[Well just hang on for volume N of the manuals and probably there will be arrays maybe. Possibly. It turns out conveying information is its own skill set in addition to the skills the information is about, and it isn't one he's cultivated especially. Wild.]
[And alright. Li Lianhua had been the one to link miracle trees and cultivation in Cat's mind, not just to naysay Iris' involvement. This is the most illuminating Cat has possibly ever been. He'd been a little blindsided by the tree question opener, but this makes way more sense now.]
I'm not going to fight your miracle tree. But proper cultivation isn't usually where someone turns for shortcuts.
[Cat needs to get that tree into a fight club or start feeding it blood or something suitably frowned upon by the orthodox jianghu. Refining his own qi isn't going to be helpful on the time scale he's looking for, which is how you get things like the Alliance, ultimately.]
[He'll be dead by the time it's released. Good thing he doesn't care about 99% of trees.
...Hrgh, he doesn't really want to go back and think on what all Li Lianhua said, even if he has the benefit now of knowing that things are -- for the mostpart -- better between them.
What he comes away with, after selective reading for his own sanity, is not at all what Di Feisheng is looking to hear.]
[That's a lot more information in just a few words than Cat maybe knows, but then again, at this point, who can even say what he's aware of or finds motivating. :). Cats really do just do whatever they want. This one wants to distract him, and unfortunately it's working a little bit. dude what the FUCK. This buys Cat a few minutes, easy, but god at what cost.]
About the tree.
[The negative spaces in that deceptive expanse of information are of just as much concern anyway. In addition to the words as written, he now knows Li Lianhua and Cat have spoken about another miracle cure entirely, and maybe actually about Di Feisheng in some capacity too. Whatever that actually looked like. Because remorse and esteem are probably similar enough to reality, enough to confuse even a shrewd Cat, but reality isn't as simple as that. Whatever, it's fine.]
Obviously I can't just ask him. He's a liar anyway.
he thought iris and i were planning to grow it in a matter of weeks but were not so reckless as nice as that would be what comes out will be roughly equal to what i put into it when it comes to that cultivation business he did try to get a second one as a control but our host didnt care to oblige
[Of course he tried to get a second (Nth) miracle cure as part of a pointless grudge match with a neighbor. And, Di Feisheng supposes, also for Cat's sake, if he's being generous, which he's forcing himself to be. Gritted teeth.]
No, I don't suppose our host would. What were you planning, if not that?
I don't have to tell you that this concerns me too.
dont worry boss im interested in fulfilling my half of the deal too :)
weve been making sure the roots got settled in and something about the soil normal tree things for making sure it survives, but with a little help to put the odds in our favor once we know its stable we can start with the growing we wont do it in weeks but months maybe we dont have the years to waste on a regular trees schedule
[Yes, because unlike Li Lianhua, Cat seems very sensible in the way of many alive things. Di Feisheng wonders but has no idea how to ask if he finds it as baffling and frustrating that Li Lianhua bucks the trend of interest in survival.]
["Something about the soil" sounds like what someone who has no non-illicit tree related plans would say, but he just has to accept it anyway.]
"We" is just you and Iris? I'm glad for her help even if he isn't.
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Date: 2024-09-01 09:51 pm (UTC)un: a.fei
Date: 2024-09-02 03:41 am (UTC)Rarely, they do.
Why?
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Date: 2024-09-02 04:38 pm (UTC)im not allowed to ask questions?
looking out my window at this tree this morning
[Flipping a little recipe card between his fingers.]
so whats the criteria?
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Date: 2024-09-02 10:37 pm (UTC)[Nowhere in the deal did it say Di Feisheng couldn't be curious right back at him, damn.]
Predisposition, suitable environment. Or someone else's intent. Probably all of that, for the best result. Time most of all.
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Date: 2024-09-04 01:06 pm (UTC)He's certainly wiggling on the inside at the word he most didn't want to see when it came to this. Time. Something none of them have.]
someone elses intent? what is that supposed to mean?
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Date: 2024-09-05 10:39 pm (UTC)I'd be more specific than that if I knew. There's bound to be techniques for causing trees to accumulate power, or have some particular use.
[...Listen, this is normal.]
I've fought moderately spiritual trees. Not cultivated them.
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Date: 2024-09-05 11:21 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2024-09-06 04:35 am (UTC)Will I have to answer questions about every thing you see out your window?
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Date: 2024-09-08 01:42 am (UTC)part of the deal!
but how about only when cultivation is involved haha
not a wild tree but this one might cultivate according to our sly friend
youre banned from fisticuffs with it though
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Date: 2024-09-08 03:27 pm (UTC)[And alright. Li Lianhua had been the one to link miracle trees and cultivation in Cat's mind, not just to naysay Iris' involvement. This is the most illuminating Cat has possibly ever been. He'd been a little blindsided by the tree question opener, but this makes way more sense now.]
I'm not going to fight your miracle tree. But proper cultivation isn't usually where someone turns for shortcuts.
[Cat needs to get that tree into a fight club or start feeding it blood or something suitably frowned upon by the orthodox jianghu. Refining his own qi isn't going to be helpful on the time scale he's looking for, which is how you get things like the Alliance, ultimately.]
What else did he say?
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Date: 2024-09-27 11:27 pm (UTC)...Hrgh, he doesn't really want to go back and think on what all Li Lianhua said, even if he has the benefit now of knowing that things are -- for the mostpart -- better between them.
What he comes away with, after selective reading for his own sanity, is not at all what Di Feisheng is looking to hear.]
that he let you down and likes you a whole lot :)
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Date: 2024-09-29 10:21 pm (UTC)dude what the FUCK.This buys Cat a few minutes, easy, but god at what cost.]About the tree.
[The negative spaces in that deceptive expanse of information are of just as much concern anyway. In addition to the words as written, he now knows Li Lianhua and Cat have spoken about another miracle cure entirely, and maybe actually about Di Feisheng in some capacity too. Whatever that actually looked like. Because remorse and esteem are probably similar enough to reality, enough to confuse even a shrewd Cat, but reality isn't as simple as that. Whatever, it's fine.]
Obviously I can't just ask him. He's a liar anyway.
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Date: 2024-09-29 10:33 pm (UTC)obviously
he thought iris and i were planning to grow it in a matter of weeks but were not so reckless
as nice as that would be
what comes out will be roughly equal to what i put into it when it comes to that cultivation business
he did try to get a second one as a control but our host didnt care to oblige
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Date: 2024-09-30 12:25 am (UTC)(Nth)miracle cure as part of a pointless grudge match with a neighbor. And, Di Feisheng supposes, also for Cat's sake, if he's being generous, which he's forcing himself to be.Gritted teeth.]No, I don't suppose our host would. What were you planning, if not that?
I don't have to tell you that this concerns me too.
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Date: 2024-09-30 01:57 am (UTC)dont worry boss im interested in fulfilling my half of the deal too :)
weve been making sure the roots got settled in and something about the soil
normal tree things for making sure it survives, but with a little help to put the odds in our favor
once we know its stable we can start with the growing
we wont do it in weeks but months maybe
we dont have the years to waste on a regular trees schedule
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Date: 2024-09-30 04:57 am (UTC)["Something about the soil" sounds like what someone who has no non-illicit tree related plans would say, but he just has to accept it anyway.]
"We" is just you and Iris? I'm glad for her help even if he isn't.
:)
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Date: 2024-10-02 03:33 am (UTC)There's a threat somewhere in there, he feels it in his achy bones. But what he could possibly be threatening, and over what? what does it mean]
just us!
even if i knew other people that can make a tree grow properlike i wouldnt trust them with this