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"Yeah, I'm kind of at loose ends at the moment," she says. "And since you also seem to be kind of at loose ends, it occurred to me that maybe we could make each other's lives easier."

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"Possibly. I'm running some afterlife-related errands for the peal, but I should be done inside a week or two - it's just running a few Upsiders from each world who can most readily pretend never to have been dead back home and inserting Jane into their worlds so that we can transport everywhere without having to wait for doors to Milliways. But then I go back home and work on my world. And alas, I do not have a mint-helper nor, as far as I know, any local magic."

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"Well, I know where to find some candidates," she says, glancing at the orgy chamber, "if they ever come out again."

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"Yeah, I caught a brief exchange with Eights and Chainsaw before they went in," says Pattern, "but didn't get anywhere. I think they're a package deal and I have the impression that Chainsaw's not as manageable as his alt is for Stella."

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"Huh," she says. "What about the Whistles? I don't have a roster; are there any going spare?"

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"Two. And the one that Golden imported turned out to be from my world, so if I wind up having to work with largesse for any extended period of time I have a better excuse for leaning on her than any of the others, though I imagine they'll all help."

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"Do we know anything about the spare Whistles?"

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"One of them's a rescue from Downside, the other is some kind of ghost but not the same kind as the one Juliet brought. First one's probably the better bet."

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"A rescue? Is that a general term, or...? I was under the impression that Whistles and Downside would get along pretty well, ceteris paribus."

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"Stella grabbed him from the same guy who got Shell Bell. I imagine he held up fine under the torture part, but not the being in a box never seeing or being touched by another human being part - from my admittedly limited understanding of Whistles."

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"Ooh." She winces. "Ouch, yeah. I see."

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"Yeah, Stella brought him straight here for soothing by her Alice."

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"I can imagine," she says.

She can imagine what form that soothing would probably take, too, but that's less relevant.
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It is indeed less relevant.

"I don't really want to date any of them - I mean, I gather that one could have changed my mind about that if he'd gone to high school with me and I hadn't died, but one didn't and I did, and I'm not seeing the appeal. But Golden and the Joker are an existence proof that it's not strictly called for."
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Slipstick nods.

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"Stella employs a precog, and so does Golden. I was thinking of trying to catch one of them to talk recruitment strategies, what do you think?"

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"Good plan. I don't know either one of them personally, so I can't tell you which one would be a better shot."

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Pattern glances around.

"Well," she says, "they're talking to each other, over there. The petite vampire with the spiky hair and the toddler, and the tall brunette."
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"Go on, then," says Slipstick. "Two-for-one deal."

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"You coming, or not?"

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"Nah."

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"All right."

Pattern makes for the precogs, but she expects they'll anticipate her.
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If Alice mentions Pattern's approach aloud, is Mary just going to say that she already knows?

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Actually, no!

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"We're expecting company," observes Alice. "The Bell calling herself Pattern."

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