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[thekidsare0kay]

yeah, 20 i hacked m0re 2tuff.

i2 it p022ible t0 farm energy fr0m em0ti0n2?

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[fintastic]

W)(y wouldn't t)(ey just ask?
I )(ave enoug)( feels for a w)(ole city!

[thekidsare0kay]

i d0n't kn0w.
pr0bably becau2e they're a22h0le2.
the guy wh0 wr0te it 2aid they were 2tupid and it 2eem2 like they th0ught there are better way2 0f getting energy.

[fintastic]

Can you send t)(e w)(ole t)(ing like you did last time?

[thekidsare0kay]

2ure, but i'm kinda pi22ed at darkleer right n0w, 20 why d0n't i 2h0w it t0 y0u in per20n?

[fintastic]

An excuse to see Sollux?
Sign me up!

[thekidsare0kay]

it'2 a peril0u2 j0urney all the way acr022 the hive2tem.
can y0u make it?

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[fintastic]

[ Whoops she's already poking her head in the door. ]

What do you mean, can I make it? I'm already here!

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[thekidsare0kay]

[He laughs and sits up on the bed, drawing a knee up and setting his husktop aside]

Hey there, perky-finth.

[fintastic]

Hi honey-horns! [ She laughs briskly and glubs all at once, as she drops herself down next to him and gives him a quick peck on the cheek. ] So are you going to show me?

[thekidsare0kay]

[He laughs softly and turns the husktop, bringing up the file.]

Here it ith.

[fintastic]

Oh, huh. That's even creepier seeing it up close!

[ Leave it to Feferi to giggle while she calls something creepy. ]

Do you think it actually means anything? I mean, anyone could have written that.

[thekidsare0kay]

I guethh it could be fake, but the lab theemed pretty legit. And the encryption wath pretty tight for thomething that wath jutht trolling.

It thort of maketh thenthe, too.

[fintastic]

I guess. Are you going to keep looking for more?

[ Snuggling up against his shoulder, she idly draws her finger up and down his arm, just a hint of affection against the discomfort at his findings. ]

[thekidsare0kay]

Of courthe! I finally feel like I'm doing thomething halfway utheful, or at leatht interethting.

[He sighs and wraps an arm around her waist, smiling at her distractedly]

It'th nithe here, but thort of...mundane, thometimeth.

[fintastic]

Yeah, it kind of can be.

[ Her brow furrows in deep thought for a second, before she perks up, having a stroke of genius. ]

Why don't you find a computer buddy? Like, you can make computer problems for the other to fix, that would help a little, right?

[thekidsare0kay]

[Stares] Well, that might be fun... Pthiioniic and I were thort of doing that. But I don't know if anyone elthe here can keep up with me.

[fintastic]

I would at least be a distraction just to try and find someone, right? So either way, it's worth the try!

[thekidsare0kay]

Sure, yeah. [He smiles] Might occupy me for a bit.