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[solar-absorber.livejournal.com]

[If you're wandering around the castle you may stumble upon Apollo lounging on one of the couches, absently flipping through the pages of his journal. If you pause to watch him for a minute you may see him start to tear blank pages out from the back of the journal and start folding the pages into different shapes.

He's focused and quick and after a few minutes he has about a dozen awkwardly folded cranes scattered around him on the couch and the floor. If you're close enough you might even hear him mutter something like 'what kind of magical castle doesn't have TV?']

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[solar-absorber.livejournal.com]

[And now the little pink dog is laughing. He finds it...pretty endearing actually.]

You like them? I learned to make them out of a article I read in a crafts magazine once.

[He's not really sure why he's saying all this except the need to socialize is ingrained in him. He doesn't even know if the dog can talk.]

[loveablecoward.livejournal.com]

[And now he'll be pulling a sheaf of colored construction paper out of nowhere. Tongue sticking out of his mouth in concentration, he starts folding them too. Except it doesn't look like a crane.]

[solar-absorber.livejournal.com]

[He stifles a laugh and slowly moves over to him.]

Would you like me to show you?

[loveablecoward.livejournal.com]

Uh-huh! ...Please!

[He's got manners. And he's holding out the sheaf of paper he has to you.]

[solar-absorber.livejournal.com]

[He takes the paper and lays it down between them and slowly goes through the steps. When he's finished he pulls another sheet of paper from his journal and hands it to Courage.]

Here, give it a try.

[loveablecoward.livejournal.com]

[He takes longer than Apollo did, but he finally makes a crane. A wonky-looking crane, but a crane. He throws both front paws up in victory.]

Yay!

[solar-absorber.livejournal.com]

[D'aww you're just so adorable Courage.]

It's a definite improvement. Just needs a little work. Would you like to make another?

[loveablecoward.livejournal.com]

Yes!

[He's already grabbing another paper. Hopefully less wonky crane coming up!]

[solar-absorber.livejournal.com]

[He gets another piece of paper for himself and also makes another crane.]

So...you have a name? I'm Apollo.

[loveablecoward.livejournal.com]

[Beaming]

Courage!

[solar-absorber.livejournal.com]

Courage huh? That's a good name. You must be pretty brave.

[loveablecoward.livejournal.com]

[He ducks his head with an embarrassed laugh. He might scream at every scary thing, but he does face them when he has to.]