[there's a pause as janus thinks about that. though they've learned to ask questions in the course of conversation, for some reason they aren't always prepared for the answer. they think of their homeworld, the pegasi, the giant kraken under the sea, the birds that speak poems and signal bad luck.
it's not a hunter's business to think about how beautiful their world is, generally. but when they're quiet awhile, sometimes-- janus knows. and it's nice.]
We have many animals. Or had them. [the mess of the apocalypse makes them less sure of tenses, but not of the fact that—] They were nice like these ones are. They had their own languages and families. [they move their head a little, jutting their chin at the green-backed mother and her calf.]
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it's not a hunter's business to think about how beautiful their world is, generally. but when they're quiet awhile, sometimes-- janus knows. and it's nice.]
We have many animals. Or had them. [the mess of the apocalypse makes them less sure of tenses, but not of the fact that—] They were nice like these ones are. They had their own languages and families. [they move their head a little, jutting their chin at the green-backed mother and her calf.]