Precipitation :: PG18

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Callisto stares at the outstretched hand. Then grimaces, and finally shrugs. ”...Well,” she says, “I mean if I’m going to die anyway,” and reaches out to take Tempest’s hand with a smile, ”‘Murdered by a handsome pirate’ does sound more exciting than a hanging.”

Tempest grins at her widely, “Oh don’t worry, I’m not in the habit of murdering beautiful women.” Her flirting is punctuated by another loud rooster cry, followed by several screams and shouts.

“I-I’m not convinced about your bird,” Callisto responds with a weak smile of her own, allowing herself to be pulled along by the other woman.

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Panel 1: Callisto stares at the hand with a slight frown.

Panel 2: Then scrunches her face up into a grimace.

Panel 3: Then final, she shrugs and says, ”...Well. I mean if I’m going to die anyway.”

Panel 4: Callisto’s hand reaches out to take Tempest’s.

Panel 5: Callisto smiles down at Tempest, their height difference rather apparent in this shot, and says ”‘Murdered by a handsome pirate’ does sound more exciting than a hanging.”

Panel 6: Tempest grins widely at her, “Oh don’t worry, I’m not in the habit of murdering beautiful women”.

Connecting the two panels is the cry of a rooster.

Panel 7: Behind Callisto are several faded speech bubbles, one a long scream, and the others reading “Lume have mercy!” and “Play dead, play dead!!”

“I-I’m not so convinced about your bird,” Callisto replies with a bemused but hesitant smile.

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It's fine callie you can trust her. she only said she kills people all the time


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Sorry fir rellying so late , I did think that undrstand corretly 50 is 30 and 70 is 40 for elf? How long they live fir averange? And did there we be ekf side characters ?Sorry I ask so much questions about elves I just like this race

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Nothing to apologise for! Thank you for your interest ♥

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I'm sorry that I keep asking about these elves, what are their equivalents 18,25,30,35,45,60,70? I'm sorry if I upset you

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Not a worry at all, I appreciate the curiosity! They reach adulthood at the same rate as any other mortal, it just takes longer for the effects old age to reach them. I don't think there's really much difference beyond this, a 50 year old elf will look 20 years younger than a 50 year old human, but they're still 50 at the end of the day and will behave as such. However, if you've ever spoken with the elderly, there's a measure of self assurance and wisdom that seems to come with reaching the end of your life and coming to terms with this fact and reflecting on the life that you've lived. I think that an elf in their 70s has lived an entire life's worth of experiences and thus carries some of this wisdom, but that gravity and self assurance won't come until later in life as age begins to catch up with them and the reality of life's finite nature settles in, so they'll feel a little more youthful in that regard.

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So they liev 120 of averange with 80 still young?

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That'd be considered middle aged rather than young, I would say!

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Hey Harrie I would like to asl you if elves in yur world dont live longer than humqns what, besides pointy ears and meybe nonhuman hairy color ,sets them apart from humans? What are their abilities?

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They do live a bit longer than humans! Around 150 is the upper limit compared to human's upper limit of 100.