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[pterosaur]

[This is pretty close to how I imagine Above's writing is like. Messy, thick-marker stuff, but legible. Though she can fit more letters per line.]

[There's a blot on the paper. She wants to thank the people who watched her glass cocoon, but... Anyway.]

So anyone heard of a nothlit before?  And

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[azhdarchidae.livejournal.com]

Good to be back. Or out. Or whatever.

So, I'm [imitated a bit slowly] gūniang now?

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

You do not find it too presumptuous, I hope.

[azhdarchidae.livejournal.com]

What's it mean?

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

It is a respectful address for a good friend.

[azhdarchidae.livejournal.com]

[Congrats, Huo, you've flummoxed her. There's a blot where her marker tip rests on the page for a while. The fact that he hung around her cocoon while she was dusted would suggest that he's not lying. WHAT DO.]

Why

[Strike that out. Paaaause.]

Thanks?

[Strike the questionmark. But now she seems sentimental, and we can't have that.]

Yeah, well [pause] just don't expect me to paint for you.

[That sounds stupid. ...Oh well.]

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

[Thankfully, being a clever sort, Huo sort of anticipated this and knows to Move Right Along rather than further embarrass the tsunderquetz.]

I must confess that I did not know you painted.

[azhdarchidae.livejournal.com]

[Moving right along!]

A little. When I can find the materials.

[There's a pause, and - massive vaguely pawlike left handprint (http://joysweeper.deviantart.com/art/Another-Quetz-Pic-189517634) in deep purple.]

That's the good thing about all this fruit around.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

Truly your creativity is impressive - though it seems the journals are too small a canvas.

[azhdarchidae.livejournal.com]

It is. Materials aren't any good when there's not enough blank space.

[pause]

Fine. Are you afraid of heights?

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

[There is a pause. It's the kind of pause that speaks for itself.]

Is it a very long flight?

[azhdarchidae.livejournal.com]

[Aww.]

Not particularly. Or you could get some binoculars. I know it's visible from some of the branches.

Just better do it soon. I think it's going to rain today.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

[Pentaaaap...]

If you do not mind the burden, I shall appreciate a closer look.

[... only because he's your friend, tsunderquetz. Deal with that.]

[azhdarchidae.livejournal.com]

It's got to be like this.



[Pretend that's in a much thicker, messier marker, with less detail.]

Last chance to save your dignity!

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

[... wat.]

My dignity is long forfeit; yet perhaps for the sake of comfort?

[With a few deft strokes, a new picture appears below Above's:. Imagine that it's a lot bit more defined, though...]

[azhdarchidae.livejournal.com]

That would be interesting. Think you can improvise something like that?

You're probably heavier than Krile anyway.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

I shall require some materials: wood, rope and cloth. But it's an essentially simple design.

[azhdarchidae.livejournal.com]

Kind of like a stretcher, maybe, so it doesn't twist.

As long as it doesn't choke me. Or pinch off the blood to my feet.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

That should not be a problem if the harness is adjusted and the rider's weight properly distributed. We will need to find material that is comfortable against your ski; I'm not sure how thick it is.

[azhdarchidae.livejournal.com]

Just line it with fleece or something. I've done fine so far with ropes. It probably helps that it's only been short flights so far.

Short flights are best, really.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

That is understandable: If I may be so bold as to say, riding you doesn't seem entirely natural.

[azhdarchidae.livejournal.com]

I would hope not. I'm not a beast of burden - I don't even belong in your time.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

Though I certainly agree with the first part of your statement, I confess that the second confounds me.

[azhdarchidae.livejournal.com]

I'm part of an extinct species. Quetzalcoatlus is one of the last azhdarchids, and the azhdarchids are the last pterosaurs, but we're still all dead long before the first humans.

[getsome-sleep.livejournal.com]

[There's a long pause. He is so confused. So there's really only one answer.]

Is there perhaps a book on this subject to be found? I am loathe to trouble you with too many questions.

[azhdarchidae.livejournal.com]

Oh, tons. See if the bookstore has anything on pterosaurs. [Which hopefully the geas leaves alone this time.] Maybe start with fossils.

Anyway, you'll need what, measurements?