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[lamb_of_gold]

[Mu appears on the Plane in training clothes and with his hair tied up and off his back, and rubbing at the bridge of his nose, as though trying to dispell a headache.]

I'm too used to Kiki and Alta. I'd almost forgotten what dealing with Bronze and Silver trainees is like.

[Well, at least nobody's dead. Mu heads for the kitchen for some water,

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[lamb_of_gold]

But Saga's madness was not an external force.

[Oops. Someone doesn't realize what he just did]

[oliverplus]

[takes half a step back, looking a little hurt] Look--I'll explain. You don't have to...do that.

[he's even more nervous and uncomfortable now. having someone messing around in his head is something that's happened too often to Oliver, and it's one of the things he's most afraid of. he trusts Mu, but that doesn't make it any less off-putting]

[lamb_of_gold]

...Pardon?

[oliverplus]

You're... [pauses, licking his lips nervously. he can feel that Mu is confused. why is Mu confused? he's doing it on purpose, isn't he?] You're listening in on what I'm thinking.

[lamb_of_gold]

I...No, I...[Was he? Aw crap] I'm sorry. I must be tired. It was unintentional.

[oliverplus]

...okay. Uh, yeah, it's fine.

[he believes Mu, but he still isn't really sure what to think. or whether to go back to the topic of Saga or try to dodge it]

Oh, I almost forgot about the tea! [hurries over to the counter to busy himself making tea, hoping Mu doesn't bring up Saga again]

[lamb_of_gold]

[Mu gets that impression, so he stays silent while Oliver gets his stuff together]

[oliverplus]

[tries to distract himself with making tea. really, he wishes Saga didn't make him think so much about Sukhrit. or about how, a little longer with the Puppeteer, and he himself could've been...well, that doesn't bear thinking about]

So did you find any really good trainees in the group?

[lamb_of_gold]

[Seemingly grateful for the change of topic] They're all very good. All have had at least some training and all are well on their ways to attaining cloths.

[oliverplus]

[latches onto the new subject eagerly] How does that work?

[he might be thinking about The Karate Kid right now. because clearly it's like that]

[lamb_of_gold]

Hm, what do you mean?

[oliverplus]

Like...what do you mean "attain"? Living ones like yours?

[lamb_of_gold]

Oh, yes. When I deem them ready, they will be given cloths like mine, though only of the Bronze or Silver rank.

[oliverplus]

Wow. [is imagining Mu handing out sets of armour to little children]

[lamb_of_gold]

Not quite so casually.

[oliverplus]

Huh?