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[survivra]

This wolf is enormous.

[ Katsa can be heard before she's seen, her locket instead in the face of a fully-grown direwolf that's shoving his nose in front of it in her hands. She pushes him out of the way, backs up so that she can be seen in scale with the direwolf: her blue and green eyes are overbright, red-rimmed as though she's been crying, but her voice when she speaks is loud and demanding. ]

What potions or tonics would turn dark hair blue?

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[jaywalks]

[ jaysus. ]

You'll want to bleach him, first, or you'll end up with a black and vaguely bluish wolf.

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[survivra]

And the answer to how to do that?

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[jaywalks]

Ah — [ he takes a second, to pull a book out and flip through it, looking for the part he needs. (simultaneously, a child's hand finds its way into view of the locket, and tugs on his sleeve for attention. ]

Four parts honey, one part vinegar.

[ without pausing, mako leans over and picks the child up (a little girl, her dark hair in a loose braid, and eyes the same shape and color as his) to sit o his lap. she waves at katsa on the locket, smiling toothily when she sees the wolf. "dog!" yes, rizhao, its a dog. ]

Add lemon juice and cinnamon if it's not working fast enough.

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[survivra]

[ she's more grateful that mako is helping her than even she recognizes. it's keeping her focused on doing something, a goal she can control, and he isn't even asking why. that's exactly what katsa needs. ]

That's more than easy to take from the kitchens. I've still no idea how to get the color, though...

[ she trails off at the sight of rizhao, silent as she realizes this is the youngest she has seen anyone in this place in the months she's been there; and katsa doesn't like it.

she stares at her. he has a daughter... ]

Hello, child.

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[jaywalks]

[ well, she was crying. and in some ways, the stubborn insistence to do something (even if it's absurd) reminds him of others.

rizhao smiles and waves again, "hi!" her voice like a little bird, mako giving her half an indulgent smile of his own as he reaches for his book on thread magics. ]

If you're at your castle, the tailors should have blue dyes to use. You'll want the salt based ones, since you're dying fur, not plant material.

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[survivra]

[ ...and katsa actually smiles at rizhao, just a small twitch of her lips, but it's a smile. and it's something. ]

Fine. The tailors, and then the kitchens. I don't know how to make sure I have the right ones, but then if the people I know who would were here we probably wouldn't be doing this at all.

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[jaywalks]

[ mako's smile is thin, agreeing with her sentiment, and finding that this conversation probably can't last much longer. ]

Good luck.

[ rizhao copies him with a cheerful "luck!" ]