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[originallutece]

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[roseblooms]

I'm afraid I don't. I am, however, acquainted with someone who does.

In attempting to rescue his true love from a stronghold of evil, he followed that red strand all the way to her location.

[originallutece]

[Well, he is a demon. And if this is a joke, she can yell at him later. So Rosalind settles at her desk and begins to take notes.]

What species was your friend?

[roseblooms]

Human. His true love is a demon. It's a complex state of affairs, really.

[originallutece]

In what way?

And does this string occur only when demons are involved, or whenever any kind of true love occurs?

[roseblooms]

I only became aware of the manifestation of the phenomenon shortly before my arrival here, unfortunately. I'm afraid I didn't have much opportunity to ask a lot of questions about it.

As for the complexity — her brother disapproves of the match. It's really a shame.

[originallutece]

A rather more fearsome prospect when the brother in question is a demon.

[...]

I assume this isn't Urameshi we're speaking of.

[roseblooms]

[...]

You're not one to arrive at assumptions without foundations to rest them upon.

[originallutece]

1. A person typically speaks by name of a friend if everyone present knows them. A story like that, should it truly concern Urameshi, would usually start by saying "Yusuke saved his true love..."

1a. Though I suppose you could want to keep his being in love a secret, but people tend to want to share such happy fortunes.

2. You're friendly. People typically have more than one friend, and as you already have one human friend, it isn't unreasonable to assume you have a second.

3. Both you and Urameshi are here. I can't imagine you wouldn't ask him more about this phenomenon if it truly interested you.

[roseblooms]

...

Understandable. I stand corrected.

[No, Kurama, you're just weird about things that include Yusuke and True Love™ in the same sentence. Deal with it.]

You're correct, it's not him. The brother of the girl is a friend of mine, however, and her lover is a friend of all of ours.

[originallutece]

[That takes a little mental translating. So two friends, then. Two friends and Yusuke. That's fairly impressive.]

Ah. Drama.

Does he truly disapprove, or simply in a general masculine objection to his friend romancing his sister?

[roseblooms]

They already don't see eye to eye on many things, on a personal level.

...

Although that's probably not aided by the fact that one of them is close to two meters tall, and the other isn't even one and a half.

[originallutece]

No one needs to be two meters tall.

[roseblooms]

I used to be over two meters. Prior to my...metamorphosis, as it were.

And that was without the ears, even.

[originallutece]

[UNNECESSARY.]

Ears?

[roseblooms]

Fox ears. They added at least a few centimeters, all on their own.

[originallutece]

[She isn't one normally given to gushing, but still Rosalind's mouth twitches into a slight smile. That might be a sight worth seeing.]

You're already verging on too tall, Kurama, but I would allow you those extra meters to see you with fox ears.

[roseblooms]

I wasn't aware you were so displeased with my height as it currently stands. Perhaps I'll have to find you a pair of shoes with lifts in them.

[originallutece]

I already wear a perfectly acceptable pair of boots that add three inches already; I refuse to change further than that.

[roseblooms]

Then perhaps I'll find you a pair of stilts, rather.

Or cut my legs off at the knees, I suppose.

[originallutece]

You could crouch.

Beyond your reasonably heighted friend, are all demons as massive as you once were?

[roseblooms]

Hiei is short, as demons go. Most are slightly taller than the average human male, with a subset class that stand at heights closer to three or even four meters.

I cut an impressive figure, however. Many people were able to recognize me by silhouette alone.

[originallutece]

Good grief.

[That's for the three and four metered demons, not for his figure. Although--]

You were a thief throughout the past thousand years, correct?

[roseblooms]

I was.

If you'll pardon the arrogance, though, I wasn't simply a thief. I was THE thief.

[originallutece]

Yes, yes, and you became so by succeeding.

How is it, exactly, you could be known by your figure alone if you weren't caught? Surely part of stealing is to not be seen, otherwise you'll be tracked down.

[roseblooms]

Simply enough, really; most of the time I avoided being seen on entry. On exit was something quite different.

However, when I say I was powerful...

...Let's try this. You're familiar with the wargs here, correct?