[ Unseen on the other side of the call, Vyng props his chin with his hand...and gives a thoughtful hum. When he speaks next, the flat quality from before has already melted away like a thin patch of snow. ]
Okay. So maybe you're kinda like a cactus. And I lean more toward the jade-plant side of the succulent spectrum — the succ-trum, if you will. But we've got plenty in common too.
[He's being ATTACKED by this PUNNERY. It's Taiyang all over again. He's done his time and is supposed to be making the dad uncle jokes around here tyvm!!
...Meanwhile, this is the part where he's supposed to get huffy about how his temperament isn't suited toward leading or guiding people, but the pun has effectively disarmed this prickly pear, so he actually sounds almost neutral when he asks--]
[ Puns always take the sting out of things! That's one reason why Vyng throws them around at even the most inappropriate times.
As for their similarities, their shared ability to shapeshift is probably the most obvious one. But it's only skin deep. Transmutation magic is a separate beast from druidism — technically and philosophically — and so there's little overlap to speak of.
So, instead, Vyng tries to highlight what he's learned or observed about Qrow since first meeting him. ]
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Okay. So maybe you're kinda like a cactus. And I lean more toward the jade-plant side of the succulent spectrum — the succ-trum, if you will. But we've got plenty in common too.
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[He's being ATTACKED by this PUNNERY. It's Taiyang all over again. He's done his time and is supposed to be making the
daduncle jokes around here tyvm!!...Meanwhile, this is the part where he's supposed to get huffy about how his temperament isn't suited toward leading or guiding people, but the pun has effectively disarmed this prickly pear, so he actually sounds almost neutral when he asks--]
How do you figure? The bird thing, or...?
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As for their similarities, their shared ability to shapeshift is probably the most obvious one. But it's only skin deep. Transmutation magic is a separate beast from druidism — technically and philosophically — and so there's little overlap to speak of.
So, instead, Vyng tries to highlight what he's learned or observed about Qrow since first meeting him. ]
We're both family men, for one thing.