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(Oh hi hello-)

(About a week? I don't have the emails saved anymore for time stamps, but it did take a spicy second. They DID apologize for the wait, though, which insinuates that that wasn't a NORMAL wait time - or that it was and they deal with a lot of impatient people. Hard to tell.)

(Either way, buckle in, because it'll be a few days at least, but they will get back to you! And they did unlock java for me without question, so you should be good.)

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"Hey Keeran, when you're being flirty, do you like to be... koi? Eh? Eeeeeh?"

"Really thinking outside the fox on that one."

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"Only if it comes with snuggles."

"Oh, yeah, that sounds... not fun. You, um, want some hot tea? I have a bunch."

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"Nothing quite like coughing so hard you become a literal fish out of water."

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She is immediately flapping her wings as hard as she can to blow away the magic. That's how that works, right?

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Muffled squealing.

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"Please don't make an igloo in my apartment Keeran--"

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would ava like to build an igloo right now?

"Uh... that depends. It's not even winter yet, how would I make an igloo?"

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"Oh, no, I have my auntie for that. Not that she's, uh, great with people, but she's very protective of me. It's her prophecy, after all."

"... You know, I haven't actually met a lot of Kitsune, either. It kinda makes sense, though; I'm one of a kind."

Holy shit, someone outside of work used the term 'clade.' Was she in heaven right now?

"Oh, yeah, that makes sense! The kitsune DNA part, I mean--I think we studied something like that in class once. Lots of weird cross-species stuff happens with shapechanging species! And harpies, but that's for an entirely different reason."

Ava took a pause to clear her throat. And maybe catch her breath a bit. She tended to talk a mile a minute when she got excited.

"Uh... oh, jeez, I'm sorry to hear about that, though. Prophecies are definitely out of my wheelhouse, that's for sure. And, um... resurrection, I guess? Complicated stuff."

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"My name's Keeran. Technically it's pronounced closer to Key-dawn, if you can't roll the 'r', but nobody ever pronounces it right. I've learned to accept my fate."

"And... Yeah, it's not how merfolk or kitsune work. Normally, when a kitsune produces offspring, the kitsune DNA overwrites the DNA of whatever they mated with, and they and merfolk are from different clades entirely. There was some magical intervention. Something about a prophecy, I don't know. I've died three times for this prophecy, and I've no intent to feel what a trident in my guts feels like again, so the prophecy can wait."

"Oh! Fascinating..." You learn something new every day.

"That's... definitely a new one for me. I mean, hybridization is more common than people realize, but there's usually a little more... physiological similarity between the parents. Not that I know much about how merfolk, uh... work, like that."

And being a harpy, she wasn't really one to talk.

"It seems like it worked out for you, though, miss... uh... oi vey, I always forget to do the whole 'proper introduction' part. What was your name, again?"

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"Oh, no, that's all natural~" A swish of her tail accentuated her point, though she was blushing a little bit. Word choice, Ava.

"In all seriousness, though - shifting comes as naturally to me as breathing. My dad's a kitsune. Normally I'd have a human guise, but he just couldn't resist the siren's call."

Oh, well, that was a new one for her. If Keeran listened closely, she could almost hear a surprised squawk.

"Uh... is that one of your spells? Becoming all... foxy, I mean."

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Keeran pulled herself up onto the dock next to ava, wringing her hair out before shifting into a more terrestrial form.

"Oh, normally I freeze it. I just... Prefer to be in furs, first."

Ava clapped her hands together gleefully. Ooh, water magic! Yeah, she might wanna keep her distance from that.

"That's really cool! I don't know many spellcasters--especially not ones with hereditary magic. I bet it comes in handy, though. Or, er... I guess you're already in the water, but..."

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"Yeah, of course! It runs through my family. On both sides, but I never really saw my mom's. Apparently she was a real siren."

"Oh, gotcha!" Whew, crisis averted! Well, sort of--still has no idea who her dad is.

"Oooooh, you know magic? Can I see some?!"

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"What? No, silly, he's a famous magician, and I am so tired of people comparing me to him. He's the best! I just want to be myself."

"Oh, jeez, I'm sorry! I didn't realize he was a bad guy."

She is... so, so confused right now.

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"You mean you don't know my dad? Oh, you are now my favorite person."

"Oh! Right! Yes, obviously."

There is a long, pregnant pause.

"...is, uh... is he a merfolk too, or..."

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"My dad! Obviously."

Keeran, that doesn't help.

"Oh, sorry, that's my bad. I shouldn't make assumptions like that."

"...wait, then who raised you? If you don't mind me asking."