JanePtinum

  A knock on the door interrupts Corax and my book early in the morning. Corax climbs onto my shoulder while I gently set what we’re reading to the side and stand up.

  I open the door to see Vince behind it, his pistols and rifle thankfully not on him.

  “Morning Little Blue, Corax.” He says, nodding to each of us in turn.

  “Good morning.”

  “Just wanted to let you two know we have an anniversary tomorrow. We like to celebrate the day, well, a couple things, with a few presents and a party. You don’t need to bring anything of course, but we’d love to have you there.”

  My mind instantly starts churning. I still haven’t gotten paid, and I can’t exactly go shopping. But I think I have an idea.

  “Ok, thank you.” I try my best to keep my idea a secret, but I’m helpless to keep my excitement out of my voice. “I’m really looking forward to it.” Maybe he’ll think that is the source of my excitement?”

  “Me too. I need to get some shopping done, so I’ll see you ter.”

  The second Vince is gone I grab my tablet and plug myself in. The human brain is complicated, but between the data I took from the ptop, and the research from Corax’s mind, my idea should be theoretically possible.

  My mind churns for hours to work out the mechanics, simplifying the device as far as possible, and most importantly, making things safe. Once done, I format the schematics into something human-legible and jump to my feet.

  “Here.” I disconnect myself from the tablet and pass the cord to Corax, who immediately plugs it into the small port under his wing.

  While he memorizes everything, I carry him down to the workshop.

  The pce is thankfully abandoned save for Sonia, despite the storm raging outside. I wait quietly for her to finish what she’s doing. It takes a while before she finally gnces at the two of us and the music starts.

  “What do you need?”

  “I have something I need help with.” I take a few steps towards her and hold out my tablet.

  She takes it from me and her eyes quickly skim over everything. Only a moment ter her eyes furrow and she starts to flip through the pages I made.

  “Huh. Alright.” She nods and immediately starts collecting parts, her previous project completely forgotten.

  The sun sets and the moon rises outside while we work. Or at least it should, it’s impossible to tell through the storm. Sonia works as if she’s in a trance, utterly enthralled by my design. She’s almost mechanical as she works, making it easy for Corax and I to guess the next part she needs.

  Corax puts himself in charge of watching her like a hawk, ensuring she doesn’t make a single mistake, and not hesitating to call her out when she does. I’d really hate for one of these to not work.

  It’s nearing morning when we finish, and Sonia doesn’t hesitate to test our creation. Thankfully, they all work perfectly.

  “Thank you. We couldn’t have done this by ourselves.” I say.

  “Mm-hmm. I’m keeping these schematics.”

  “Go ahead.”

  She transfers the blueprints to a small computer in the corner of the room before handing it back to me.

  “Thank you, and sorry for taking your time.” I say earnestly.

  She swipes a few supplies off the surgery table and climbs on, getting cozy to sleep before we’ve even left.

  We quickly make our way back to our room, the compound thankfully quiet this early in the morning. I pce our creations carefully on my dresser and sit down.

  “I don’t think we have time to make something new. Are you ok if we just use-”

  “Fine.” Corax assures me and heads over to the window, tapping on it, asking me to open. “Safe.”

  “Alright, if you’re sure.” I open the window for him, and he disappears into the dark morning air.

  He’ll be ok. Waiting isn’t going to make him any safer. I need to start now if I want to get this done before hanging out with everyone.

  I plug myself back into the tablet to put the final touches on our present.

  A sharp pain on my finger brings me back to reality. Corax has returned to my p and is staring up at me.

  “Vince.” He says.

  “Oh!” I guess I’m done then. It’s not perfect, but I can finish up while they’re not looking. Shoot, what do I do about the present? I’m supposed to wrap them up in something, right? I don’t think I have anything to hide them in without risking damaging them. I guess everyone can just come here, and I surprise them by leaving them on the bed?

  “Don’t look inside.” I say before opening the door. Vince has taken a step back and turned away thankfully, and I step into the hallway and close the door behind me.

  “Morning you two, ready?” He asks.

  “Yeah.”

  “Gd to hear it.” Vince leads the two of us a few doors down and opens the one to Lucas’ room.

