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[ Sweet Pea is a lot of things than just light for Robby, an oddity to what can be described as his duller life. But hey, it's also one of the nicer oddities to come from Trench. Has anything else in this place given him a tiny dance yet?? No.

It gets a small baffled chuckle out of Robby -- baffled, but in a good way. ]

Okay... [ Look, he did listen to that, but he has to ask with his new pal in hand: ] Uh, your friend the other day said you make something like golems. Is this what this is?

[ The real question is 'What is this?', because even 'golem' doesn't mean much to Robby, but hopefully his amused confusion will get that across. ]

You got it.

[Sweet Pea is just showing off, really, wanting Robby's attention.]

I mean, nowadays a lot of people think of them like robots, because robots are everywhere now, but they aren't. Robots use technology, golems use magic. There's no wires inside that little guy, just some gears and joints and runes engraved to keep him going until they run out. Golems have existed for thousands of years back home but we do have the nice upgrades of fancier materials to make them out of.

[ It has so much personality in a tiny little body. ]

Oh. [ Huh. ] Only know about golems from...old adventure cartoons. Those guys are all stone. [ And not a little dancing fiend.

Which. He pauses, then also asks, a note dropped and looking at Saeri: ]

--does it know what I'm saying?

[ Should he be careful (as if he's been saying some outrageous things about him up to this point)???? ]

That's because most of them were. Stone was the easiest to make them out of and didn't cost as much as getting metals together.

[Sweet continues to dance, but then begins to tip-toe its way up his arm. If he lets it, it will settle on his shoulder, pressed up close to him.]

Sweet Pea here has only been purposed to recognize tone and gain a sense of your mood from how you talk. Probably why its showing off for you. To get a stronger emotional reaction. It's supposed to be a cuddle buddy.

[ The lore expands. Robby doesn't mind, exactly, as Sweet Pea starts its path up his arm; but what he does mind is the possibility of it falling, which gets him to tell it, 'Hey, be careful -- where're you going?'

And why it'll only manage to get around his elbow before Robby (having straightened his forearm to make it easier on the buddy) gingerly plucks it with his fingers around its entirety, and settles it back down on the table. Alas, poor Sweet Pea -- Robby is more concerned for your safety than your duties. ]

Oh. [ Something that small is a 'cuddle' buddy... but Robby can see, if thinking about it: ] Looks great for kids. Might be more cuddle-like with a fur coat.

[ More of a joke than a suggestion, but that would be more cuddly...

And if Sweet Pea might at all be upset or looking for Robby's attention, he'll give them a reassuring, 'I'm okay', to hopefully help. ]

[Saeri watches as Sweet Pea is put-out by being set down on the table. It's very hard to cuddle when it's not touching someone! She plucks it up herself and taps at a different rune on its back, powering it down. The legs curl back up inside and it goes back to looking like a green egg.]

A coat. Why didn't I think of that? I ditched the fur idea originally when I thought about all the ink that would get in it during touch-ups, but a coat or sleeve would be perfect. Thanks.

[ Huh, that was actually a good idea? Robby's surprised, eyebrows raised, but-- hey, he'll take it. ]

Sure. [ He sounds a little amused, but then he's looking at the sheets Saeri motioned to before, motions to them as well. ]

Okay, so -- is there an easy rune to start with? How do we do this?

Depends on what you want to say. Since it's not so much about rune, singular, as in rune families. You pick which one you this is the most fun to work with and move on from there.

[She separates the stack into separate piles of different families.]

You've got your classics like the Futhark families, or you can look at heiroglyphs, like Egyptian or Mayan, Etruscan, or even cuneiform. Not all of those are actually "runes" historically, they just fall into the "rune" branch of magic because the older the written language, the stronger its magical bonds.

Majority of runists are "purists" and only use defined rune families. [Yeah, she rolls her eyes just a bit as that.] But that does make them the easiest to start with. The basics.

[ Now that he's actually getting to see the separate runes, it's almost immediately far more complicated (along the levels he was expecting, but still) than Robby was beginning to hope; but that's because he's looking at multiple alternatives, and that's a relief to hear and understand. ]

I'll take whichever ones doesn't want me drawing birds. [ Sorry, Egyptian hieroglyphs. It's said with a pinch of humour, but Robby leans in to inspect the papers better, and he taps a finger to the Futhark and the Etruscan choices (as long as it's the alphabet). ]

Those two look like something I'm gonna be able to get my head around. Unless this is a case of looks being deceiving, and I just picked the challenge.

[ Unless either of these are one of the classics -- maybe that Futhark one? ]

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