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[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

Repunzel! Get your arse over here!

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She did semi-tell Lester, earlier, too - that she said the water wasn't evil.

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

[A squeak! Something falls from the nearest trees.]

Yep, and Lester told Siobhan. Hence her wanting to have a little talk now. xD

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

That you?

And Lester didn't even know the worst of it.

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

Now you listen up, and you listen good lassie. You don't go telling little kids that water isn't something to be scared of, djinn or not, especially when the kids aren't yours.

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

But... water's good for you.... It's not evil....

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

No five year old has any business being around a lake without its parents, and they certainly don't need to be thinking there's no reason to be careful.

Not to mention that my daughter is a djinn. And she knows she is, too. And she's been taught to stay away from water for a damned good reason, and it is not your job to raise my child, Repunzel.

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

....I didn't know. The trees said she needed to learn how to swim, and then she... and........................ [no talk; just tears. And fear.]

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

[And for once that isn't actually having much of an effect on Siobhan. She almost lost her little girl, see.]

So you thought you'd teach her, is that it? Without checking with her parents first?

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

I don't know! They said it was important! Except... she got all scared... and then she fell, and then there were suddenly people all over the place...

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

I don't care what the trees said to you, Repunzel, you shouldn't have listened, and if it was important you should have come to me or Jaf and told us. Not go bringing my girl near water.

And of course she got scared! She's a little djinn! And I bet she tried to tell you that, too.

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

...I didn't bring her near water.

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

You promise?

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

I met her near the water. She staring at it.

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

[Calming down just a fraction, but not much.]

Next time you meet a kid by water, don't do anything but make sure they don't fall in, okay?

Why on earth were the trees telling you that nonsense anyway?

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

I think they wanted me to kill her.

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

... could you take me to these trees?

[Behold Siobhan, pale as a ghost and eyes sparkling like gemstones. This is what she looks like when she is really, really pissed off.]

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

[She nods.] I don't think they like fire. Or something.

I've never had trees try to make me hurt people before....

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

I think I need to have a little talk with these trees. And I think you need to be a bit more careful about how much you listen to them.

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

They're not my usual trees, anyhow; those ones only hate me.

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

You have a knack for socializing with odd trees. Trees in general aren't really haters.

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

They're just taking a while to make up their minds. Some days they like me, instead. [Repunzel nattered at them too much for their comfort; they were taking their time deciding whether the fast paced being was an annoyance, or a novelty.]

[hired-for-m.livejournal.com]

[Handing her a mug of coffee]

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

[She accepts it with a nod of gratitude.]

She did semi-tell Lester, earlier, too - that she said the water wasn't evil.

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

[A squeak! Something falls from the nearest trees.]

Yep, and Lester told Siobhan. Hence her wanting to have a little talk now. xD

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

That you?

And Lester didn't even know the worst of it.

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

Now you listen up, and you listen good lassie. You don't go telling little kids that water isn't something to be scared of, djinn or not, especially when the kids aren't yours.

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

But... water's good for you.... It's not evil....

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

No five year old has any business being around a lake without its parents, and they certainly don't need to be thinking there's no reason to be careful.

Not to mention that my daughter is a djinn. And she knows she is, too. And she's been taught to stay away from water for a damned good reason, and it is not your job to raise my child, Repunzel.

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

....I didn't know. The trees said she needed to learn how to swim, and then she... and........................ [no talk; just tears. And fear.]

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

[And for once that isn't actually having much of an effect on Siobhan. She almost lost her little girl, see.]

So you thought you'd teach her, is that it? Without checking with her parents first?

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

I don't know! They said it was important! Except... she got all scared... and then she fell, and then there were suddenly people all over the place...

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

I don't care what the trees said to you, Repunzel, you shouldn't have listened, and if it was important you should have come to me or Jaf and told us. Not go bringing my girl near water.

And of course she got scared! She's a little djinn! And I bet she tried to tell you that, too.

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

...I didn't bring her near water.

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

You promise?

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

I met her near the water. She staring at it.

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

[Calming down just a fraction, but not much.]

Next time you meet a kid by water, don't do anything but make sure they don't fall in, okay?

Why on earth were the trees telling you that nonsense anyway?

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

I think they wanted me to kill her.

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

... could you take me to these trees?

[Behold Siobhan, pale as a ghost and eyes sparkling like gemstones. This is what she looks like when she is really, really pissed off.]

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

[She nods.] I don't think they like fire. Or something.

I've never had trees try to make me hurt people before....

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

I think I need to have a little talk with these trees. And I think you need to be a bit more careful about how much you listen to them.

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

They're not my usual trees, anyhow; those ones only hate me.

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

You have a knack for socializing with odd trees. Trees in general aren't really haters.

[not-lettuce.livejournal.com]

They're just taking a while to make up their minds. Some days they like me, instead. [Repunzel nattered at them too much for their comfort; they were taking their time deciding whether the fast paced being was an annoyance, or a novelty.]

[hired-for-m.livejournal.com]

[Handing her a mug of coffee]

[growsowngoats.livejournal.com]

[She accepts it with a nod of gratitude.]