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GG: Oh, to be certain. As protuberances, they abound.
GG: The quagmires and considerations, et cetera.
UU: the q's and c's!
GG: I suppose I'll "mind my p's and q's" for the moment, then! And suspend the feelings interrogation, if for no other reason than alternately piqued curiosity.
GG: Exactly what work are you so wrapped up in? You mentioned a model?
UU: like i said! considerations!
UU: this is oUr statement piece, yoU know? the emblem of everything we want to see in the world. i want it to be classical, yet timeless. it needs to carry motifs of all of the major cUltUres, skaian, lUnar, checkered, alternian, old earth, old gods, reptile and amphibiae.
UU: and i want it to be a little zillified! bUt not TOO zillified, yoU know?
UU: a smidgen goes a fUrlong, i say!!!!!! >:U
GG: Oh, I don't know about all that. Who ever heard of too much zilliness? The people love it. "Zilly it up!", says I!
UU: maybe yoU are right. heh heh.
UU: so between that and my self-defense classes, ive barely had any time to worry aboUt little things.
GG: Self-defense classes, eh? Don't tell me the katana man has gotten to you too? What, did he give you a speech about acumen and resolve and ordeals and shit?
UU: yes. XU
UU: bUt!
UU: that is not really what swayed me. the simple fact is, jane, even in a peacefUl world, everyday vigilance still matters. and the renegade denizen--yoU know, yaldabaoth? the red snake with the shiny sUn shaped head that apprenticed my wayward brother in demiUrgery?
GG: He seems much-discussed as of late.
GG: yes, well, that gUy attempts daily to flood oUr world with small threats and tUrn this world into his darwinian menagerie of monsters.
UU: now, as your kith, and as the ringbearer, i doUbly enjoy the benefits of theoretically Unlimited life. bUt i lack the power magnitUde of a god tier.
UU: still... with what power i do have, i woUld like to be able to do my part.
UU: for example, what if there was a scary monster? and roxy had broken her ankle, and she was sitting there, still looking sexy as fUck even while injUred, and she said, "callie this rly sux i need u to help me out a little bit here n shit!!"
UU: woUld it be acceptable for me to respond improperly in sUch a sitUation, and thereby let her down? no, therefore, ergo, i need to be able to take a fully locked and loaded condUctor's baton and blow a gigantic bloody fUckoff hole in my head--
UU: err, in my target's head!! in some radioactive cockatrice's temple.
UU: possibly while doing some kind of impressive backflip?
GG: Well, I have to support anything that involves marvelous acrobatical feats on principle I suppose. Is Dirk the one training you then?
UU: no, actUally! i am not sUre he has mUch to teach anyone that doesnt wield a japanese curved sword.
GG: Then who!
UU: i, i dont want to say... her sister woUld be qUite cross with her, i think, and id jUst as soon not throw her Under the bUs.
GG: Ah, context clues. Your confidentiality's only weakness...