITL moments. I just about died laughing, reading it :)
“It’s weird to think of other people’s gods watching us grow up,” Vade said. “I did a lot of stuff that I figured my own gods would understand, but I hadn’t counted on anyone else paying attention to it. I probably wouldn’t have done that thing with the sheep if I’d known Anosukinom was watching.”
To Orinakin’s amusement, horror-tinged curiosity sparkled across the room. After a moment of silence, Desin asked, “What, what thing did you do with the sheep?”
While Bade and Orinakin burst into laughter, Vade stared at Desin, aghast. “Great Grengar! Not that! I didn’t - - I just left the - - I left the latch open, the pen, I left it open, and one time I tried to feed them gruel because I wanted to see if there was any creature in the world who actually liked it, and one time I tried to herd one towards the river to see if they were actually as stupid as everyone said, but it wouldn’t go in, so I guess they’re not that stupid after all.”
“Oh,” Rini said. “Right.” He cleared his throat, licking his lips. “That’s totally what I thought you were talking about.”
Again, thank you. And also, thank you for the following, it is definitely going to be up there on my list of all time favourite ITL moments. I just about died laughing, reading it :)
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To Orinakin’s amusement, horror-tinged curiosity sparkled across the room. After a moment of silence, Desin asked, “What, what thing did you do with the sheep?”
While Bade and Orinakin burst into laughter, Vade stared at Desin, aghast. “Great Grengar! Not that! I didn’t - - I just left the - - I left the latch open, the pen, I left it open, and one time I tried to feed them gruel because I wanted to see if there was any creature in the world who actually liked it, and one time I tried to herd one towards the river to see if they were actually as stupid as everyone said, but it wouldn’t go in, so I guess they’re not that stupid after all.”
“Oh,” Rini said. “Right.” He cleared his throat, licking his lips. “That’s totally what I thought you were talking about.”