From: skilledhero	Date: 09/16/2007 17:53:21

*fumbles the phone slightly as he picks it up*

*yawns* Russandol? It's two in the morning. *reaches over and turns on his bedside light* 've no clue what it's doing here because it's dark outside right now. What with it being two in the morning.

	From: maidros	Date: 09/16/2007 17:59:31

*in a warm, slightly slurred voice* I bet it's misty. It's always misty at night-time in Hísilómë. I 'member walking down to Mithrim with you. Must've been Arda though because you're a short-arse in that memory.

	From: skilledhero	Date: 09/16/2007 18:02:02

*snorts slightly and closes his eyes* I was never a short-arse. You were just uncommonly tall. Not as tall as Arakáno, but tall nonetheless.

*stifles another yawn* Speaking of whom, she's back.

	From: maidros	Date: 09/16/2007 18:08:17

*frowns* She's back? Oh. Oh, I understand.

*smiles a little* What is it about you, 'káno? All your nearest and dearest coming back as women?

	From: skilledhero	Date: 09/16/2007 18:11:09

*smiles too* Some sort of horrible punishment, I'm sure. Was I really so difficult to handle on Arda that it was felt a woman's influence would be more effective?

Káni -- that's Arakáno -- seems very settled and very capable. Did you know that she was your brother's PA until recently when she got her memories back?

	From: maidros	Date: 09/16/2007 18:17:35

*giggles* I don't know. It never used to bother me that you always left the toilet seat up but now it does.

Did you know that she was your brother's PA until recently when she got her memories back?

I assume you mean Turco? He's the only one I could imagine as requiring a PA. Or, rather, the only one I could imagine as thinking he requires a PA.

	From: skilledhero	Date: 09/16/2007 18:20:41

*sits up a little in bed and pulls his bedclothes up over himself* Of course it was Turco. I don't know what it is about that boy that has had both of my sisters at his beck and call but I rather think that Káni is equal to him now.

	From: maidros	Date: 09/16/2007 19:05:14

*sighs a little* Why are you so much nicer on the phone, 'káno?

	From: skilledhero	Date: 09/16/2007 19:43:41

*puzzled* I -- I'm sorry, Russandol, what do you mean?

	From: maidros	Date: 09/17/2007 15:14:35

*stretches out and hesitates before speaking* 's not like when we're face to face. You -- you're nicer when -- when you can't see me. Is it 'cause I don't look the same?

	From: skilledhero	Date: 09/17/2007 15:19:17

*forces a laugh* With all due respect, Russandol, you don't sound the same either.

*speaks softly* I know you're a girl now, I do. I even picture you as such, more often than not. Girl or boy, though, I bet you're chewing the ends of your hair right now?

	From: maidros	Date: 09/26/2007 15:10:43

*spits her hair out of her mouth*

*hastily* No, not right now, I'm not, Mister Smartypants.

	From: skilledhero	Date: 09/26/2007 15:16:00

*laughs* Mister Smartypants? That's a new one on me. *rubs his chin thoughtfully* It's what Írissë used to call Turvo on an alarmingly frequent basis when she was a child and he was the brother she liked.

	From: maidros	Date: 09/26/2007 15:34:53

*faintly* I remember that. *hastily* Although quite why he was the brother she liked, I don't know.

	From: skilledhero	Date: 09/26/2007 15:53:37

*sagely* You have to say that. Anyway, it didn't bother me much. I'd Arakáno when he came along and *mumbles* you. 'Course both of you went and turned into girls on me which I'm trying not to take personally but there you have it.

	From: maidros	Date: 09/26/2007 15:59:24

*fairly mildly* I don't know why you think it's a punishment on you. How do you think I feel? I can't even reach the cookie jar anymore.

	From: skilledhero	Date: 09/27/2007 18:09:13

*gravely* The cookie jar's not all it's cracked up to be.

	From: maidros	Date: 09/27/2007 18:10:51

*--*

	From: skilledhero	Date: 09/27/2007 18:12:43

*?*

	From: maidros	Date: 09/27/2007 18:14:17

*--*

	From: skilledhero	Date: 09/27/2007 18:17:18

*clears his throat*

*cOuGhS*

*in a quiet rush* You should come back to Hísilómë, Russandol.

	From: maidros	Date: 09/27/2007 18:21:00

*feels her heart thumping at that*

*lets a few seconds slide without saying anything*

*nonchalantly* Sure. I guess I could swing by before I go back to Himring.

	From: skilledhero	Date: 09/27/2007 18:22:31

*feels his heart thumping at that*

*pauses*

*equally nonchalantly* Sounds good. See you when I see you?