009 ✞ [VIDEO] - Backdated to before the fog rolls in....

[unetrustworthy]

[Midii payed close attention to the Network.  Often.  She saw the conversation passing publicly between individuals.  Noticed the patterns occurring.  Such as the recent increase in people disappearing.  Possibly being sent home.  Coincidently, starting from soon after the Emperor had been killed, except Midii didn't think it was a coincidence.]

[But that wasn't why she came to the Network that day.]

[She had a different question in mind.  Something she had been wondering about more and more, with every conversation she carried here:]

What if...somebody doesn't want to go home?  

Could they make us?  Or would they let us stay?

[Hypothetically speaking, of course.]

[Only it wasn't hypothetical at all.]

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[watcheslanterns]

[She winced slightly.]

I'll bet. I hope you didn't get hurt too badly.

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[unetrustworthy]

I didn't break anything, I don't think. My foot did swell up for maybe a day, but it wasn't the worst injury I've ever had.

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[watcheslanterns]

Well, if you ever get hurt here, make sure that you tell me or Septimus. We can help.

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[unetrustworthy]

You have medical training?

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[watcheslanterns]

Septimus has been teaching me, actually.

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[unetrustworthy]

[She smiles a little at that, not even questioning what kind of "qualification" that would count as.]

That's good.

I learned some basic first aid back home, too. I'm not saying I know how to prescribe medicine or anything...but I did learn how to sew a wound shut and then dress it properly.

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[watcheslanterns]

[Which...is more than Rapunzel can say. Having magical healing hair kind of negated the need for sewing up wounds.]

That's really helpful, though! Especially with some of the things that happen around here.

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[unetrustworthy]

I've heard.

But, honestly, I haven't seen many people getting hurt. The adults at the clinic don't want me to.

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[watcheslanterns]

They don't? Why?

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[unetrustworthy]

Probably because they think I'm still a kid. They want to protect me.

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[watcheslanterns]

[Ah. Now that is something Rapunzel knows all too well.]

I guess people worry sometimes, but there are things that people should still be able to try. I think.

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[unetrustworthy]

This is one thing I'm not really in any hurry to argue with them over.

If they need my help, I'll help. If they don't...there's plenty of other things I can do.

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[watcheslanterns]

Well, I suppose that makes sense.

If it counts for anything, I don't think you're just a kid.

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[unetrustworthy]

[She didn't hear that very often in Keelai.]

You don't? Why not?

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[watcheslanterns]

Mm...well, partially because I know what it feels like when someone thinks that about you.

But also because I think that you're smart and calm. Something that I think is very grown up of you.

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[unetrustworthy]

Oh.

Thank you.

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[watcheslanterns]

[She smiles brightly.]

Of course!