Anatomical Anachronisms: Chapter 1: Time Tinkering
Many times the doctor liked to be oblique or metaphorical about things. "it's nothing," he repeated, eyes down.
Undertow: Prologue -- Chapter 2 - Give me time
It was a good metaphor for kind of what's going on now, though he never explicitly stated that that was what he was trying to allude to.
Nothing Feathered, Nothing Gained - Excerpt
A universal metaphor, i suppose." "just so." she glanced down at his tail, which had taken to erratic twitches to match his thoughts. "i can tell it weighs on you." he did take a breath, at that.
The Wolves of Gryning: Chapter 7
Am i not quite as...metaphorical, as you may have expected?" nashil felt her skin crawl. begone, foul shadow, she thought, flame guide me, flame bless me, send this demon away.
Podcast
Mostly metaphorical ones. but not all." "the days following our escape from echo were a bit blurry, but at some point i decided to have both kudzu and leo in my life. leo, naturally, was pissed-" "'naturally' uh?"
Remember 5
This story was supposed to be a metaphor for him moving away, but now i'm seeing it from a different perspective. enjoy... i woke up to nothing but shouting and white lights. i thought i'd gone blind, but my vision slowly came back to me.
Mocha's Cutiemark - Story
"literally and metaphorically," mocha's father added. the colts pretended to know what he had meant by that. mocha looked at his friend's flank. on it was a grey cloud with a sun rising from it, symbolising the silver lining everyone talked about.
Sand in the Gears
"yeah, people tend to do that with a lot of metaphors, it turns out." this reminded the bat of something. "someone once told me some people believe music itself is the devil." ogun tilted his ram head at rakim questioningly. "do you?" rakim smiled.
2 : Obscured
Scilius wasn't sure how the money would play within his internal metaphor, but he ignored it.
The Clockwork Falcon - part 12: Wind of the Heavens
"i can only pray that you aren't speaking metaphorically," the professor grumbled as he looked over at jenny, "i see that you've taken to sharing clothes now..."
Rogue Wind - The Nobles
One was that the eye was an object with nothing more but a metaphorical name to suit it's purpose; being able to gaze through the eyes of others, ultimately knowing what they were up to and where they were.
Space Warrior Hitachi
And yes, that is a metaphor. i say it is, so there. the ship was sent buckling, swaying to and fro. my cup of coffee, top still attached, rolls off the panel and skitters across the floor. crap!