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[ She looks over at him when she hears his voice after he caught up, stopping once he hands her the knives. ]

You realize this is the only birthday present I've gotten in years right? Which makes the corny factor of this increase a thousand-fold.

[ Still, she takes them and looks over them now. She hadn't really looked at them before but they were hers now right? So she's going to stare at them for a moment, then look away. ]

Thanks.

Well I can be a pretty corny guy, sometimes. I can swap them out for newer ones later if you want.

[However the fact he's the one giving her the first birthday present she's received in years... well, that's pretty deep. He had no idea.]

I'll take these ones.

[ Even if they're older, that just means they're definitely stronger, right? More experienced.

Also, she kinda likes them. ]

You can use the newer ones. Unless you really want to keep these ones.

Hey, I'll be fine. In case you didn't notice, I don't have a knife shortage. I'll be fine.

[They have some sentimental value, that set of knives, but that makes them more meaningful a present. So he thinks it's better this way.]

Are you sure it's not a family heirloom?

[ Her voice sounds playful when she asks and there's a little smile on her lips. ]

[At first he frowns, because she's mocking Boomerang, but he keeps walking and lightens up.]

Presently? No. But anything can become one. So try not to lose them.

Well they're mine now so I doubt they're about to become a family heirloom for anyone.

Don't be so sure, Yuri. One day you may fall in battle and Yotsuba, declaring to carry on your memory, will take the knives and fight the good fight until you come back in a week.

[Sokka starts pulling on the edge of a paper towel. Which is harder than he thought it would be. This shouldn't require this much exertion of strength!]

Yotsuba?

[ Okay color her face confused and her voice surprised. She cares about the kid a lot, but family? True, not, or incredibly confusing, it's not like Yuri would admit anything more than being a little protective of her.

Though the actual description of it sounded like something Yotsuba would do, definitely. ]

I'd rather avoid her having to ever use knives for anything but dinner. [ She gives Sokka a look that expresses she's probably not that amused at being accused of caring about someone that quickly. ] --Are we counting everyone that lives in the same house as family now?

[ At least she's going to go try to help Sokka now by going to the other side of the roll to try to push the roll in time with his pulling of the paper towel. ]

[He's mildly surprised to see her reaction to it. Especially since it was a joke and not a real accusation of familial attachment.]

I don't know. I guess it depends on what you think of family. [Sokka is able to get the paper moving now, so he starts pushing it down to the floor. This will probably take awhile.] But you're all she's got, aren't you?

Hinata's there now, it's not like I'm the only one who can take care of her. And Otonashi was before and she misses him a lot. Naoi-- [ A brief pause, but her tone changes. ] No, I can't even suggest Naoi gives a damn about her or anyone else.

[ Yuri's pushing and moving along with the paper towels, so she has to go back to where she started after a few moments. Putting that much body weight into one spot seemed to work better than little bits at a time though. ]

I was just making a point. You take care of her. Other people do. It's a taking care of a child situation.

[By now it looks like the towels are hitting the ground, so he stops. Time to start scaling.]

In which case I'm probably completely doing a great job.

[ Ahaha. Right Yuri.

Anyway, Yuri's considering trying to pull one of those bullshit things in the movies where they stick a knife in the giant flag thing and fall down while it tears but it helps to stop the fall or something.

In the end she goes with not risking suicide and follows Sokka onto the paper towel ]

Oh, definitely. I'm sure you're a wonderful influence.

[As cool as that might sound to Sokka as well, he prefers a nonlethal form of climbing. And also, remembering the kitchen sink thing, he makes sure Yuri stays level with him on climbing or just below him. No sneak peeks here!]

Absolute best influence is what you meant, I'm sure.

[ Yuri notices his effort to stay there and has to admit he's kind of a gentleman. At least mentally admit. As for the climbing? This is going way too slowly for her taste, but her patience hasn't given out just yet at least. ]

She'll be calling all her friends idiots in no time.

[Sokka himself is starting to get a similar idea about this descent thing. This is kind of tiring. For them at their size, it's a pretty long climb.]

I only call idiots where idiots are. Self included.

[ Yuri's going to rather suddenly and frustratedly yell. ]

AHHHHH! I feel like we're descending Mt. Fuji!

[Sokka stops and stares at her startled.]

Was that really necessary!?

Not remotely, but it made me feel better-- What do you think the odds of me pulling off some kind of special stunt without dying are?

Well given you can't die, I'm going to guess... reasonably high?

Smart ass. What do you think the odds of me pulling off a stunt without getting taken out for a week? I'd rather not find out if my healing actually does work completely normally if I can avoid it.

Well, our relative sizes should technically dampen the effects of falling. Besides that, your wings should slow your descent. [A pause.] Well. They would if your raincoat didn't cover them.

I'm not taking my clothes off. I'm not planning on just jumping or letting go, anyway.

[If they weren't dangling from a paper towel right now, he could cut some holes in there for her. As it is...]

So. What do you have in mind, then?

[ Yuri looks down for a moment.

Oh well, might as well try. ]

If I get taken out you'd better make sure Naoi doesn't try to kick Hinata and Yotsuba out of the house. Got it?

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