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[o8liter8]

[ Mindfang looks kind of...frazzled when she turns the feed on. Her hair's rumpled like she's slept for a month (well, okay, she did), and she has a few fancy hats piled on her head. One of the hats tumbles down as she swings the camera around, and lands in a humongous pile of bee plushes just as she turns the camera to it. ]

Okay, just whose idea of a joke was this? It's not even funny, it's just weird and pointless!

[ She might also be a little freaked out that someone managed to sneak in and do all that while she was asleep...Mindfang is used to having very good reflexes. ]

And who put the damn robot in here, anyway?

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[o8liter8]

[ Shuts up and picks at her food. ]

[aim_exorable]

[Fine he will just go back to his book!]

Exactly.

[o8liter8]

Don't mistake me, Darkleer, I just don't want to talk about it.

[aim_exorable]

Well not talking about it is not going to make it go away!

[o8liter8]

I'm tired of you giving up on me, okay? You say you care but you don't. Not about whether I stick around, not about what I can do for myself, not about any of it. I'm tired of thinking maybe you get it because you've known me longer than anyone and then being disappointed when you don't.

[aim_exorable]

If I did not care about you sticking around, would you think I would waste materials on building that robot to keep an eye on you?

[o8liter8]

You build robots like a wiggler builds sandcastles. They're nothing.

[aim_exorable]

The material costs me, Inansa. They're not 'nothing'.

[o8liter8]

Didn't know anything 'cost' here.

[ grumbling into the waffles ]

[aim_exorable]

The Nostalgia Quarter.

[So there.]

[o8liter8]

You have to go there for materials? I thought it was just random items from other places.

[aim_exorable]

Some shops stay there longer than others, and that includes a shop with Alternian items. Among those items are things that I cannot get in the rest of the city.

[o8liter8]

Huh. Interesting.

[ Picks...at the waffles. ]

[aim_exorable]

So we are at an agreement that making that robot cost me something?

[o8liter8]

Maybe. Doesn't mean that cost was worth much to you, though. You make robots like some people eat candy.

[aim_exorable]

Yes, but I don't give them to just anybody.

[o8liter8]

So you feel responsible for me, no matter how well I can look after myself.

[ scowls. ]

[aim_exorable]

Yes, because I care about you, you blasted idiot.

[o8liter8]

You're not my moirail and you don't want to be. Don't need your fussing.

[aim_exorable]

Oh, so if I wanted to be your moirail, then we would be fine?

[o8liter8]

I never said that! But you don't even have an excuse to fuss over me when I don't need it.

[ flushing cerulean! ]

[aim_exorable]

You're my friend!

[OH WAIT DID HE SAY THAT?]

[WELP]

[RIDE IT OUT]

If you want an excuse, there you have it!

[o8liter8]

[ WHAT

WELP

JUST GOTTA GO WITH IT OOPS ]

I'm your friend? Have you even seen me since I left?

[aim_exorable]

Mindfang, if trolls stopped having friends the moment they left their sight, then we would all be loners!

[o8liter8]

You say that like it's a bad thing! And anyway, that's centuries!