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vines, and I don't think the little solar things I have to charge my cell would be enough to power a TV. I know I couldn't get cable or satellite, and the free signal would need an antenna, which isn't an option either." I took a bite of the bacon cheeseburger and closed my eyes in pleasure. It'd been months since I'd had the delight of warm fake cheese and far more grease than was healthy. I wasn't sure half a burger was going to be enough. I briefly wondered how pissed Wynn would get if I bound him with my vines and stole his half of the cheeseburger. "Portable DVD player or a laptop would work if you wanted to watch stuff. They run on a battery, so you don't need to plug them in anywhere or worry about a signal. If you can charge a cell phone, you might be able to charge up one of those, too, although you couldn't get internet, which kinda sucks. I've got a portable DVD player I can bring next time, if you want. What kind of movies do you like?" Wynn asked between bites. "I haven't seen many movies, but I like books that screw with my head. Or aliens. I like sci-fi a lot, so I'd probably like movies like that, too." "Really? Cool. I love disaster flicks. I'll bring some by next time." "Bring more burgers. Or pizza," I demanded, as I popped the last piece of the burger into my mouth and eyed Wynn's, 43 Ermine and Bougainvillea by ID Locke now giving serious thought to immobilizing him and taking what he had left. Wynn's eyes followed my gaze, and he quickly stuffed the remainder into his mouth. I sighed softly and snagged some onion rings off Wynn's plate to add to my stack. Wynn started to say something, but grabbed the baked potato instead and pushed the rest of his onion rings my way. He watched a little wide-eyed for a few seconds as I popped onion rings into my mouth and chewed with gusto. "You weren't kidding about the burger and stuff were you? Is there anything else about dryads that I should know? Like... can you leave your tree? What happens to you when your tree dies? Can you control other plants, or is it just your tree?" "I like burgers a lot. And Chinese food. I'm not really a picky eater. Yes, I can leave my vines. I'm only half-dryad, so I can be away from it for several days at a time, longer if I take a piece of it and some dirt with me. I don't do that much, though, as I'm not really a social kind of guy. Most dryads aren't. I don't know what would happen if my vines were to die. I think that because I can leave it for longer than if I was a full dryad, I might be able to live beyond the life span of my original vine if I had a healthy splice of it. But I am part human, so even if I constantly splice pieces of my vine, eventually I'll die. I can ask plants from the same family as mine to do what I want, but that's up to them. I can hear and talk to pretty much all plants, although I have to work harder at it than other dryads." 44 Ermine and Bougainvillea by ID Locke "Cool. So, how old are you? You're probably way older than you look, right?" "I'm around fifty." "Really? Wow. I'd have never guessed. You don't look a day over twenty-five. I'm twenty-one as of two weeks ago. I'm all legal like for pretty much anything," Wynn said with a grin. "You mentioned coming to the big city, so I'm guessing you're not from around here. Just here to see some sights, or is there another reason for you being here?" "I'm from a smallish town, and there aren't a lot of shifters there. There's not a lot of potential partners there, either, when you're gay. If I find myself a guy who's into cock, he's not a shifter and probably not even an Otherworldly creature, so things could get complicated or even dangerous if I shifted by accident during sex. I figured my best bet would be to hit the big city and see if I could find myself somebody there." "Makes sense. You found me," I said with a little smirk. "Yeah, I did, didn't I? Oh, hey, thanks again for saving my furry ass from those coyotes. I've avoided the spot I first ran into them, so hopefully they won't try and hunt me down again." "So, are you planning on staying in the city then? Or did those coyotes make you re-think your idea?" "I'm staying. No pack of stupid coyotes is going to chase me out of here because they're idiot homophobes. I just need to be a little more careful is all. Besides, I talked with some other local shifters and found out there's a guy who's drawing lone shifters to him. All different kinds, too. I checked it out, 45 Ermine and Bougainvillea by ID Locke and they seem pretty cool and welcoming. It's a kinda weird [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ] |