opalgirl
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Post by opalgirl on Jul 8, 2011 15:29:56 GMT 10
Title: Rice Rating: G Couple/Character: Buri/Onua Event: 110 word hurdles Words: 110 Summary: "'Ox'? You named him 'Ox'?" Buri and Onua bond over eating the same thing for too long.
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It didn’t take much to get the stranger to share their supplies; anyone who’d been on the road that long wouldn’t turn down food.
“I don’t think I could eat rice again,” she said. Then, abruptly, she turned her head. Her dog was growling, hackles up, at a couple of Riders who’d gotten too close.
“Tahoi. Tahoi! Down!” The order was in K’mir. "Down!"
When the dog relaxed, his human looked back and apologized, shaking her head. “I’m sorry—he thinks he has to protect me.”
“’Ox’? You named him ‘Ox’?”
The stranger grinned wearily. “It fits him.”
“It does. And I know all about eating rice for too long.”
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sidonie
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Post by sidonie on Jul 9, 2011 2:24:40 GMT 10
I love the sense of their shared cultural history I get from this. Buri recognizing the name says a lot. You have a way with the K'mir!
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