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[aquilus]

[Yes, he remembers now. At the time they hadn't seemed all that important.]

He isn't. The clockwork removes that possibility.

We have what?

[theidlemaiden]

[ Somewhere in her room she mimics his text to her, the word "smartass" coming to mind. ]

𝘑𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘺! 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳?

[ Emphasis on "we". ]

[aquilus]

Do we?

Why?

[theidlemaiden]

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘺? 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘰𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶?

[aquilus]

Yes. You wanted to take them.

[theidlemaiden]

𝘜𝘨𝘩, 𝘺𝘰𝘶'𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯! 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶. 𝘐 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘝𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘪 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮?

[aquilus]

[RELUCTANTLY]

I am. The lizard should be dead. Yet it seems in good health.

[theidlemaiden]

[ VICTORIOUSLY - ]

𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘵!

𝘝𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘪 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦. 𝘏𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘐'𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘈𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘢? 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴.

[aquilus]

I can be.

[He's on a rooftop somewhere at the moment but whatever.]

[theidlemaiden]

𝘐'𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯!

( ooc: throwing yet another thread here. )