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Isabella consults the alethiometer.
"Well," she sighs, "the ambiguously good news is, I think these variously phrased responses add up to: teleporting to separate works fine and won't kill her, but it condenses all the unpleasantness into the single moment. But at least it'll be over with quickly."
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prodigal_miser
Hugs! "It's alright. That's what twins are for. There was a lot of looking out for each other."
"Now that we're going to officially live here - is there any problem with us just staying with you? We don't mind moving out if it makes you uncomfortable."
"Now that we're going to officially live here - is there any problem with us just staying with you? We don't mind moving out if it makes you uncomfortable."
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"Makes sense," says Isabella.
"Nooooo stay," laughs Path. "We like you to be here with us."
"Nooooo stay," laughs Path. "We like you to be here with us."
prodigal_miser
"Yeah. She's still not very cuddly, though," Adarin says.
Vern giggles, and nuzzles Path. "That's what we wanted, but we didn't want to push."
Vern giggles, and nuzzles Path. "That's what we wanted, but we didn't want to push."
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"I noticed she didn't hug me. False advertising."
"Where would you even go?" wonders Path.
"Where would you even go?" wonders Path.
prodigal_miser
Adarin laughs. "Well, maybe she will eventually. I think she was preoccupied with being angry with me, then being angry at other things."
"We don't know. We'd probably solicit alethiometer answers, or something. It doesn't matter now, though, we get to stay with you!"
"We don't know. We'd probably solicit alethiometer answers, or something. It doesn't matter now, though, we get to stay with you!"
dark_light
"She does seem to have quite a reserve of anger. Not that it was all unjustified."
"Yes. Good," says Path.
"Yes. Good," says Path.
prodigal_miser
"Yeah. You haven't seen her when she's not angry, unfortunately. She can be rather nice when she's not. Not cuddly, though. The hugs she gave me were rare, special things."
Vern shifts in the snuggles to scoot her head under Path's. "We like it here so much."
Vern shifts in the snuggles to scoot her head under Path's. "We like it here so much."
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"Charlie used to tell me that anyone who stops being nice when they have feelings isn't being nice at all. I've never been sure how much I agree with him."
"Good."
"Good."
prodigal_miser
"Hmm. Well. It's kind of hard to explain, since she's just always been there and I'm just used to her. It's like her feelings are subtle or quiet, and anger's the strongest because she has so much reason to be angry. So while she can be nice when she's angry, it's not the first thing you see."
prodigal_miser
"This is surprisingly difficult to do. She's nice, but for a large portion of her life being nice got her into more and more trouble. So she hides it, disguises it and lashes out because she was hurt and doesn't want it to happen again. Does that make more sense?"
prodigal_miser
"Me too. If she doesn't, though, I think she'll do better in this plane in general because the people who hurt her aren't present."
prodigal_miser
"Actually, most if not all of the refugees wouldn't be people that hurt her. But if that changes, then - well. I will tell them to stay away from my sister."
prodigal_miser
"She has been known to cause large amounts of property damage when they try to make her do things. That probably helped."
prodigal_miser
"To be a good little girl and do exactly what she was told," says Adarin in a deadpan.
prodigal_miser
"Where to be at a certain time, what to wear, how to act, what to say, how to eat, what sorts of hobbies she could have - that sort of thing. They wanted her to be perfect."