[Horst again! A tired looking Horst, holding a cupcake.]
I'm going to visit friends soon, so dear brother this message is mostly for you.
We have another housemate, Miss Alice Liddell. And I promise under pain of smashed kneecap that she's the last. She's just so adorable, I couldn't help but take her in
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[Her cloud of hearts swarm around to create a concerned impression.]
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[He's sure she's had people asking, or at the least yelling at her about it. He's not mad, so that helps his case, right?]
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There was something about an Underground. And the robot dinosaurs were there. And she said it smelled like blood but there weren't any bodies or anything.
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[The monsters he's not interested in, not yet. Of course there are monsters there, of course there are defenses.]
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I'm sorry if I'm being a nuisance.
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Crows. He hangs around crows all day.
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Stare. Terra. It's Terra.]
--It...
fruit.
[Way to make him, of all people, tongue-tied.]
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You're back, when did you get back?
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[A pause.] It's been a while since the last time you fed from me? Want me to come over?
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How's your schedule for tomorrow? I need to go visit Tyki and, uh, help Rhode sober him up or I'd say let's meet tonight.
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Rhode... You knew her from before she was brought here again, didn't you? I get a strange feeling each time I see that girl. And I start thinking about the Devil. [...am I being paranoid? She doesn't say it out loud but her eyes search his for an answer.]
If tomorrow's fine by you, it's fine by me. [The answer is said very casually. Yeah right, Raven. Let's try and hide the fact that she was the one to suggest that, just because she needs to feel that this link with him is not broken.]
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Yeah, she was one of the first people I met when I came here. [And he's so happy to have her back, to have things so quickly going back to how they were, that all he can offer is a kid-on-Christmas grin.] She's not human, but she's no monster. I mean she's bossy and tough and if you don't spoil her--well she's got Tyki wrapped around her little finger. That should say something. But I've never seen much reason to fear her.
[He pauses, looking at her curiously.] Where are you at? I can't drop by your place, but we could meet here.
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