  Everyone else is already inside the cramped room. Cassie is sitting on the bed with an unopened bottle next to her. Ivy is next to her and Lucas is sitting in one of his folding chairs. Three more have been set up near the door, ready for me and Vince. A small bnket sits beside one of the chairs, just waiting to become Corax’s nest. A few small worn cardboard and wooden boxes sit on the ground in front of them.

  I’m not sure who the third chair is for, maybe Silver? Although they would probably be here by now if it was.

  I take my seat, spread out the bnket on my p, and let Corax climb in.

  “Did you eat?” Vince asks Cassie while taking his seat.

  “I’m not dumb.”

  “I know, I just don’t want a repeat of st year.”

  “It wasn’t that bad.” Cassie waves her hand, only to receive a disbelieving look from Vince.

  “More importantly, did you eat?” Ivy asks Vince. “I remember you having a bad time too.”

  “It wasn’t that bad.” Vince waves his hand, only to receive a disbelieving look from Ivy. “Anyway, here.” Vince reaches into his satchel, and hands everyone a small package, including handing Corax and I our own individual presents.

  “I get something too?” I take the small wrapped present from his hands gingerly. “I don’t have the best track record with presents.”

  “Well, let’s fix that then.” His small smile eases my anxiety.

  Ivy and Cassie hand out their presents as well, although Cassie only gives us one to share for both Corax and I. I guess it’s pretty hard to shop for a bird.

  Lucas, interestingly, doesn’t hand anything out, same as me. He also doesn’t receive a present from Vince, and I’m not sure what that means.

  “I suppose it’s time to get started.” Vince says.

  “Hell yeah!” Cassie yells, quickly popping the top on her rge bottle. “Here’s to the bitch hitting me!” She takes a few rge swigs, and passes the bottle to Lucas.

  Everyone takes a drink from the bottle before pcing it on the empty chair.

  “Alright Little Blue, since you’ve never done this before, do you want to go first or st?” Vince breaks the building silence.

  “I think going st is easiest.” I don’t think it’s possible to mess up opening presents, but I’d like to be sure.

  “Alright, who wants to go first then?” Vince asks the room.

  “Me.” Corax hops onto the ground in front of everyone, lifts up his wings, and a small pile of what I can only assume is money falls out onto the floor.

  Everyone is paralyzed in silent shock while Corax climbs back onto my p.

  “I’m fucking sorry?” Cassie breaks the silence.

  “Present.” Corax says.

  Lucas’ ughter fills the room, quickly followed by Vince’s chuckle.

  “Is that why you wanted to fly?” Who did he rob? How did he rob someone?

  Ivy starts to gather the money, quickly dividing it into five equal parts and handing one to everyone.

  “Thank you!” Lucas gdly takes his small pile.

  “Yeah, thanks.” Cassie is still a little off kilter, but takes her share.

  Ivy even hands me my portion, although I’m not sure how or when I’m going to use it.

  “We’re going to have a chat after this.” Vince tells Corax sternly. “But go ahead and open your presents.”

  “With Blue.” Corax says.

  “Fuck it, I’m going then.” Cassie reaches down to grab the only small box beneath her. She carefully opens it, trying not to do any more damage to it than it already has.

  “Oh shit! Nice!”

  She pulls out a small, stone block.

  “What is that?” I ask.

  “A whetstone.” Vince answers. “And there’s a few vials of stuff to protect her knife with.”

  She repces the stone carefully back in the box.

  I guess that’s it? I’m not sure why she only got one gift.

  “Oh I almost forgot.” Ivy pops up, reaching into her pocket. “I forgot to wrap it.” She pulls out another small, carved animal and tosses it to Cassie, who catches it easily.

  “Oh what a coincidence.” She puts the animal in her pocket and pulls out another, tossing it back to Ivy.

  “They’ve been trading those two back and forth for years.” Vince leans over and quietly expins. “I guess I’ll go next?”

  Vince picks up a small pstic gift bag and takes a look inside.

  “Where did you find these?” Vince pulls out a small collection of brightly colored sweets.

  “You know, around.” Cassie shrugs. “Most of it’s even in date.”

  “Thank you.” Vince carefully puts his present in his satchel and picks up the other one. It’s wrapped in actual wrapping paper, and Vince is very careful to not tear it while he peels off the tape holding it closed.

  His hands run across a thick book cover with a hand drawn painting on the front. It’s all of us, Vince, Ivy, Lucas, Cassie, Corax and I sitting around together, just hanging out. A man I don’t recognize is also with us, and I can only assume it’s Drew.

