[TOY] Plaything

[skinstealer]

POLKA DOT: Uhhh…
POLKA DOT: Nnnnot dying?
LAURIE: Good start.
LAURIE: What else?
POLKA DOT: …well…
POLKA DOT: Getting Willow to become a monster, I guess.
LAURIE: Mmmhm.
LAURIE: I’ve met people with similar goals, actually.
POLKA DOT: Wait, really?
LAURIE: We can get into it after this.
LAURIE: Do you have conviction in these goals?
POLKA DOT: I mean, yeah.
POLKA DOT: I know I don’t want to die, and I know this is what Willow wants.
LAURIE: Then that’s the concrete part.
POLKA DOT: So you mean, they’re…well defined?
LAURIE: Mmmmmmmmmmhm.
POLKA DOT: Then…is flexibility, like- related to getting to them?
LAURIE: That’s one way to interpret it, yes.
LAURIE: You have these goals, you believe in them-
LAURIE: But things may change and shift around as you go, and you’ll have to change your course to accommodate.
LAURIE: More succinctly…
LAURIE: If you have a strong goal, the narrative is more likely to work with that.
LAURIE: How it works with that is out of your hands, so be willing to wiggle around and get weird with it along the way.
LAURIE: Well, somewhat.
LAURIE: But more advanced narrative manipulation, well, I don’t know if you’re ready for something like that.
LAURIE: We’ll see!
 

You feel even more confused than earlier.

How does anyone make sense of this guy....

POLKA DOT: Th…thank you? For the…ad…vice?
LAURIE: You’re welcome!
 

Still, he’s trying to help me…
And…

POLKA DOT: What were you saying about the whole…knowing people with similar goals thing?
LAURIE: When you’re as old as I am, you meet a lot of different kinds of people.
LAURIE: And I’ve known some people in my time with similar quests- seeking out magic, especially transformative kinds.
LAURIE: After all, doesn’t everyone want to be a little different than how they currently are?
LAURIE: Dysmorphia’s a hell of a drug.
 

A little twinkle shows up in his beady eyes.

LAURIE: Go on, ask away.
LAURIE: I can tell you’re dying to know.