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[stillbetter]

[Sorry, guys. She's one of those newbies.]

For God's sake. Really? This has got to be a first. Do these people even know who they're taking in? What am I even going to do here? I'm just a radio host back home, not - whatever you think I am.

[She is no soldier worth kidnapping, no, not at all, thank you very much.]

I can't do this.

I won't do this.

[Look. She's even throwing in a pause to show how serious she is.]

Besides, Fred wouldn't begin to know what to do without me. My fiancé? I have a life back home, you know, and it can't wait. So - you ought to put me back. As soon as possible, if that's not too much trouble.

[She has spoken. ... Then she starts to press random buttons because what am this technology.]

... Hello? Can anyone hear me?

[...

beep beep beep]

Comments

[stillbetter]

... not an entirely unreasonable suggestion.

[lazyinlove]

I try not to be.

[stillbetter]

Wonderful. I have the feeling this city needs that quite a bit.

[lazyinlove]

yeah some people get pretty intense here.

[stillbetter]

Pretty intense. That's a nice word for war times.

[lazyinlove]

still kinda new

[stillbetter]

Are you? How new?

[lazyinlove]

June. So...at least a month or two.

[stillbetter]

Goodness. Have you had time to adapt? At all?

[lazyinlove]

like a salamander? dunno. There's no school here. That's probably good. I guess.

[stillbetter]

[school...]

How old are you?

[lazyinlove]

16. Don't worry there aren't a lot of little kids here...I've sen a couple around but mostly transports are all like my age and up.

[lazyinlove]

*e

[stillbetter]

This is still completely inadmissible.

[lazyinlove]

The kids being here? There are local ones too. Exsiles I mean. You kinda just gotta try to look out for them I guess.

[stillbetter]

Which is unfortunate, to say the least. People here ought to know better.

[lazyinlove]

than to procreate?

[stillbetter]

Than to bring more in.

[lazyinlove]

yeah they don't control who it grabs

[stillbetter]

I've heard that. Which is why it completely boggles me that they keep using the damn thing.

[lazyinlove]

I guess it's cuz people leave a lot

[stillbetter]

Oh sure, that makes sense. Why not replace them in this nightmare.

[lazyinlove]

it doesn't sound like they have much choice. I mean I don't want to be here either. I'm going to seriously die and people keep acting like that's fine and it's not but I get it.

[stillbetter]

No, it's not fine. [le sigh.] Tell me there is someone looking after you somehow.

[lazyinlove]

yeah I have a room. you live there too actually.