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[hisbabygirl]

Hello..?

[Have yourself a twelve year old girl testing the water on the shiny new thing and mumbling to herself a little as she does.]

...I hope I'm doing this right.

[Oh right. The people can hear her. Sarah takes a deep breath and gets to talking.]

I uh, gotta say, this is some real crazy stuff going on. I don't even know where to start makin' sense of any of it. The Kedan people, the ones that work here? I think they work here. Live here? I dunno. They explained a lot of stuff but I'm still trying to wrap my head around even being here.

[Sarah pauses. When she speaks again it's with a little less certainty.]

Do they ever make mistakes with who they bring here? I'm not sure I'm the monster fighting type.

[Not real ones anyway.]

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[hisbabygirl]

He's always runnin' late.

[More like he's always trying to do more than time allows for the good of them both. Sarah shrugs.]

I got him a new watch though. Maybe that'll help him along.

[She smiles, but it doesn't meet her eyes. In twenty years would he even have that watch anymore?]

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[nowthatsfunny]

It's broken these days, so I don't think it'll help him much.

[Tess is the one who keeps him on a schedule, usually.]

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[hisbabygirl]

Broken!

[Her face falls a little a that.]

Well... I hope he got some use out of it at least. I only just gave it to him a few hours ago.

[For her, at least.]

It was a birthday present.

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[nowthatsfunny]

He still wears it.

[Tess can't help but tell her that - even though it probably is just one more indication of what the kid already knows. That he wears it to remember her.]

Somehow, I'm not surprised.

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[hisbabygirl]

[And Sarah can immediately guess why. Her face falls.]

...Oh.

[Nodding faintly, Sarah forces a smile. Focus on the good things, Sarah.]

Y-yeah. He was always complaining about the other one being broken so. I dunno.

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[nowthatsfunny]

Hey, look. You hungry? How about if I drop by your suite here? I can bring you some clothes and food. That sound all right?

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[hisbabygirl]

[She takes a second or two to process what's asked and nods her head.]

That'd be great, Tess.

[Her smile turns a little more genuine. And then another question comes to mind.]

You uh... think you'll have anything that'll fit me?

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[nowthatsfunny]

Not very well - but it'll do until we can buy you something else. You should at least be able to walk into a shop without getting nasty looks.

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[hisbabygirl]

Heh, yeah. Pajamas I could probably get away with. Maybe. But the blood's a bit much so... So. Okay! Thanks, Tess. I really appreciate it.

[And she should probably give directions to where she lives.]

I'm at WO-3A. That's not too far from you, is it?

[Honestly, Sarah hopes Tess is close by. There's something safe about the woman.]

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[nowthatsfunny]

Not far. I'll be there in a few.

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[hisbabygirl]

Okay!

[She'll just go wait out front. Or well, towards the front. It's cold out there!]