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[waitingforhope]

 [The feed turned on just in time to catch Mai in another sneeze.  Nothing overly dramatic or explosive, but strong enough and with a subsequent slow recovery time to indicate this was not the first.  And she was no expecting it to be the last.]

Ugh...I'm sorry.

[Taking a deep breath, she sat back and looked directly into the camera with a slightly glassy stare.  Hints of red on her nose and cheeks that--for once--didn't come from blushing.  At least, not the usually blushing from her.]

One of the kindergartners I was trying to answer a prayer for a while back must have gotten me sick.  [At least, that was the closest to an explanation she'd managed to come up with.]  I didn't even know I could still get sick, but...it's been weeks, and I only feel slightly better.

Does anybody know if cold medicine works on gods?

[That seemed to be the end of her line of questioning...except, at the last possible minute...one final thought occured to her.  A thought that promptly caused her to frown.]

Oh, and whoever thought to leave that package on my Temple doorstep?  Not funny.

Comments

[futhark]

Do you often do that? -staying late, I mean.

[waitingforhope]

Not often.

But sometimes, especially if the stars are really bright that night, I like to lay out in the grass and stare up at them. It's the most relaxing feeling.

[futhark]

I'm more of "lie in the sun" guy, but can't deny that watching stars this way is an amazing experience.

[waitingforhope]

Laying in the sun can be relaxing too.

But I'd still be careful. You never know if a god can still get wrinkles or not.

[She may have been slightly joking. But only slightly.]

[futhark]

I think I'm going to take the risk. There is a part "son of the sun" in my resume, and I am going to bet on it.

[ Like that's an insurance for getting wrinkles... ]

[waitingforhope]

Suit yourself. Don't come to me looking for moisturizer later on.

[...okay, yeah, she was probably mostly joking by now.]

I'll stick with the moonlight in the meantime. It's much more relaxing. And peaceful. Especially when the cicadas come out.