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[mage_hatchlings]

That Hatchling-grafittied Nexus door leads to here, and what looks like the outer door of one of the buildings in the Black Mage Village. Another door has been added next to this one to actually get to the inside of the building.

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[mage_hatchlings]

The hatchlings leave the soup on a nearby table and then most of them try to snuggle around Kuja.

Mistral, however, is glaring at Arashi. "No more toads, Arashi. It's not nice."

"Hmph," seems to be Arashi's only response.

Meanwhile, Blaze seems to be enjoying the attention of being picked up and cuddled.

"Are you feeling better," a hatchling asks Kuja.

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"I do now." He relaxes a bit when they pile around him.

"But not enough to leave..." They weren't here when he told the older mages that.

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The hatchlings are happy to snuggle - as always.

"Good," one says.

"We don't want want you to leave," another one says quietly.

The larger Mages seem to be trying to ignore the Hatchlings snuggling on Kuja. The Waltzlets provide a good distraction until the squabbling is finally settled.

Then the waltzlets join the rest of the snuggling flock, leaving the larger Mages to just fidget a bit uneasily. No matter how many times they saw or heard of the hatchlings doing this, it remained a bit surreal for them.

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"Not leave like that. Return to the Nexus." They've really got to start saying die, instead of stop. It's confusing.

It feels odd to him too, especially in front of other people. Who seem to be watching him. But it's too late to push them away, and they'd only end up confused.

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The two adult Mages are actually edging towards the door. The hatchlings will be just fine piled around Kuja... at least they hope so. And they don't have to be in the room to be within shouting distance.

The hatchlings just look at him, snuggled contentedly.

"Not like that either," one says.

"Uh huh. You never came to visit us before."

Several nods.

"I can show you my chickens when you're feeling better," Mistral says happily. "They're nice chickens."

"An we all have gardens now. Do you like vegetables?"

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He pretends to not notice the older mages.

"I might not do it again." Way to ruin their fun, Kuja. :(

He can't think of any good excuses to say no. "...I could do that. What kind of vegetables?"

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"Why not?"

"All different kinds."

"We can grow whatever we want in our own little gardens."

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"Isn't once enough?" For everyone but the hatchlings, it probably is.

"What kinds are you growing?"

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Puzzled blinking. "But it's nice here."

The rest of what they say gets a bit muddled, as all of them try to answer at once with whatever they're growing in their little gardens.

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He wouldn't know. "So is the Nexus."

He nods, not really trying to make sense out of that mess.

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The hatchlings nod.

"We like the Nexus."

"It's fun to play there."

"But is it safe?"

One of them has dozed off, another breaks off from the pile to wobble over and look out the window. Pretty, sunny days are not made for staying indoors, even for poggles that have an instinctive feeling too much sun would be a Bad Thing if they weren't covered in shadow.

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"It's safe for you." They'd never get in a fight. Well... Arashi might. :/

"As long as you don't turn anyone you don't know into a toad."

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"Why not?" Arashi asks.

Mistral sighs. "Because, the bigger Mages told you it's not nice."

Arashi squirms and snickers. "Uh uh. 'Not nice' would be if I used thunder spells."

See Mistral. See Mistral facepalm. Wonder where he picked up that gesture? Probably in the Nexus somewhere.

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"Don't do that either. Annoying people in the Nexus isn't a good idea." If the AV field really does go down all the time. :/

He might have to tell the other mages that.

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There's a sigh and a grumble from Arashi, but - small miracle - he actually seems to be listening.

Another hatchling in the pile nods. "Uh huh. 'Specially if there's big scary monsters there."

The hatchlings are fairly certain now of the existance of big scary grampa-mangling Nexus monsters.

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That's so cute. <3

"I've never seen any monsters there. Have you?" He's not sure why they have that idea.

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And now the whole flock is blinking up at him, wide eyed.

"It was invisible?" one of them squeaks after a bit of uneasy silence.

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"What...? It?"

"I've never come across an invisible monster either."

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More blinking for a moment.

"Then what hurt you?"

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So that's what they meant.

"...Nothing that can hurt you."

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"Oh."

"Why?"

"Are you sure?"

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"Why what? And I'm sure."

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"Why won't it hurt us?"

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"Why would it hurt you? Has it ever done that?" He'll pretend there is a 'monster' for now~.

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"Um..."

"But we didn't see it."

"Uh huh. Just you. It was gone."

"Why did it hurt you?"