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Well, that's what we've got the Snarkbait Lodge for. Enough room for the whole collection of us children of the corn.

[He drops down, flapping his humongous wings once to brake before coming to a rest in front of her. He looks her over, taking note of the differences since last he saw her, pale and violet on Derse's moon. Finally, he twists one side of his mouth and lets out a breath.]

Man, I can't believe you're older than me. This bites. I was counting on you to come through for me, Rose. How could you betray your big brother like this?

Snarkbait Lodge. I like that.

[Rose eyes him as well. She'd never before wondered if sprites aged, but now she does. Davesprite does look awfully young--though that might just be because the Dave she's been living with is older: taller, stubblier, deeper-voiced. She herself has grown, she knows; hair a little longer, face a little narrower, figure a little lankier--more like her mother's.]

Oh, please. You know that ladies mature faster, and you were hardly a single day older than me in the first place. I was always destined to be the elder twin in practice.

[She is surprised at how nice it is to see him, considering that she saw her own Dave only a few minutes ago. No, she thinks, this one's "my" Dave as well. This is the Dave that spent months in a desolate doomed timeline with her, a Dave that the meteor Dave could never quite be.

Instead of ruminating too much on thoughts of Daveception, Rose broadens her ever-present smirk and holds out a balled hand for what she deems a suitably ironic and traditional fist bunp greeting.]

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[That actually gets Davesprite to lift his eyebrows in the closest thing to a pleased expression he's had cause to make in a while.]

Welcome to the city, sis. Let's get you moved in.

[He gestures in the general direction from whence he came and starts to lead the way. Not without checking whether or not he's still taller, though--even if it's hard to tell, given his undulating length of ghost-tail and tendency to float.

Can sprites age? It's a great question, and one Davesprite's been avoiding asking himself for a while now. What he does know is they can heal, which is a lucky break for him. Wouldn't want to show up to his sister's welcome party down a wing or with any of the injuries he managed to accrue during his few months in Ruby City. That would just be embarrassing.

The only things that mark him as different from his original spritely condition are the lack of both sword and pendant.]

Okay, house rules: You don't touch the nest, anything that goes in the nest is forfeit unless you trade me something of equal or greater constructive value, if you don't want something to go in the nest then don't leave it where I can find it, and the apple juice is mine. Also I guess you should know movie star me and J. K. Rowling you got married last Christmas, so if you hear weird noises from their room...you know. Don't check.

[Rose trails behind, listening interestedly, and barely stifles a giggle.]

Nest? Am I going to have to stock up on Saltines?

[The bit about their alpha selves surprises her a little, though.]

Oh, my. Now isn't that shocking. Our future selves, the marrying kind? [She pauses briefly, and then continues, curious and benign of judgment:] I'm assuming they are fully aware of the ectobiology and simply find themselves unable to care, right?

[He just shoots her a look through his shades at the comment about his nest. When she becomes half-bird and suppresses the uncontrollable urge to gather everything she loves into a pile and sit on it to keep it safe and warm, then she has license to tease.]

Yeah, they know, and they don't give the runtiest dingleberry of a shit. I guess they waited long enough for it. I'm not gonna be the one to molt on their honeymoon, even if the honeymoon's basically lasted the entire time I've been here.

[Oh shush, Davesprite, let her have her fun. It's not like you didn't know what you were signing up for by informing her how protective you are of your nest.]

Believe me, I wouldn't dream of interfering. [How counterproductive would it be to fuck up your own future alternate self's happiness? Not cool.] It's just slightly jarring to be in close proximity of them. Journey to a post-scratch universe or not, I never assumed that I would have the chance to actually meet them.

Meh.

[Davesprite shrugs, dismissing the weirdness. Then again, he has a lot more experience than she does with alternate selves.]

You'll get used to the fact that grown-up you is a nice old cat lady who thinks I need a million fuzzy sweaters and once stabbed some dude in the eyes and rode his body down a waterfall. I mean, I know it's tough, but I think you can work out these massive differences.

Baffling how "nice old cat lady" and "once stabbed some dude in the eyes and rode his body down a waterfall" can really be applied to the same person. Baffling, and yet somehow very gratifying.

[Though she does remember taking down an ogre with similar tactics.]

Do you get along with your post-scratch adult incarnation?

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