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[theguideless]

[I.D. simply reads "Martin" now. and a Martin surely is at-hand! long time no see, network. only six-plus months long, nbd.

he looks fairly pleased and...relieved after a beat. because he's pretty sure he's figured this out.]

Hello... [his eyes wince. doubt.] Hello? [the screen tilts a little while he inspects something.]

I think this is right. It's been a long time since I've used one of these... [his stare trails away.] I took one of the new ones. I think that's alright, since mine's been gone for a long time...

[a beat. he looks back.]

Is everyone alright? Now that they're gone...

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[Video]

[hornedomen]

I'm okay.

[He smiled at the screen to show just how okay he was.]

I think it's okay to take a new one. They gave me a new one when my old one broke.

[theguideless]

I thought so...and since nobody seemed to really ask if anyone had one already or not...

[hornedomen]

Was it difficult when you lost it? It must've been hard to see what everyone's talking about.

[theguideless]

[laughter is in his voice.] I didn't see any of it! So I didn't know much of what was going on unless I was told...

[hornedomen]

You shouldn't wait so long if it happens again. Sometimes there are important messages here. I'm sure they understand.

[theguideless]

Mmh. [he's sure a certain elf would keep him in the know, but...Ico's not wrong.] At least now, things are better.

[hornedomen]

I'm glad. I don't know what would've happened if those things were around any longer.

[theguideless]

[he thinks about it for a bit. it's hard to imagine, not knowing what they look like, just defaulting to monsters. monsters he knows...]

Since we can't go outside...not very good...

[hornedomen]

That's right.

[He laughed. It was easy to laugh about it now that it was over.]

You were with Koltira, right? I'm sure you'd be safe even if they were still here.

[theguideless]

[nodding.] I've been safe because of him. You don't have to worry about me.