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[veritaphobia]

...cks and ---tar... will not stay, -- not stay... and another... is it stay?

[ slow, shallow breathing--it's drawn in sharply, once, as if he's figured something out. and, of course, behind it, the barest hiss of sand slowly crumbling. ]

Has it finally come on? --there.If anyone -ld help, I was wondering, actually--how are the -ther buildings

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[brobeforehos]

Alan -

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[brobeforehos]

[a pause as she tries to decypher what he's talking about this time - a mystery, a translation, a plan; god, who knows when it comes to him - and then he's talking again, after the hiss of crumbling something - ]

Alan!

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[brobeforehos]

Where are you? [the 'i'll come there' is unspoken, but she's walking fast, breathing slightly shallow.] Wherever it is, get out of there.

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[veritaphobia]

Mae.

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[seesbydoing]

What are you doing?

[ She can hear the sand. ]

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[veritaphobia]

Oh--hi.

[ sounding a little surprised, but a lot pleased. ]

Just [static static static ] -ng around. Something strange's happening to one of the City buildings.

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[seesbydoing]

[ She never forgets a voice! :D ]

There's sand in it?

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[veritaphobia]

-s turning into sand.

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[taravata]

You okay?

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[veritaphobia]

It's the netw-k. I promise I don't sound like -s, usually.

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[taravata]

I mean, you gone into the building, haven't you? Ain't safe.

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[veritaphobia]

I should be all right--I'm not planning to stay. Thank you, th-

[ static rush. ]

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[enterpainment]

Alan? What are you doing? [...] Oh, wait, don't tell me. You're at that sand building that's falling down. Because that is obviously the smartest place to be and nothing could go wrong at all.

[... Okay, so maybe he worked a bit of that out by listening to his and Mae's conversation, but he has smarts sometimes!]

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[veritaphobia]

I was planning - be in and out. It -- meant to be a - deal.

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[enterpainment]

That is not a good excuse. In fact, that is a very bad excuse, because you should know that unstable sand buildings are dangerous. Didn't you ever build a sandcastle? They fall down, that's their best function.

[It's not often he gets a chance to lecture Alan, of all people.] ... do you need any help?

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[veritaphobia]

[ And that alone should tell him that something is wrong on several levels. ]

I didn't, act-y. But I'll -ake your word f- it.