Garrot wraps that arm around Matilda and gives her a quick little squeezing side-hug. "Time to put your thinkin' cap on, kiddo!" And then he lets go, pats her firmly on the back, and strolls down the stairs and back towards the board.
"Just because you say you're telling the truth doesn't mean you are, Wizard!" His tone is flippant, dismissive, almost playful as he walks. Is he just being casually antagonistic at this point??? Yeah probably. But he doesn't pay Gyre's curiosity any mind, because Garrot asked for the board so he's going to use the board, and specifically that green marker.
"'Scuse me..." He announces his presence before slipping in front of one of the upper corners, biting the cap off the marker and getting to work. And he just starts muttering to himself as taps the back of the marker against his jaw, tuning out the world. "P and W weren't connected until 40 years ago, when they got involved with our planet. They used to be working together, but something turned sour. Now if he dies, she dies for good and the world ends. If she dies, he doesn't die and we get another year of this and she comes back. They worked together because our world was unstable and it's sealed off from... from space." Those words quickly become writing as follows:
Planet unstable (??) and sealed off (??). Can't escape to space. P + W BOTH wanted to save world, but screwed up somehow. Magical bonding involved. P + W allied, but (??) made them enemies 40 yrs ago. If P dies, W dies forever + world dies. If W dies, life continues + world lives + W comes back. Animals bonded to planet, not P or W. What do THEY know?
Except it's all in incomprehensible doctor writing, so... good luck with that.
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"Just because you say you're telling the truth doesn't mean you are, Wizard!" His tone is flippant, dismissive, almost playful as he walks. Is he just being casually antagonistic at this point??? Yeah probably. But he doesn't pay Gyre's curiosity any mind, because Garrot asked for the board so he's going to use the board, and specifically that green marker.
"'Scuse me..." He announces his presence before slipping in front of one of the upper corners, biting the cap off the marker and getting to work. And he just starts muttering to himself as taps the back of the marker against his jaw, tuning out the world. "P and W weren't connected until 40 years ago, when they got involved with our planet. They used to be working together, but something turned sour. Now if he dies, she dies for good and the world ends. If she dies, he doesn't die and we get another year of this and she comes back. They worked together because our world was unstable and it's sealed off from... from space." Those words quickly become writing as follows:
Planet unstable (??) and sealed off (??). Can't escape to space.
P + W BOTH wanted to save world, but screwed up somehow. Magical bonding involved.
P + W allied, but (??) made them enemies 40 yrs ago.
If P dies, W dies forever + world dies.
If W dies, life continues + world lives + W comes back.
Animals bonded to planet, not P or W. What do THEY know?
Except it's all in incomprehensible doctor writing, so... good luck with that.