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== Conversations ==
{{Quote|source=[[Floxie]]|
Hey! You're from the mortal realm, right? I remember hearing about your species! Possibly. Anyway, my name is [[Floxie]].
; My name is Adventurer!
You're mortal too, right? Do you have any tips for me, as a first-time mortal?
; Wait, you're a mortal?
Yes, I'm effectively mortal! We all are! Well.. not as mortal as you obviously... I guess I'm being insensitive. I'm sorry!
; I don't really understand.
I was lifebound in A14. You know... before the tragedy.
Our city held the Winter army at bay for a while, but then the armies just packed up and left. And that night, new creatures arried. They were huge, made of metal, and nothing I did hurt them at all. I am an accomplished mage as well as a warrior, but my best spells barely moved them. I was powerless.
These creatures had no emotions. They just overwhelmed us, and crushed us in their giant fists. And when we died, we hid in the lifestone, waiting for them to leave, but they came into the lifestone with us. It makes no sense! And it's definitely a war crime of some sort! But they found me, and they just kept killing me.
; That sounds painful.
Each time I was concious for only a moment, just long enough to realize that I remembered less than I did before. I was... dying!
When the [[Autumn Defiant]] saved us, I couldn't remember my name, let alone how to save myself. I was lost in the astral without an anchor. But my old friend [[Pegast]] was waiting for me. He caught me and somehow managed to bind me here. I owe him my life!
; Are you feeling better not?
Yes, I'm better now. Many of my memories came back. But my friend [[Midge]]... she's broken! She doesn't even remember me. The Mige I knew really is dead. Or... well, at least she's missing!
; So you're equating amnesia with... death?
Well, I guess amnesia is sort of like death. But no, Midge doesn't just have amnesia: I have to keep reintroducing myself to her, almost every day! She came back wrong! And dying again doesn't fix her! She's broken! And I was almost broken too!
I'm not sure how much sense my story made, but let me put it this way: I'm still terrified of what the [[Winter Queen]] wants to do to me, but now I realize there are even worse fates. I'm scared of the Winter Queen, but when I think of those creatures... I'm so scared that I just can't function.
; After what you've been through, being afraid is natural.
That's kind of you to say! I wish [[Pegast]] felt that way. I owe him everything, and he needs my help, and he doesn't understand why I can't fight.
For now, I'm trying to help in other ways.
; That sounds like a good plan.
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{{Quote|source=[[Floxie]]|
As long as there's a chance I could lose my memories, I'm hardly immortal at all! And somehow, eternal death sounds even scarier than being tortured by the Winter Queen!}}
{{Quote|source=[[Floxie]]|
I love the way hunters from your realm use physical arrows in their bows. I switched to energy arrows centuries ago, but I've realized there's a huge benefit to your method: when your magic only has to activate a bit of wood, you can deal a LOT of damage without expending much energy! Clever mortals, perfecting something most fairies had abandoned!
So anyway, yeah, I've been making wood arrows to practice with. I just with they took up less space!}}
{{Quote|source=[[Floxie]]|
I don't care what [[Pegast]] says: I'm not okay, and I'm not going hunting, and he can't make me. He can go be a scion elsewhere if he thinks he can boss me around.}}
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