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[xthegrimreaperx.livejournal.com]

*She carefully practices her watercolor painting.*

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[bigdumbgenius.livejournal.com]

Nice.

[xthegrimreaperx.livejournal.com]

*Pulls the brush away from the paper and looks down.* Thank you.

[bigdumbgenius.livejournal.com]

Why is it always birds? I mean, you can fold cranes, too.

[xthegrimreaperx.livejournal.com]

*She shrugs and considers for a moment.* I like birds. Always birds.

[bigdumbgenius.livejournal.com]

I thought it was maybe because birds are commonly thought to be...what's the word? Psychopomps. Guides for the dead.

[xthegrimreaperx.livejournal.com]

Psychopomps. *She thinks about this for a minute before smiling a little.* Shinigami.

[bigdumbgenius.livejournal.com]

Something like that. Like a midwife, except the opposite.

[xthegrimreaperx.livejournal.com]

Does that bring you comfort? Your soul being taken being shepherded?

[bigdumbgenius.livejournal.com]

[thinks about it]

Yes, a little. It's better than being alone.

[xthegrimreaperx.livejournal.com]

You will not be alone.