  Vince carefully flips to the first page, featuring Cassie, Vince, and that same unknown man working in a scrap field. If I couldn’t see the paint strokes, it’d be easy to confuse it with a picture.

  “When did you find time to do this?” Vince asks, flipping to another page and drinking the photo in.

  “I’m a fast painter.” Ivy says with a grin.

  I want to confirm who the other man is, but don’t want to distract Vince from his wonder.

  “Thank you.” Vince can barely bring himself to tear himself away from the images. Tears live in the corner of his eyes as he gently pces the book in his satchel. “Why don’t you go next?”

  “Alright.” Ivy picks up her only present and carefully opens the wooden box.

  Inside is a small, bck, canvas bag. She takes a look inside, and pulls out a little container of bck, thick liquid.

  “It’s small enough to fit in your bug-out bag.” Vince says. “I’d hate it if you had to leave all your makeup supplies behind.”

  “Thank you, it’s perfect.” She returns the small container to the bag and sets it to the side. “Lucas, you’re up.”

  “Alright!” He picks up one of his two presents and quickly opens the cardboard box. He pulls out a rge colorful board game box. “You found a copy!”

  “Ivy had to help carve a few pieces,” Cassie says. “But yeah. Everything’s there.”

  “Thanks Cass!” He stands up to put the box with a small collection of others on his shelving unit before returning to his chair. He picks up his other present, a small wooden box. He lifts up the lid, and pulls out a neckce, failing to hide his confusion.

  “Try and pull it apart.” Ivy suggests.

  Lucas gently tugs, and the neckce splits into two, separate neckces. Small magnets allow the two halves to be easily reconnected.

  “Oh!” Realization dawns on Lucas’ face. “One half for me, and the other for Ethan, right?”

  “You’re not going to give it to me?” Ivy holds her hand over her heart in mock pain.

  “Nope!” Lucas says happily and puts on both halves of the neckces. “Also! I have a group present for all of you! Vince helped me get a projector working, and I got a few movies and snacks to do a movie night tomorrow!”

  “Oh sick!” Cassie says.

  “I’ve never watched a movie before.” I say.

  Ivy puts her hand over her heart once again in mock pain.

  “We’ll fix that tomorrow.” Vince says. “Why don’t the two of you open your presents?”

  “Alright.” I start with a suspiciously book-shaped object wrapped in pstic. I peel back the makeshift wrapping, and surprise, it’s a book! It’s another romance book, but this one looks almost unused.

  “Sorry if it sucks, I haven’t read that one.” Cassie says quietly.

  “I’ll let you know, thank you.”

  Corax hops down, taps on the side of a cardboard box, and I open it for him. I pull out a small, fluffy bed. The sides are taller than the center, making a perfect nest.

  “It’s technically a dog bed, but I hope you enjoy it.” Vince says.

  “Good.” Corax agrees.

  I hold his new nest just off the floor, and let Corax hop in, and return him to my p. The quiet ticking noise begins to emanate from him. I’m so gd he likes it.

  I grab my next present, just a ft rectangle a few inches tall, and one inch wide, wrapped in paper. I follow everyone else’s example, and am careful to not damage anything as I unwrap my present.

  In my hand sits a thin wooden bookmark. A simple design has been hand burned onto both sides.

  “Thank you, this is incredible.” I carefully slide the bookmark into my new book.

  “Aww, it looks just like Cassie’s.” Ivy says.

  “Well, I thought I might as well make a second one since we have a second book lover.” Vince says.

  I reach for my st present, a medium sized gift bag, only for Ivy to interrupt me.

  “That one’s for both you and Corax.”

  “Oh, ok.” I reach in and grab fabric. I pull out a shirt in the exact same style as my shirt, but a deep purple instead of Blue. “Sorry if I don’t wear this.”

  “It’s alright, I don’t expect you to, I just want to give the option.” Ivy reassures me. “There’s still more.”

  I reach back into the bag, and once again grab fabric. I pull it out, and find a second shirt, this one bck, and perfectly sized for Corax.

  Lucas starts ughing the moment I show everyone.

  “Where did you get his measurements?” He asks.

  “I’m good at estimating.”

  “Do you want to try it?” I ask Corax.

  “No. Bad.”

  That only makes Lucas ugh harder.

