[For a moment he studies Cyril before he shrugs. Kif has made a life out of not being too confrontational, even when people are trying for it, and so he has ever reason to accept what the Dalish is saying at face value.]
You'd think everyone would figure that being an elf means you're being an elf. Do you know many of the people who responded to him?
[Names means he can start figuring out what letters to write.]
[Kif sighs heavily before getting up to grab a pitcher and two glasses off a side table.]
Yes. Constantly. And then I bribe and negotiate so that people overlook the insults. Water? It's room temperature. If we go for the cold stuff we could catch the wrong attention.
[Mostly because why would Kif be getting cold water for a Dalish?]
The more you use it, the more you get used to it. [And after that, he settles to identifying most of the voices that were responding toe Zapp, and gives Kif some idea of how he could get a hold of them]
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Date: 2016-08-16 05:56 am (UTC)I'm surprised a Dalish is helping. Where's the talk about how I've given up my heritage and become misguided?
[Kif jerks a thumb back in the direction of the main room; Zapp's voice can still be clearly heard, cheerfully and obliviously rumbling away.]
I work for him. I'm the easiest elf to judge that you've ever come across.
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Date: 2016-08-16 04:30 pm (UTC)For me, being Dalish is much more about making a choice. I have no right to judge the choices you've made to live your life. I just met you.
That, and I've come to realize there's as many ways to be an elf as there are elves in this world - and any other.
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Date: 2016-08-31 01:17 am (UTC)You'd think everyone would figure that being an elf means you're being an elf. Do you know many of the people who responded to him?
[Names means he can start figuring out what letters to write.]
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Date: 2016-09-08 02:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-09-13 01:33 am (UTC)Yes. Constantly. And then I bribe and negotiate so that people overlook the insults. Water? It's room temperature. If we go for the cold stuff we could catch the wrong attention.
[Mostly because why would Kif be getting cold water for a Dalish?]
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Date: 2016-09-14 01:43 am (UTC)Instead, why don't you tell me what to do to help clean up?
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Date: 2016-09-19 08:21 am (UTC)Names are what I could use. The people he's angered who are powerful. Then I can do research on what needs to be done to appease them.
[It's going to be a long night, but it's this sort of thing that keeps his family safer in the alienage. He'll do it.]
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Date: 2016-09-21 01:34 am (UTC)Not to assume anything untoward, but what are you planning to do with those names?
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Date: 2016-09-21 05:20 am (UTC)[He says it bluntly.]
Favorable things, not blackmail. Honestly, if we ever tried blackmail, Zapp would make it worse.
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Date: 2016-09-26 02:21 am (UTC)Let me look over the communication he made again, and then I can let you know which people are likely to make more of a fuss.
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Date: 2016-09-27 02:22 am (UTC)[There's relief in his voice.]
The crystals are... confusing.
[Convenient, but they make it far too easy for Zapp to create messes at long distances.]
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Date: 2016-10-01 02:58 am (UTC)