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seanan_mcguireQ is for QUESTING BEAST.
Paleantologists call them "Gorgonopsids" and believe that they've been extinct for millions of years. Isn't it fun when science is wrong?
There are two known species of Questing Beast. They may both be extinct; we really don't know, and given the tendency of Questing Beasts to eat anyone who comes remotely near them, we're really not in any hurry to find out. The North American variety at least rattles when it's getting ready to launch itself at your head, which is much more polite than its European counterpart.
African and Indian Questing Beasts have been theorized from the fossil record. We'd really rather not think about that right now.
Paleantologists call them "Gorgonopsids" and believe that they've been extinct for millions of years. Isn't it fun when science is wrong?
There are two known species of Questing Beast. They may both be extinct; we really don't know, and given the tendency of Questing Beasts to eat anyone who comes remotely near them, we're really not in any hurry to find out. The North American variety at least rattles when it's getting ready to launch itself at your head, which is much more polite than its European counterpart.
African and Indian Questing Beasts have been theorized from the fossil record. We'd really rather not think about that right now.
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Date: 2012-02-24 04:11 pm (UTC)Also - I just read your Flowers of Arizona story. I've... never been in love with mice before.
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Date: 2012-02-24 04:12 pm (UTC)Did you see that the sequel is on my website, for frees?
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Date: 2012-02-24 04:15 pm (UTC)I did! You are quite generous! ... Since I finished the story over breakfast, I'm trying really really hard to not go poke that until I get home from work, so I can enjoy it without interruption.
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Date: 2012-02-25 09:14 pm (UTC)Poor Fran.
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Date: 2012-02-24 07:42 pm (UTC)Also, to be fair, the mice are not the heroes. They have some good lines and a fun description about divination, though, which is why I like them.
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Date: 2012-02-24 10:49 pm (UTC)*giggles*
I adore the mice.
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Date: 2012-02-24 11:26 pm (UTC)If there's reincarnation, I want to come back as either an otter or an Aeslin mouse.
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Date: 2012-02-25 04:20 am (UTC)Seanan? I so badly miss a number of the earlier Aeslin mice stories. I had them in memories but I no longer have permission to read them. I especially miss the Day of Choosing, which is what got me hooked on the whole thing to start with. Any chance I could ever get to read them again?q
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Date: 2012-02-24 05:17 pm (UTC)*googles*
OMG THEY ARE REAL(ish)! AND YES, THEY ARE AWESOME!
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No, seriously. Read it. Permian extinction stuff is SO COOL.
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Date: 2012-02-24 06:20 pm (UTC)*hugs you forever*
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Date: 2012-02-24 07:10 pm (UTC)(I was playing Pellinore in a production of "Camelot".)
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