[That’s hard. Just one wish? Even though he said it could be anything it feels impossible still somehow that she could say something like “no more wars“ or “no more famine”. And as happy as she would be to wish just for the happiness of her own family, it felt so selfish to waste the hypothetical wish when there were so many other people who needed help…
It actually takes for a while to think about it, before,]
I guess… I would wish that jinba would be equal with humans. That no one would enslave them again, or ride them, or treat them badly because they’re different.
Something like that… ?
[(Might explain her displeasure at being compared to a workhorse.)]
a far cry from what he did with his, albeit still in the name of change.
he smiles on the other end, unseen. )
Anyhow, I had such a device at some point, if you can believe it. Past my death, I ended up using it to alter the course of history, and gained a wealth of knowledge beyond things like the loom, and paper maps, and whatever else might've been brewing in Choshu at the time. So. These new-age "machines" are definitely something I can fangle with.
[Mmm. It would be... And she hopes it will, even without magical hypothetical wishing systems. She wants to believe it will. Twenty years have seen jinba change from actual chattel to a free species, even if there was still discrimination, people who took advantage, even worse things, too... But it's still progress, isn't it? If it keeps progressing, maybe... her children's time? Her children's children's time? If it was at least sometime--
But she bites all that down because,]
Y- You actually had one? A magic wish?
[And wait-]
What do you mean "past your death"? You were alive last time we talked?? Aren't you alive right now???
[Wow! Wow! You offer a man your farmer contacts and he offers you a beef bowl and then hangs up the phone???]
🍊🤼♂️🌊🏯👨🏻🦰 🌳🍃 😫 ！！
❌☎️ 🔜 ❌🥚 ！！
[... Okay that might be a bluff, but. She sends it anyway. HOW IS SHE SUPPOSED TO RECOMMEND HIM TO POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS IF HE MIGHT HANG UP ON THEM IF THEY ASK A SENSIBLE QUESTION...]
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Date: 2025-06-05 10:46 pm (UTC)( the loom... hmm. how to explain this. )
Not exactly. It's a little complicated, but... well.
Let's say you were granted a sort of wish device, that would give you whatever you desired. What would you ask for?
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Date: 2025-06-05 11:03 pm (UTC)[It’s admiration in her voice, not resentment. And then… confusion.]
Whatever I desired? Like… anything in the whole world? Or something just for me?
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Date: 2025-06-05 11:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-06-05 11:30 pm (UTC)[That’s hard. Just one wish? Even though he said it could be anything it feels impossible still somehow that she could say something like “no more wars“ or “no more famine”. And as happy as she would be to wish just for the happiness of her own family, it felt so selfish to waste the hypothetical wish when there were so many other people who needed help…
It actually takes for a while to think about it, before,]
I guess… I would wish that jinba would be equal with humans. That no one would enslave them again, or ride them, or treat them badly because they’re different.
Something like that… ?
[(Might explain her displeasure at being compared to a workhorse.)]
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Date: 2025-06-06 12:45 pm (UTC)( it's a sincere hope from a farmer's daughter.
a far cry from what he did with his, albeit still in the name of change.
he smiles on the other end, unseen. )
Anyhow, I had such a device at some point, if you can believe it. Past my death, I ended up using it to alter the course of history, and gained a wealth of knowledge beyond things like the loom, and paper maps, and whatever else might've been brewing in Choshu at the time. So. These new-age "machines" are definitely something I can fangle with.
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Date: 2025-06-06 01:06 pm (UTC)But she bites all that down because,]
Y- You actually had one? A magic wish?
[And wait-]
What do you mean "past your death"? You were alive last time we talked?? Aren't you alive right now???
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Date: 2025-06-06 03:20 pm (UTC)Wow. Look at the time. Anyhow, I'm looking forward to meeting these farmer friends of yours.
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Date: 2025-06-06 03:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-06-06 03:42 pm (UTC)it's just way more entertaining to listen to her fret over it. but soon. )
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Date: 2025-06-06 05:58 pm (UTC)🍊🤼♂️🌊🏯👨🏻🦰
🌳🍃 😫 ！！
❌☎️ 🔜 ❌🥚 ！！
[... Okay that might be a bluff, but. She sends it anyway. HOW IS SHE SUPPOSED TO RECOMMEND HIM TO POTENTIAL EMPLOYERS IF HE MIGHT HANG UP ON THEM IF THEY ASK A SENSIBLE QUESTION...]
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Date: 2025-06-06 06:09 pm (UTC)there are some things better spent explaining in person, and it's not his fault her immediate panic is a little funny.
still, he can send a final text. just to reassure her. he isn't totally heartless. )
🩹🤞
I'll tell you more on that face-to-face
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Date: 2025-06-18 08:37 pm (UTC)🤞👀
[She'll see about that!!! But. Fine. It's a response.]