  “We appreciate it regardless.” I say. “I also got a present for everyone, but it’s still in my room.”

  “You didn’t have to do that.”

  “I know. I wanted to. It requires a little bit of setup, so I couldn’t bring it in here without ruining the surprise.” I expin. “But it’s ready if you want to go to my room.”

  “Well, I can’t say no to a present.” Vince pushes himself to his feet.

  It takes a little bit of shuffling to get everyone out of Lucas’ cramped room, but eventually I open my door, and reveal four metal caps spread across the bed, with wires connecting them to a small computer sitting in the center of the floor.

  “What are these?” Vince asks, stepping in beside me.

  “These will let you enter a server with Corax and I, just like Hummingbird can, but without any surgery.”

  “Is that safe?” Cassie shifts from foot to foot anxiously.

  “Yeah, Sonia already tested them.” I say. “It’s not perfect, it’s far more limited than a direct connection to your brain, but it’ll work.”

  “Alright Little Blue. I’ll give it a chance.” Vince gingerly picks up one of the headsets before sitting on the ground against the wall.

  “It’s a little precise, let me put it on.”

  It takes even longer to get everyone situated than it did to get out of Lucas’ room, but I eventually manage.

  “Your bodies are going to go limp when I turn this on, please make sure you’re not going to fall.” I say once everyone is finally settled.

  “I swear, if I lose another limb.” Cassie grumbles.

  “It’s safe, I promise. Is everyone ready?”

  “I guess.”

  “Yeah.”

  “Yeah!”

  “Mm-hmm.”

  “Alright.” I hand a plug to Corax, and connect myself to the computer.

  I find myself back in a familiar ndscape, in the grass just outside an abandoned castle. Corax appears next to me, proudly showing his raven form.

  I look normal, just my normal self. Exactly how I want to look.

  A single thought activates all four headsets, summoning everyone to my world.

  “Holy shit. Are those trees?” Cassie wastes no time in reaching out her hand, only to be shocked at her skin, or ck of it. “What the fuck?”

  Her skin is barely cooled magma, with a swirling maelstrom unsuccessfully hidden beneath. Lava bubbles between the cracks in the rocks on her head, dripping down her back like hair. Her artificial legs still carry her body, but the metal proudly glows red hot, with only her feet cool to prevent scarring the grass.

  “Sorry! I should have warned you! What you’re seeing is a subconscious representation of yourself, or how you see yourself, according to Hummingbird.” I quickly expin.

  “Huh, so this is what Silver experienced.” Vince muses.

  He is made of stone, same as Cassie, but the rocks are cool. Very few gaps exist in his skin, but beneath it roars a sandstorm. His legs meld seamlessly into the dirt beneath him.

  “I could get used to this.” Ivy’s voice echoes directly through my mind, with seemingly no source.

  I turn, only to see an unmoving pure gss sculpture of Ivy floating a few inches off the ground. Light streams through her insides, shining in the sunlight.

  “Oh my god I’m so cool!” Lucas says excitedly.

  He looks like a hero straight out of a book. A rge bow and quiver of arrows are strapped to his back, with a small shortsword on his hip. He’s wearing light leather armor with green clothes beneath it.

  “Attention.” Corax’s yell gets everyone to stop looking around.

  “So, everyone should have an element, a representation of how you fight in this representation of a computer. For instance, I use ice.” I hold up my hand and summon a small ball of the stuff. “And Corax uses birds.” I wait for him to summon one of his family before continuing. “Cassie and Vince, I think you two are pretty self expnatory, but I’m not sure about you two.” I nod towards Ivy and Lucas.

  A few threads weave together, forming a set of targets, which are then copied to the computer. They simply appear out of nowhere, as if they’ve always been here.

  “I guess just try punching these? That’s how I learned.” I say.

  “No need. I think I got it.” Ivy’s ethereal voice echos through my mind again. The unmoving gss statue that is her turns in the air, and without moving, one of the targets begins to lift slowly into the air.

  “Alright, step back.” Cassie rushes forward, nding a solid punch on the nearest target. Her stone skin cracks open on impact, spraying va across the entirety of the target. She pulls her reforming hand back, the stone that makes up her face forming into a satisfied smirk.

  Wow. She’s really weak. The quickly cooling va has barely damaged the actual target. I know the headsets I gave them have some serious limitations, but I would have thought she’d be able to do more than that.

