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It takes Adarin a while to recover, but eventually he starts to. He doesn't try to talk, he just focuses on breathing, occasionally giggling in between breaths.

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Isabella catches up with him eventually.

"And," she whispers wickedly, "you would tithe a sensible portion of your income."
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Well, it was nice to breathe for a little while, at least. He goes back to laughter.

"You're a -" (giggle, giggle) "terrible, sensible person," he manages. "You should be the - the sense inquisitor."

He changes the pitch in his voice to badly represent a woman's, and adds, "Are you sensible? Are you?!"
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"It matters only a moderate amount what you say!" cackles Isabella. "I will search for concrete material evidence beyond your motivated testimony before making my final judgment! And then it will be reviewed by people with more emotional distance from your case! Bwahahahahah!"

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"If you fail, they'll - they'll write a sensible and clear outline on what you need to work on and how to improve! With well-labeled and colored highlighting!"

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"And incentives and a twenty-four hour support service available in an appropriate number of languages."

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Giggles. Oh, giggles.

When he can breathe again, he says, "You're absolutely amazing."
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"I try, I try. You are the best company I've had in a long time."

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"Likewise," replies Adarin with a grin.

That looks to be all he's going to say, but then Vern decides enough is enough. She pecks him.

"Ow?" he says, confused.

Okay, maybe he's a little dense sometimes.
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Path hoots, almost but not quite laughing.

Isabella raises an eyebrow, glancing around at all the entities in the room.
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Vernaia gives Path an 'I'm sorry about him' look. She gets out of cuddles, and then nudges him towards Isabella.

"Subtle, aren't you?" says Adarin, amused.
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Isabella's eyebrow creeps up a little higher.

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A stare-down ensues between man and daemon. Vern wins.

Defeated, Adarin fidgets a little, then says with supreme awkwardness, "Er - Isabella? Would you like to - redeem the hug voucher?"
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"Sure."

Path gets out of the way. Isabella redeems her hug voucher.
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Vern scoots out of the way, and exchanges a look with Path that says, 'Look, I'm trying.'

Adarin is pleased! Hugs.
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Path wingshrugs back at her.

Isabella snuggles up, but is still technically within the parameters of hug.
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Yeah, Adarin's not going to complain. Snuggle, snuggle.

For the sake of cuddles, Vern trills to Path. Wingsnuggles?
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Path swoops down on her. Wingsnuggles!

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Yay! Wingsnuggles!

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Time passes. While he would like to stay for - well, possibly forever, no one from New Kystle is going to have the power of Wikipedia on their own. Adarin's not the type of person to just leave that be. Unfortunately, it's time to go. They'll have the mirrors, and be able to talk, but it's still the kind of thing you say goodbye before doing.

He goes off to find Isabella, kagu in tow.
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Isabella's on the roof with alethiometer, thingamajigs, and notebook.

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Okay, he could get up there, but that seems kind of rude to just drop in; she could be asking the alethiometer a private question.

"Isabella?" he calls, instead.
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She peers over the edge of the roof, grabs her cloudpine, and swoops down. "You heading home?" she asks.

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"Yeah. I thought I should say goodbye, first."

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