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[ibedeadpeople]

Who: Apartment O + you? door is open
When: Day 32, evening
Where: Apartment O
What: family dinner...?

[There is a stew bubbling happily over the fire; leaf "platters" and shish-kebabs(? something-chunks on sticks), salad, a somewhat overcooked stirfry, and a gourd filled with fruit chunks in milky liquid are arranged on the kitchen counter.]

Okay, guys, get it while it's hot!

Comments

[byallmeans]

You'd never get anything done if I wasn't around.

[ibedeadpeople]

I would. Maybe not the way you wanted it done, but everything'd happen eventually.

[byallmeans]

It's good to know that if I disappear out in the wilderness, you won't die overnight.

[ibedeadpeople]

Only if I have to go looking for you in the wilderness overnight. Just because we aren't completely dependent on you doesn't mean you can get sloppy.

[byallmeans]

I don't plan on getting sloppy. Don't worry.

[ibedeadpeople]

You'd better not. You're too heavy to drag back, anyway.

[byallmeans]

I just said you don't have to worry about it.

[ibedeadpeople]

And I just reminded you that I'd better not have to worry about it. I thought you'd appreciate my thoroughness.

[byallmeans]

Well, you have to start somewhere.

[ibedeadpeople]

Ha ha. I take care when it's stuff that counts.

[byallmeans]

For example?

[ibedeadpeople]

When the time comes, you'll know.

[byallmeans]

So it hasn't actually happened yet.

[ibedeadpeople]

If you can't remember them then I've been doing my job.

[byallmeans]

And what is that, exactly?

[ibedeadpeople]

Nn-nn-nnn~ That information's on a need-to-know basis only.

[byallmeans]

What if I said I need to know?

[ibedeadpeople]

What if I said look into your heart for the answer?

[byallmeans]

I'd say you sounded like a children's book.

[ibedeadpeople]

That's acceptable.

[byallmeans]

Why am I not surprised?

[ibedeadpeople]

What can I say? I'm easygoing. I think it adds to my lovable charm.

[byallmeans]

As long as you also realize that's a point of view not everyone shares.

[ibedeadpeople]

You're a smart kid, you could be lovable and charming if you really wanted to!

[byallmeans]

Very good. Now follow that thought to its logical conclusion.