  She’s going to be so disappointed if she finds out she didn’t actually do anything. Instead, I manipute the threads that form the target, changing the material bck from the heat and forming fake fires sputtering between the cracks of the hardened stone.

  Lucas draws his bow, knocks an arrow, and lets it fly. I have to manually stick the arrow into the target to prevent it from bouncing off. On the bright side, I don’t think either one of them would be able to hurt the other if they spar at least. That’s good, because I’m not sure how a human brain would react to the kind of damage my mind takes.

  Vince, instead of joining, is taking a walk towards the nearest tree. His stone legs glide across the ground seamlessly, the grass sliding out of the way, and back into pce undisturbed after he passes.

  “Vince? Do you want to try?” I ask.

  “I’m good Little Blue.” He responds. As soon as he reaches the tree, he lowers himself to the ground and leans against the thick trunk. The raging sandstorm inside him slows to a gentle breeze. “I’d rather just enjoy the shade and watch if you don’t mind.”

  I don’t have time to respond. Cassie is far too busy learning and using her new abilities. Her hand cracks open and va drops out, solidifying into a perfect replica of her knife. She drives it into the target, and I allow it to sink deep into it, pying up the damage.

  Lucas, on the other hand, has learned he can summon another arrow to his hand, leaving him ready to fire only an instant after he looses his bow.

  His arrows curve a tiny amount through the air, being nudged to hit the center of the target every time. Ivy’s gss form is still unmoving, but I’m sure she’s smiling to herself, satisfied in her subtle assistance.

  She doesn't even need to watch the arrows to adjust their flight, she turns away from Lucas and floats over to Vince. Vince looks up to her for only a moment, his grin growing, and returns to watching Cassie and Lucas.

  The two of them slowly test their limits. Cassie learns to expel va from her back to propel her forward, and Lucas learns that when he pces his bow on the ground, it remains standing. From there, a second bow appears in his hand, waiting to be pced down as well. Every pced bow mimics the motions of the one in his hands, letting him fire an entire volley at once.

  Ivy isn’t able to keep up with bending that many arrows at the same time, but she does a surprisingly good job. Twenty arrows nd in a tight grid, and the rest still hit the target. How is she doing that without any practice?

  “So what do you do then?” Cassie rips me out of my thoughts.

  “I’m pretty boring.” I walk up to the nearest target and nd a solid punch. Ice encompasses the entire thing in a solid, impenetrable yer. “I ended up freezing the first person I fought instead of hurting them. Or, at least, I hope I didn’t hurt him.”

  “So I’m safe to fight you then?” Cassie sounds far more excited than she should.

  “I’m not sure you’d be able to hurt me?” Am I willing to test that? Yeah, I think I am. Even if she can hit me harder than she hit the target, I’ve been through far worse. “You’re welcome to try though.”

  Cassie doesn’t hesitate to punch me squarely in my chest. Lava sptters against me, only to instantly cool and fall to the ground as frozen rocks. I barely even felt her hand nd, and the va did literally nothing. She didn’t even wrinkle my shirt.

  “Yeah, I don’t think this would be a fair fight, and I’m not sure what would happen if I hit you back.”

  “Ugh, fine. Lucas, you down for a fight?”

  “Sure!” Lucas says excitedly, and begins to embed more bows into the ground.

  “Please be careful!” I summon a thin ice wall between them before they can attack. “I don’t think you can actually hurt each other, but please take it slow at first.” I put a lot of sensors into the headsets to make sure everyone is safe, but it’s possible I missed something.

  “Rex.” Corax’s feathers ruffle, and his flock bursts forth. They circle above both Cassie and Lucas, ready to jump in at a moment’s notice.

  “If you’re sure you can handle them.” I reluctantly drop the wall, and Cassie instantly bursts forward, her near-molten legs glowing brighter.

  Lucas takes only a moment to aim, before loosing fifty arrows in an instant towards Cassie’s legs.

  Magma bursts from Cassie’s side, and she jolts to the right, dodging most of them. A few arrows bend under Ivy’s will, but not so many as to overwhelm her. A few arrows graze against her, but none nd true.

  She rushes forward and carefully slices at Lucas’ arm, letting only the tip of her knife make contact. It gnces harmlessly off his skin without doing damage, but Corax’s family swoops down to silently end the fight, a winner already decred.

  “If either of you get a headache, please let me know.”

