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#something about the sereneness of it calms him down more than rain more commonly does for others
south-sea · 2 years
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shadow knowing of weather thanks to all the books he and maria would read on the ARK, but getting to experience it for the first time
finding out thunder can be a lot louder than he expected (he definitely thinks something's going Wrong the first time the building shakes; he's never really one to take comfort in storms like some people do, but he's not afraid of them either once he's used to the way they sound)
being completely captivated by snow because no book can accurately describe that specific quality of quiet and sereneness when it falls, enough so that he barely notices the cold (he tries to count the flakes at first, but gets so entranced by the way it looks at night under a streetlamp he loses track and ends up just basking in the almost-silence)
conflicted about a warm summer rain because he doesn't like water in his fur, but petrichor is almost captivating in the same way snowfall is and keeps him outside in it longer than he intended (he finds he likes the smell of it more than the sound; he promises to get himself a porch so he can sit outside during rainstorms just for that reason)
taking the same fascination in clouds that some have about stars, because to him they're the far-away whimsical thing that can make interesting shapes and pictures
resting while curled up in a field of flowers and getting lulled to sleep by the sound of the breeze rustling the grass and his quills
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