"Touch... touch is pain, and anger, and sadness... Touch is rabbits screaming in the night."

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Since I'm basically putting all of my work on plotlines on possibly indefinite hold (just enjoying the forest now ♥ ), I can say that Tzipporah's touch issues are leftovers from her human life. She had an abusive parent who visited her older sister (the rabbit) on a fairly regular nightly basis. Because of her sister's pain, Tzipporah now associates all touch with screaming. Not her own screams, but the screams of others. She is unaware of any of this~

_{Seems to be the night for, "When on earth did she post this..."s? At least, it's that night for me XD /invades all of yours, as well.}

"A long time ago, back when Ravus was of sound mind, we were friends. One day, as we were playing in the birch forest, she suddenly became a hideous, murderous beast! A filthy brown squirrel! She chased me all through the forest! Mattie was so brave and tried to kill it, but it was too strong. Luckily, Ravus came to her senses before doing anything too horrible. But it's not a matter of not liking squirrels. It's an awareness that they only appear gentle and innocent..."

*rubs hands together* >D

"My most cherished..." he pauses for a moment in thought, as if the idea of a cherished memory is foreign to him. "I believe... my most cherished memory isn't a memory at all... but a dream. Something from long ago... When I felt the sun, and felt it. When my happiness was my own, and not borrowed. I believe that somehow, in my dreams, I found a way to be whole."

"Cherished? Best? All of my memories are cherished and best, even when forgotten! Playing with Ravus, playing with Geisha, playing with Eli, playing with Caen... I've learned so many things from everyone! Remember when Geisha circled and circled around Eli, and we played so hard that I thought I'd done bad... but then it was okay? Just a game? A new game! My favorite game! I love it most of all... best and cherished game ♥"

"There is nothing cherished, nothing best. Perhaps, a lifetime ago, I might have said sitting in a field of flowers with... But no. There is no reason for such things. The point of memories are to learn, not to cherish. And I have learned enough."

"A meeting... and a knowing... and a feeling of eternity. I've been with him forever, haven't I? That sort of feeling... I remember feeling that the first time, too."

"Discover... discovering the fire stag. The lava stag in the chill. Touch without fingers. Without noise. Realize... realizing to be close without pain. Very cherished."

_{Totally agreed >A> I used to watch them fight around campus... evil little buggers.}
eee ♥

"I admire a knowing of one's self, and one's limits. ...And I despise those who abuse their strength and power."

"Fear is... the overwhelming sadness, yes? Forever cold and sad, and it makes your hair stand up on the back of your neck? Mmm... Fear is... The liquid plane... drowning in deep spaces and seeing light that you cannot reach. Forever cold and dark and forgotten. And she, who is water in deer form. That is fear." _{Water (mostly just standing water) and Ysrael~ Nothing else I can think of XD}

"Brave? Bravery... is a strange word. Is it used to label those who do what is necessary, or those who create something of nothing? A perilous situation for no reason... hm. I've done nothing brave, but I've done things that were necessary. Facing danger with a steady gaze... taking gashes meant for yourself or another... Those things are necessary. Otherwise, the things we value lose strength, and we, in turn, lose them. If that is your definition of brave, then there is nothing brave in this forest that is not also selfish."

_{Those were good questionsss >A>}

Hello there c:

@Phylux: You have three pies- Apple, cherry, and key lime. You have to eat one, smoosh one in somebodies face, and give as a present to another.

Bah, I love these things. I hope this was stupid enough l3

Bamboo; ROFLLL. This question = yes please.

"Hmm... I would, then, eat the cherry, allow a hungry fawn to eat the apple, as that is the most nutritious, and use the key lime as a projectile for... Well... I suppose at one point, Mattie might have gained pleasure from that, but... Perhaps not anymore..."

Yeah Vo, raining on the parade =3= Jeeze.

I'll track this- in case I think of something to ask :B

Anjali; I think I'll answer for them on this one X3 I think it's unlikely that they know what they smell like, haha~ I love this questionnnn @__@ These are just my current guesses, but...

I would say... Vodun probably smells likes flowers and dust. Something like an closet that hasn't been opened in a while. Not bad, per se, just a little musty, despite his affinity for water/bathing. The flower scent clings to him, but it isn't his own.

Vasska smells like autumn leaves, smoke, and matches that have been newly struck or extinguished. Sometimes, he smells like flowers.

Phylux smells like dirt/rocks, musk, and a liitttle bit like fish, although he's extremely hygienic, so this scent is very faint |D

Dublin smells like fresh grass, and something sharp? Like lemon, perhaps.

Tzipporah's scent is very subdued. She borrows the scent of flowers, and her own scent is dark and heavy, like soil after the rain.

WonderfullySarcastic; ♥! Yes pls! 8D

Dinamo: ♥

"Dublin would smell like grass, leaves, and Mateo"
ARGH I CAN'T EDIT MY ANSWER.

I like the idea of hot wind~ And Phylux's scent, too >u> I like that lots. The idea of him smelling kinda like fish is so gross to me XD;; But I can't deny it, haha. And Vasska only smells like flowers after he's been in one of his extremely rare "calm" or poppy-drunk moods.

I KNOW. You aren't allowed to give me great ideas and then not allow me to make it look like I came up with them first :I Jeeze.

Yuppers, he loooves him some tasty fish~ XD
_{There is absolutely no way I can make this fish topic less awkward, is there... XDD;;;}

ROOFFFLLLL.
Fawnfish are friends, not food =3=
If they're still bite-sized when they get older, that might be another matter...