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[ Long time no see, Exsilium. The feed is dimly lit, but it's clear that Scott's standing outside, the dark silhouette of a treeline behind him. The sound's picking up a bit of static from a breeze. ]

Hey, it's Scott - I guess I should ask if people usually come back. When they leave, I mean.

[ That's actually the reason he was making this video, but he barely addresses it, because something's distracting him. ]

Because I did. Leave and come back. Which I guess is... something, but more importantly, does anyone know what the hell the "Fun Cafe" is?

[ There's a pause as he turns the video away from his face, swinging it around to face a creepy ass building on the side of the road, barely visible in the evening light. He holds the video there for a few seconds, then it's back to his slightly wary, slightly amused face. ]

... and does anybody want to find out?

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[arlathansgrace]

They left? Are you alone, then? Do you not have friends here anymore?

["A few friends" means "everyone he knows" as far as Merrill is concerned. And now she is concerned.]

I lost my clan once, but I suppose by then I had another clan, though we're not so much of a clan as we are misfits who fit together. You can join our clan if you need one of your own. [She startles a bit.] But you don't need to, I know humans are picky about that. [One of her ears twitches.]

You'll bring snacks? I'd like a snack. Let me know if they're fun snacks. the kind that tries to scurry away on little feet when you're not looking.

[Her head tips to the side.]

Hamburger?

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Wait, and onion rings. [ Because who doesn't like onion rings. ]

Hamburger is - cow. You've got cows, right? [ Dumb question; if they've got rats they must have cows. Maybe. Probably? And the talk of friends and clans gets a smile, though there is something melancholy in it. ]

I'm good - thanks, though. I've got one or two friends here, I think. [ Nothing like Stiles, but enough. ] But we can be friends? Minus the clan thing. If that's cool with you.

[ Speaking of Stiles, he'd be so jealous of Scott's new elf bros. ] And I'll bring some if they've got any. Otherwise I can... try to find you some rats, I guess? You know how to cook them? [ Slightly gross, but as long as he doesn't have to watch... ]

[arlathansgrace]

Humans have cows, Dalish have halla, but we don't really eat those. They take us from place to place.

Oh, friends is fine. [Her smile is ridiculously huge. "Face-splitting" really isn't a bad, if somewhat grim, description.] I like having friends. I'd like to have more.

I just need to find a fire pit, and I can cook little snacks for us. They're quite good. The snacks.

Rats.

Not the fire pits.