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Bullshit is showing up here with everything on me but my comic books. All those Savage Starlight issues, gone. Just like that. Fuck you too, Initiative.

[A pause. Ellie's never really addressed a group of people. Technology is crazy. Okay, there was a point to this whole thing.]

... anyway, guess I just wanted to say thanks to the people that helped me out when I got here. I found who I was looking for, so. Didn't wanna leave anyone with a cliffhanger.

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My music collection.

We'll have to keep a look out for what we can do about that. Stuff like that tape from Bill's, right? I think we have room for a collection.

That's before my time, remember?

Whoops.

Didn't mind it though, if that's what you're really askin'. Music's music.

I'll keep that in mind.

What about you?

Just comics and books, I guess. I don't really know.

[She has all she needs.]

Thought at much.

[ There's some rummaging around on in the background on his end. A moment later, mostly to himself: ]

Huh. Well then.

Hm? What? What is it?

[ He's forgotten that they're still connected in the face of what he's discovered. ]

Oh. Ah- never mind.

What? What's going on?

Don't be late for dinner. That's all.

I'm never late for dinner. Why are you being so weird?

I'm not.

Are too.

Just remember what I said about dinner.

I'll be there in a timely manner. Promise.

I'll ah- I'll see you then.

[A small snort of amusement.]

And you think I'm the weird one?

I'll see ya.

[ THIS IS PAPABEAR WAITING AROUND IN THEIR NEW PLACE. CHILLING. ... just relaxing. Doing nothing, flipping through a book without its cover, the pages yellow from time and dust, the spine cracked. Just waiting.

BTW what's for dinner? Pancakes.

Yes. Pancakes. ]

[And this is Ellie showing up right on time. She's closing the door behind her when she catches a whiff of the food.]

Hey. That smells awesome.

[She shrugs off her pack and jacket, dumping them on the floor next to the sofa.]

I'm not late, by the way.

[ The corner of the page is turned in to mark his place. Joel looks at the discarded jacket and backpack, giving her a pointed look, and the nods to where her room is. ]

Ellie- what'd I tell you about just leavin' your jacket and bag on the ground like that?

[Aw, crap. She should have known better, given how many times Joel's gotten on her case about this. Really, she doesn't think it's that big of a deal, but it's not worth getting into a fight over.]

I know. Sorry. [She sighs and gathers her crap in her arms, crossing over to her room and audibly dumping it on the floor in front of her bed.]

Look! All clean. I'm a wizard.

[ Although they had scouted around for a decent place to call a temporary home of their own, this one had been abandoned and had two bedrooms. It was nothing like the one he'd had back in the QZ in terms of cleanliness but it was home. The rooms had been worn down with hanging bits of wallpaper, chipped paint, rusted and water stains on the ceilings and walls, the carpets torn and smelling rank. The furniture had been no better.

Together they had worked to cleaning it up as best as they could, wiping down the walls and the windows, leaving the windows open overnight in order to air the entire place out.

And here they were. All together again. ]

Last I checked, your name ain't Jeannie, and it sure as hell ain't Samantha either.

[ Those 70s references will no doubt go right over her head. Either way he can only tell her to make sure she keeps her room clean, even then he hadn't been that strict with Sarah. Once a week at most, unless he walked by the open door and saw it resembling a pigsty. ]

You hungry?

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