  The two of them are barely listening. Cassie is already backing up, ready for round two.

  I don’t take my eyes off them, but I do leave their safety to Corax. I back away towards Vince and Ivy, taking my seat next to them.

  “Thanks for this, Little Blue.” Vince says. “It’s nice to see all of this again.”

  I think he means the trees and grass, not inside a computer.

  “I hope I got everything right,” I say. “It’s just a recreation of the network I saved Corax from. I froze the water when I touched it though, so I don’t know how it’s supposed to work or feel.”

  “I can fix that.” Ivy’s voice fills my mind, and I can feel her start to edit the world I’ve created. I allow her changes to go through.

  “How are you so good at that?” I ask.

  “I have a few processors in my head. Editing this isn’t so different from interacting with my eye.” She expins casually.

  “Oh! That’s really cool.” I’m not sure how that didn’t interfere with my headset, but I’m gd it didn’t. I should have thought about that.

  “Mm-hmm.” She stays quiet for a moment while she focuses and finishes her edits. “Took a while to get used to, but I managed. You’re good to swim if you want to.”

  “I think I’d like to try, thank you.” I stand up, and make the short walk to the moat. Out of habit, I summon some ice to reinforce some of my not-quite-watertight seams. I’m sure I don’t have to do that, but it feels weird to let water inside me.

  I step slowly into the cool water, careful to ensure the ice reinforcing my joints stays in pce. I lower myself into the water, sitting neck deep and watching Cassie and Lucas closely.

  Both of them have entirely stopped trying to hold back. Cassie bolts in close, trying to drive her knife directly into Lucas’ side with all her might, only for Lucas to dance backwards and fire an arrow. His scattered bows fire as well, entirely surrounding Cassie. Twenty arrows bounce harmlessly against her side before she can reach Lucas.

  “Ahh!” Cassie yells in frustration, not pain. “I should have been faster.” She walks away, before crouching low and preparing for another fight.

  “Rex Cass, I wouldn’t have a chance if we fought anywhere with cover.” Lucas reassures her.

  “You should take a break.” I say before they can start again. “You’re pushing your brains harder than you do in the physical world. It’s not dangerous yet, but it’s getting closer than I’m comfortable with.”

  “Ay-ay!” Lucas slings his bow across his back, and the hundred scattered across the field vanish from existence. He takes a few steps over to me, strips down to his underwear, and hops in. I wait for him to resurface before talking.

  “You could have kept your clothes on. I could dry you off.”

  “It’d feel weird to swim with clothes.” He swipes his long hair out of his eyes.

  Does it? I think I’d feel weirder without my clothes. I guess humans don’t wear the same clothes for years though, to the point where it’s just as natural as my skin.

  “Is this safe for me?” Cassie interrupts my thoughts, dipping her metal foot into the water. “I’m kind of made of va.”

  “It should be.” I say. “And if anything goes wrong, Corax and I can pull you out instantly.”

  She steps a little further in, and the water begins to boil once it reaches the red hot part of her shin.

  “Fuck it.” She ducks herself completely under, an explosion of billowing steam following a moment ter. She reappears an instant ter, the water surrounding her settling into a simmer. Her face rexes into a small smile, and her eyelids grow a little heavier. “That’s nice.”

  “You’re your own personal bathhouse.” Lucas says.

  “More like one of those hot tubs Vince told me about.” She makes her way over to Lucas and I, warming the water for all three of us. She sits close beside me, sharing waves of heat pulsing in time with her heartbeat.

  Vince stands up and walks towards us, with both Corax walking and Ivy floating at his side.

  “Hey, Little Blue. Mind creating a closer tree for me?”

  “Sure.” I copy the tree he was sitting beneath, and paste it just out of the water, right next to us.

  “Thanks.” He takes his seat at the base of the tree once again.

  “You don’t want to swim?” I ask.

  “I’m not a big fan of the water.”

  “Alright, coward.” Cassie taunts.

  “I sure am.” He ughs.

  “What about you, Corax? Do you want to swim?” I ask.

  “No. Wet feathers bad.” Instead, with one powerful fp of his wings, he perches in the lowest branches of the tree.

  The six of us rex for hours, enjoying both the water and each other. We joke, we ugh, Corax and I show off just how much we can manipute the world around us, and all together have an incredible time.

  I’m so gd we got today.

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