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[notapigeon]

When I grow up, I want to be a salamander.

Comments

[clockspinner]

the fire breathing kind
or the kind you keep in an aquarium and take them out to let them skitter on your hands with their sticky little feet

[notapigeon]

Both sound like good ideas.

[speterman]

A salamander?

[notapigeon]

You know what a salamander is, right?

[its_cor_aline]

Is it so you can breathe/live in fire? That *would* be pretty nifty.

[notapigeon]

I'd have the best home security.

[thesmallesttrickster]

What is your reasoning for this?

[notapigeon]

Salamanders have the life! They can live in fire, so no can really bother them. It's easier to make a list of reasons not to be a salamander.

Here it is:

NONE

[thesmallesttrickster]

What about the lack of opposable thumbs?

[notapigeon]

What would I need thumbs for?

[thesmallesttrickster]

Opening doors? Holding your wand?

[doctorkishitani]

Are you planning to become an animagus? That is very impressive!

[notapigeon]

Nah. I wanna be 100% salamander.

[doctorkishitani]

That would require some very complex transfiguration.
How are you planning to accomplish this?

[notapigeon]

There's gotta be some way. Maybe I'll figure it out by the time I'm old and gray. Then I can live out my last days as a salamander.

[doctorkishitani]

You're right. There must be a way.

Would you want to retain your own state of mind, or would you take on that of a salamander?

[nunganunga_k_o]

Have you seen a salamander recently? Wanting to be one isn't exactly reaching for the stars.

[notapigeon]

There's nothing wrong with salamanders. They live the good life.