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[ River has stayed in the city while most of the Foreigners venture into Valishaera and the less-pressing thrum of white noise they create has helped her focus, working away studiously at her computer. Picking apart the console's coding structure is peaceful and it occasionally throws out randomized bits that even she doesn't expect. Thus as people come trickling back to the city between jaunts into the Dreaming side, they will find a fully encrypted message containing a permanent code to install waiting for them as a follow up to this plan. Those who worked on the project: Aya, Rex, Mike, River and others, can probably find embedded fingerprints of their work in the final result. ]

Ladybird, ladybird fly away home, your house in on fire and your children are gone. All except one and that's little Ann, for she crept under the frying pan.

You can all talk in secrets again.

[ OOC: Full encryption functionality restored for the network! ]

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[By now Hawke has a good idea what she has in mind. When she arrives at the door Hawke and Notch are there to greet her. The hound's tail already wags rapidly.]

And here I was starting to think you were hiding from me.

[Hawke may miss having her as a neighbor.]

[ Notch gets a kiss on the top of his head and River smiles at Hawke; she knows. ]

Miss you too. Everything's quiet over there. First too loud, then too quiet. No peas in the bed, no porridge in the bowl.

[Notch barks happily and his tail wags a little faster. Hawke's own smile grows a bit.]

Maybe I can't help with the peas or the porridge, but I think we can do something about the noise.

[He'll make sure to visit her more often at her place after this.]

And no one's going to complain if you start appearing over here. Even if they do we can just ignore them.

[ She will appreciate that. Others have been slow in coming and River, for all her peculiarity, doesn't really like being alone. ]

Sometimes they complain. But about everything, not just this.

Where are we going to get a sword?

[He pats her shoulder and Notch rises to his feet.]

My first plan is to turn the market upside down and give it a good shake. If that doesn't turn up anything I've got something else in mind.

[But he'd like to find something suited for her if possible.]

There are good places in the Fire Sector, they like to work with metal.

[ She resisted the urge to press and find out what Hawke meant about something else. ]

Then that's our first stop. Let's see if we can find something that suits you.

[She looks like a sword girl, maybe a rapier or some kind of short sword.]

[ Of course, the Fire Sector was also where all the best treats were, which was totally a coincidence. But as they're walking, River switches topics liekwhoa. ]

Is there a girl Notch?

[That question comes so far out of left field that it nearly makes Hawke stumble. Notch looks toward Hawke, particularly interested in this answer.]

Well, unless there's a mabari wandering that I don't know about, probably not.

[But now this has him thinking. Hawke glances at his faithful friend as they walk.]

But I probably should do something about that.

[ confidently: ]

Yes, you should. But don't need a girl Hawke, already found one.

Well I...what...what?

[Her first question caused Hawke to stumble. This one takes him so off guard that he fails to pay attention to where he's going and crashes directly into a fruit stand.

The vendor share a few unfriendly words with Hawke while Notch dives for any fruit that hits the ground.]

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[ River's laughing at the vendor's unhappy reaction and Hawke's flailing, picking up a rolling fruit and holding it in her hands. ]

Got you.

[Hawke tries to scowl at her but it just ends up as a grin. And here he thought word might be spreading around.]

I hope you're proud of yourself.

[With a chuckle Hawke rises to his feet and comes face to face with the unhappy vendor. A quick exchange of juulan for the ruined fruit, the fruit Notch devoured, and the piece in River's hand smooths things over however.]

[ Grins like the one she's giving him would confirm her brother's observation that River Tam is a brat sometimes. ]

You like it. Or we wouldn't be looking for a sword.

Stop being clever. Only I get to do that.

[That's alright, Hawke can be a brat too. As Hawke leads them away from the fruit vendor it's not much longer before they stumble across a merchant offering a selection of weapons.]

This looks promising.

[ River brightens at the display and without a word lifts a spear from the rack. It's quite a bit longer than she is tall but she doesn't seem perturbed by it or unfamiliar with how to hold it. ]

Promises, promises.

[It strikes him just how easily River holds the weapon despite it being bigger than she is. He may have just stumbled across a natural.]

Maybe we try finding you something more your size.

[Hawke looks through the weapons and selects a short sword, offering it to her hilt first.]

See how you like that.

[ Hawke gets a Look for the size comment, like really? really? but accepts the short sword, giving it a few experimental swings. Oddly, despite being more adaptability sized, it still lacks the grace of the spear. There's familiarity, but it doesn't fit as well. ]

[Hawke notes that look and just smirks at her. It wouldn't be the first time he's been on the receiving end of a look like that and he doubts that it will be the last. He also notes that the sword isn't a fit for her.]

You like the spear don't you?

I like it more but it's still not right.

[ River points at a glaive on the rack, smiling. ]

That one.

[Hawke glances to the merchant and nods his head to River.]

You heard the girl.

[After receiving a dubious look from the weapons peddler Hawke rolls his eyes and grabs the weapon himself, offering it to River.]

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