[Sandy moves the camera so it's facing him instead of the drawings, then gives her a rueful smile and a nod. Yes, they're his friends. The word doesn't seem enough to express what it's like to defend children together with people for a thousand years.
Then he draws another two pictures--one with them in Asgard, and one with them in their separate domains. The old man in a grand workshop, surrounded by yetis and tiny elves. The bird woman fluttering through suspended columns full of teeth, chattering with miniature bird girls. The rabbit bouncing through an underground tunnel covered in moss and flowers, his ears pressed to his skull and a grin on his face.
Then, after a moment's thought, he draws arrows pointing towards them in their natural habitats.
He thinks they should stay in their world. He misses them dearly and their help in staving off Ragnarok would be appreciated, but they're needed elsewhere, and Sandy can't imagine Tooth losing her wings or North losing his enduring youth or Bunny losing his ability to spread spring through the world. Spirits are deeply intertwined with their powers, and to lose them would be to lose a part of themselves.
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Then he draws another two pictures--one with them in Asgard, and one with them in their separate domains. The old man in a grand workshop, surrounded by yetis and tiny elves. The bird woman fluttering through suspended columns full of teeth, chattering with miniature bird girls. The rabbit bouncing through an underground tunnel covered in moss and flowers, his ears pressed to his skull and a grin on his face.
Then, after a moment's thought, he draws arrows pointing towards them in their natural habitats.
He thinks they should stay in their world. He misses them dearly and their help in staving off Ragnarok would be appreciated, but they're needed elsewhere, and Sandy can't imagine Tooth losing her wings or North losing his enduring youth or Bunny losing his ability to spread spring through the world. Spirits are deeply intertwined with their powers, and to lose them would be to lose a part of themselves.
Although even knowing that, he misses them.]