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[foxtrots]

flowers are pretty but i always notice the way that they smell more than anything. i've heard that some people have this thing called allergies that makes them less enjoyable. maybe i wouldn't like them much then either, because your nose gets all stuff and food doesn't have much taste if you can't smell it.

other things that i like the smell of: grilled meat. even if it's not spiced, it still smells good. fresh cut herbs, because it brings back good memories. coffee, even if i don't think i'll ever like the taste of it. snow - someone once told me that snow doesn't really smell like anything but it does. oh, and babies. babies always smell good, except when they need a diaper change.

what's your favorite smell? is it something just from home or have you found it here too? or maybe there's one that you don't like. those scented candles never really smell like what they say on the jar to me.

and skunks really stink, but i think most people would agree on that.

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[lykou]

The forest after it rains. Summer air before a big storm. Winter air after it's snowed.

My favorite smells involve a lot of precipitation.

Cow and buckskin leather, clean cut redwood, rosewood, sandalwood, just to add some non-weather scents.

...I've never smelled a baby.

[foxtrots]

you just reminded me of how much i like the smell of all of those things weather scents too. that's a lot of wood though.

they smell so soft! people are really careful with their babies, so they only use gentle stuff on them.

[lykou]

That sounds like it would be true. I guess I just haven't had a lot of reason to be around babies. Not human babies, anyway.

Animal babies are another story, but they usually smell like their parents.

[foxtrots]

have you been around a lot of humans at all?

[lykou]

I've been around lots of humans, just not in a context where it was socially acceptable for me to sniff their babies...

[foxtrots]

that is the tricky part. i'm hoping to meet a friend who has a baby someday.

from the things that you were describing i just thought that maybe you didn't live too close to anyone.

[lykou]

Oh. No, I've met lots of people. I used to travel a lot, actually. So I never really got to make friends for more than a few weeks at a time.

[foxtrots]

ah! don't you think it's kind of nice that you ended up here then? you'll be able to make plenty of them.

[lykou]

I don't know if I'd call it nice, there's a lot back home that I'd like to get back to. Having it hanging over my head is a little stressful.

But I am enjoying learning so much about different planes of existence.

[foxtrots]

yeah...i know what you mean. i was actually about to start a new life, after i wrapped up a few details from my old one.

they say that all of that will still be waiting for you though.

[lykou]

I guess we're in the same position then. Sort of. I'm sure the details are very different.

I did hear that things will wait up for me, though, which is comforting.