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"Depends on who," he says softly.
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"Me?" says Isabella.

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"Nice," he says, smiling and closing his eyes. "It was nice."

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"Nice like..."

He struggles with his vocabulary for a moment.

"Most ways I can think of to say it, it sounds really bad, but it wasn't at all," he says. "It was like you were... everywhere. Like if there's something a hug wants to be when it grows up, it's that."
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This might be the most unutterably sweet thing Isabella has ever heard.

"Awww," she sighs.
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Kas giggles.

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"What about... other times? What's the range here?" she asks. "If you don't mind."

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"Tina counts," he says first. "It's nice with her, too. Maybe not exactly the same, but still nice."

A pause. Petaal snuggles Path some more.

"Other times... it is really bad," he says. "Really, really bad. Because it's nice having somebody so close when it's someone you like, but when it's someone you don't... and you're scared and angry and can't get away... then it's the worst thing in the world."
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Isabella shivers. So does Path; he hunkers down in Petaal's embrace.

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Petaal leans her cheek against the softness of Path's feathers and hugs him gently.

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Isabella decides that she, correspondingly, should hug Kas.

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He maybe clings a little.
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Well. Hair-petting got good results before and is compatible with hugs, yes?

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Yes and also yes!

He relaxes from a cling to a mere snuggle.
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"I'm sorry that happened to you."

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"You're sweet," he says, leaning into her with a contented sigh.

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"I do my best."

Pause.

"I wonder if Petaal can fly. On cloud-pine, I mean."
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"I wanna find out!" Petaal says immediately.

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"Well, mine won't work for you - I can take a passenger, but only I can fly the thing. You have to cut your own," Isabella says. "It's a bit of a hike from here."

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"So let's go do that!" she says. "Maybe not now, we are too snuggly."

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"Sure. Closest stand of them is in Nunavut. I think the location's common knowledge. I don't think I can get the time off to fly you guys there myself, though."

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"Where in Nunavut?" asks Kas.

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"Auyuittuq National Park is the part it'll be easier for you to get to. I'm not sure the Nunavut Clan will think much of your visit if you try to go to the part of the tree cluster that they control."

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"Mkay," Petaal says cheerfully.

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