[It's a lot to take in, but it's perfect. Everything about this is beneficial. He's still busy flipping through pages, making mental notes as he goes. He does look up as soon as there's food though, blinking a little at the cookies because...why are they blue.] No, it's fine. I can live without and I'm going to guess your faucet's in the same place as ours. [Baaack to the book.] We've made a lot of progress in the city, haven't we?
[Because they're sweet & salty cookies, duh. They're white chocolate chip cookies with pretzel bits on the inside. They're ???'s creation for the tea house & that silly god house cooking contest.]
More progress than I'd ever expect, honestly.
[Both in terms of personal growth and runic magic.]
[That actually wouldn't be horrible, but he'll get back to those in a bit. Instead he's just shutting the book finally, giving ??? a level stare.] Same. Though I've been here for a little over six months. You've been here longer, correct?
Maybe it only happens to people who age. I mean this is the second summer I've seen since being here, which means it's the second time my birthday would have passed in Asgard's time. But it's been six months. I shouldn't go from seventeen to nineteen in six months.
Huh. You got me there. You'd think that your body would grow based on your world's time, but I'm no expert. [Yeeeeaaaaaah....can't grow because he's not human.]
After my first curse as a human, I tried figuring out if I could turn myself human through the runes. Apparently, it's not possible.
I feel like we've had this discussion before...But I can't say this form is letting me really live. It worked for my original programming, but I've grown a lot here. It's annoying, actually.
[It's depressing enough that it would drive him into a mental corner and have him lash out physically at his friend. It's an addiction he can never feed on his own too.]
We have. I wanted to see if your answer was any different than last time. [And that answer doesn't surprise him in the slightest.] Sometimes I wonder if I could ever work out a formula to do such a thing. Change a person's identity completely. Make people human, or give them inhuman traits.
[???'s quiet for a moment, then:] ...Not here, at least. On the mission to find how to revive Freyr, we entered a cave that had some sort of presence to it...Like a god, but it was more than that. It let us ask a question, and mine was how to become human. It said that only someone with strong enough magic could do it.
[This is something he hasn't shared with anyone, and simply remembering the experience has a bitter, disappointed smile forming.]
I don't know how I could ask the gods for that sort of thing.
...who's to say that one of us can't build up to be that strong? I wasn't exactly incapable back in my world, you know. [Though he's now curious about that cave...]
But how long would that take? I know it's not something I should think about, but I want to be human again. And not just from a curse. [Sighing, he ends up studying his own hands, opening and closing them.]
I could try going to the elves. Their queen is our ally, right? She might be willing to listen.
Well...she does have a connection to the network. I could also get another train ticket to her kingdom. [But it's unlikely he''d actually be allowed to see her.]
I don't know. I haven't really thought it through, but asking the gods here is too much.
...then I suppose we'll just take matters into our own hands. If we build up enough of a case that you're practically human anyway, perhaps they'll take that into consideration. Humans probably benefit them more anyhow.
[He can't help but grin slightly.] If it makes you feel better I didn't know for a while. I think Euri's the one who finally planted the seed in my head without specifying anything.
Jade's games, and I also brought something else I want you to look at. [He's going to grab the bag and drag it into his lap, rooting around until he unearth's an issue of Asgard's version of a Batman comic book. He promptly drops it in ???'s lap instead.] Look at this.
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More progress than I'd ever expect, honestly.
[Both in terms of personal growth and runic magic.]
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Heh, I'm not even close to 365. [Plopping down on the couch beside Draco now.]
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[Not that he really enjoyed it that much.]
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After my first curse as a human, I tried figuring out if I could turn myself human through the runes. Apparently, it's not possible.
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[It's depressing enough that it would drive him into a mental corner and have him lash out physically at his friend. It's an addiction he can never feed on his own too.]
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[This is something he hasn't shared with anyone, and simply remembering the experience has a bitter, disappointed smile forming.]
I don't know how I could ask the gods for that sort of thing.
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I could try going to the elves. Their queen is our ally, right? She might be willing to listen.
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I don't know. I haven't really thought it through, but asking the gods here is too much.
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There's tons of people who can't tell I'm not human, you know.
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Ugh, why are girls complicated, Draco?
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You brought Jade's games, right?
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