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[Fighting and weather chaos seem to have given way to...new arrival chaos instead. Unless someone shows up from her world, Raven'll be steering clear of the New Feathers given half an opportunity, at least until they know more about what's going on.

No, today she's taking steps toward all the things she made tentative plans about. First, to the flower shop and the item shop, looking for seeds that might result in food that could restore Rune Magic. Or a certain special kind of blue flower, one she's not likely to find until the fall - but she'll look, for the flower and the seeds.

Then she swallows her weird mix of fear-pride and goes back to the smithy. Time to ask about work. Now that her arm has healed and she's gotten a little practice in again, making accessories doesn't sound bad at all. Whoever is around in there will see her awkwardly stare at the building for several minutes before going inside to stare in a similar fashion at them.

Next comes an early dinner at Seventh Heaven, and that's where she lays out the journal and a small bag of somethings and speaks a message.]

I want to talk to some of you. I'm at the restaurant. [A very long pause.] Do all worlds have monsters?

[[ooc: Basically, if you had a moment with Raven thus far since she's been here, she made you something while she was getting herself back into accessory-crafting shape. Anyone can run into her (literally, if you wish) as she wanders around the village and tries to eat dinner in peace.]]

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Aye, to my knowledge all worlds do, but the idea of what makes a monster and the definitions thereof differ vastly. Sometimes even within the same world.

[Thank you, this has been the most sense-making bit yet.]

I mean...monsters. Not "that person is a monster for doing bad things."

[Marco making the most sense? It's the end of the world. But liking monsters is a family thing for him.]

Just because someone's not human doesn't mean they can't control themselves, eh.

In my world people tend to call anything with excessive strength or an ability no one else has "a monster." Fishmen, giants, devil fruit users. There are a few unthinking monsters, but they're more animals; just prone to relying on instinct, and even then I think the seakings or others are more intelligent than people realize.

[He must be naming the monster races of his world. Raven just nods, despite this not being a visual thing.]

Most monsters can be made allies, but fewer can speak.

Few speak the same language as humans, perhaps.

But you'd be amazed how well mermaids can talk with fish, or just who can learn what if given enough time and opportunity.

Pia talks to fish all day. It's not a surprise.

Pia?

The mermaid who lives in Sharance.

[Laughs.] Good to know my world isn't the only one with mermaids after all.

So do you have monster fish as well?

[Monster fish. ...Monster fish? Wait. Yes, they do.]

Yeah. They live in the river region.

In rivers? You have rivers big enough for that?

They're not that big. [Hard to say. Maybe a bit smaller than a person? ~~Game spritessssss~~]

What are they like?

...Like really big fish. I think they use wind magic.

Really? Kind of like the filial magic in Luceti?

No, it's Rune Magic.

[With no forthcoming explanation. She thinks it's weird they don't use water magic but things that live in the autumn forest tend to be sort of windy. Granted, she doesn't go there often. Desert or snow, please.]

So do the fish fly? Since they use air magic, eh.

They aren't in the water. ...But the water in some parts of the river isn't very deep.

Interesting. I guess that's why they can be monsters after all, eh?

There are fish that aren't monsters too.

Do they live in the water or use air magic?

Of course they live in the water. They're fish. We eat them.

Sounds like normal fish then. So then maybe what makes a monster is just they're capable of more?

[Fish are just fish! Monster fish are monsters! Ugh why is this so hard for most other worlds to get?]

Maybe. [She really doesn't care to debate it anymore.]

[Nah, he gets it.]

So how many worlds have you found that don't have monsters?

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