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[biwinning]

[So Sollux thought it'd be a good idea to see what Earth movies are like. And with Crank as his only basis thus far, he's 1. not impressed, and 2. confused on a few things.]

Hey.

That movie that was shown last night, used a lot of words I don't know. Human vernacular ith really stupid and weird. Tho everyone should tell me all the thwear words they know and what they mean. There were like twenty onesth I didn't know in that movie, and I thtill don't get what they meant. Thith ith for educational purposes, of course.

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[biwinning]

I'm taking interest only becauthe I intend to thtay here and humansth are the native culture. It would be thtupid to not if I intended to thtay here.

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[whomheloved]

You like it a lot here, then, Sollux? Or more than Alternia, at least?

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[biwinning]

Alternia ith gone. If I wath "returned" to where I wath, I'd be ten minutes away from being blinded, and then half an hour away from dying.

What do you think?

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[whomheloved]

...I'm sorry. I keep forgetting what it was like for all of you.

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[biwinning]

I don't care, it'th fine.

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[whomheloved]

You've been here quite a while already, haven't you?

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[biwinning]

I've thpent about a full thweep, away from my perthonal timeline. Half here, half somewhere elthe.

Everywhere elthe ith favorable to the meteor.

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[whomheloved]

I probably shouldn't ask any more.

But if nothing else, I'm glad we were both in the same place long enough for me to get to meet you.

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[biwinning]

I really don't care. I'm not offended.

And yeah. I guess it's nice knowing you. I've never met an adult troll before that was nice. I kind of just assumed as soon as maturation hit we all turned into assholes.

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[whomheloved]

To be quite honest, sometimes I think some of us are hatched that way and maturing has nothing to do with it.

But no, I know that's not really true. Our environment was mostly to blame...

...you'd met other adult trolls before?

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[biwinning]

Once. Here.

It wath the Empreth. She wath gone quickly enough though. And I checked the records, she'th definitely gone and not jutht hiding.

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[whomheloved]

The Condesce?!

[Even with the certainty of her being gone, Di can't help but shudder. The Empress being around was more than just an unpleasant thought.]

...she is very much not a good example of a typical adult troll.

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[biwinning]

I know. She's the worst of the worst. I get it.

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[whomheloved]

[Sigh. She has more reason than ever to hate her, here in Exsilium, confronted with the horrible things she's done every time she sees the Helmsman.]

How've you been doing otherwise? Horrible human films aside.

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[biwinning]

I'm going to move out of the communal hivesteam and move into a building with Feferi.

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[whomheloved]

[Suddenly beaming!] Really? Oh, that sounds lovely! I wish I could get to talk to Feferi some more one day, I think the last time was almost all the way back when I first got here.

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[biwinning]

You could send her a message, you know.

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[whomheloved]

...do you think she'd mind? Some of the other trolls seem to prefer that I don't talk to them.

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[biwinning]

Of course she wouldn't mind. She isn't like that. And who the hell thaid you shouldn't talk to them?

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[whomheloved]

Then I'll see about sending her a message, perhaps we can chat for a while.

And...no one exactly said it out loud. But I can tell when people aren't comfortable around me.

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[biwinning]

If it wath Equiuth or Eridan, fuck them both. Eridan can jump off a cliff into a recess of spiky rocks, and Equius has a ten foot pole stuck up his ass.

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[whomheloved]

Equius does, doesn't he? [She can't help a bit of a smirk.] And I've barely spoken to Eridan. Don't worry about it, Sollux, it's fine.

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[biwinning]

... Alright, fine.

[You're at least a quasi-mom to Sollux right now, so yeah, he's gonna get offended on her behalf. Then again, he just likes being offended on anyone's behalf.]

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[whomheloved]

[Di just smiles at him. She does appreciate it! She just doesn't want to cause any more trouble between the younger trolls than she's sure they're capable of getting into themselves.]

Need any help moving your things?

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[biwinning]

No, it's fine. I'm just going to use my sylladex.