[Public line.]
"Hello, you've got the wrong number. Try again. If you're interested in buying a bird, you also have the wrong number, check your damn phonebook. Leave a message if you're horribly confused."
[Business line.]
[There is some rather lively chirping in the background, unmistakably from a gaggle of lovebirds."Hello, this is the
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... I heard your little "accidental" post.
... So I was right, then.
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[Marisa's voice still hasn't picked up that distinctive verbal tic; in truth, she was still angry. It remained starkly absent.]
Heard you were in the hospital again. The stairs get you, Patchy?
[She knew what happened...vaguely. Her soldatti had broken onto Voile, made a mess, kicked the shit out of Patchouli, her caporegime was pissed, and four of them died.
Details, however, were lacking.]
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Leg. Shoulder. Cracked ribs. Nearly collapsed lung. Damage to the left temple. Sprained Ankle.
It was quite a well equipped staircase... it won't be happening again.
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No, it won't.
[Marisa's voice has turned murderously cold--before it lightens. A bit. Just a bit.]
Get a cane or something.
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