"Hmm, do you?" If he weren't drunk he probably would not be interested in a stranger's opinions on the beauty of insect life. "Is there a reason you have a preference for them?"
"They are certainly...different creatures," he goes on, rambling a little as he calls up another thread of fine, bright flame. "Like colored needles darting through the aether."
He laughs, then, and the flames spiral upward. "Sometimes, we are the evil spirits. But no. The occasion is...let us call it an affirmation of life."
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Date: 2018-11-19 03:23 am (UTC)"They are certainly...different creatures," he goes on, rambling a little as he calls up another thread of fine, bright flame. "Like colored needles darting through the aether."
He laughs, then, and the flames spiral upward. "Sometimes, we are the evil spirits. But no. The occasion is...let us call it an affirmation of life."