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[flared]

If you didn't get one of the big prizes at the festival yet--

[It's nighttime when the camera adjusts toward one side of the room where there are several stuffed sharks, stars, and turtles in a big pile. Upon closer inspection, however, you'll be able to see that this isn't one of the regular bedrooms in the dome, but a practically bleach white hospital room.]

--I've got you covered.

[... He doesn't sound as enthusiastic as he could be about that, however. But, really, if you want one of these things, by all means just come back and get it. There's a brief blur of Axel's face which doesn't stay long enough for anyone to really get a good look at him, but just in case, he's definitely got a split lip and a gauze bandage over his right temple. There's some more shifting when his door opens and one of the happiest looking nurses in the world comes in to check on him.]

How's that hand feeling?

... I gotta go.

[And end feed.]

Comments

[Video]

[closedcircuit]

What caused that?

[He's persistent.]

[Video]

[flared]

I told you. I got clumsy. Tripped and fell all over myself down a few flights of stairs.

[He's lying, yeah, but.]

[Video]

[closedcircuit]

If you remember anything else, you're always welcome to come to me.

[But he'll let it drop. For now.]

[Video]

[flared]

I'll keep that in mind.

[But he'll probably never tell.]

[Video]

[closedcircuit]

Please do.

[Ky can't force him, but it bothers him that Axel doesn't want to speak of it.]