AUDIENCE FOR: Clementine

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[stillnot]

Not much. I know he used to be sick, from seeing his memories. I figure he's not from the safest place.

[ and then, joking?? ]

And I know that he doesn't want to come home with me.

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[it gets them to laugh a little at least.]

Things aren't as bad there as they used to be, right? [lowkey concern, but.] You know what I'm gonna say though. About talking to people. It never hurts.

[stillnot]

I've been talking to people.

[ JEEZ. anyway she. hesitates for a second. ]

It's definitely better than before. [ 'but.' ]

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But it's not the same. [they know.] Harder, probably, when people know each other already or they're not the same as what you remember.

[this is a little different than the last time this came up, but. they think they maybe understand.]

[stillnot]

It's fine. I'm over it.

[ debatable. ]

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Are you?

[they are literally dating, they're not stupid enough to just accept that.]

[stillnot]

Mostly.

It's not like I can do anything about it, anyway.

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[...they nod and concede to the point.]

Instead, it's just a mansion full of people fighting because they feel like it.

[stillnot]

Gotta pass the time somehow.

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Well...if you had a better choice, what would you rather be doing there instead?

[are they just asking to stick around longer and stall? maybe.]

[stillnot]

[ well she's technically here on a mission to distract them, so it's not like she's in a hurry to go. ]

"Leaving" is probably an obvious answer, huh?

[guestservices]

Extremely. But you can always tell me about what happens after the leaving. What do you want next?

[stillnot]

[ hmm. a bit of a pause. she's already talked to people about this and kind of come to terms with it, but it's still hard. ]

... I think I want to go somewhere new, after all. Another world. With AJ and all the others.

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[...ah.]

Yeah? [there's like. zero chance of hiding the softness in their tone, like they're glad to hear it but don't want to scare her off from talking about it.] Have you thought about where?

[stillnot]

Not enough. I just - thought I could make things better, but after this I don't want any more risks. I want somewhere safe for all of them.

[ ... ]

But it's a lot. Finding somewhere like that, where I can take care of all of everyone. [ how do you ask someone to house and feed you and like almost 10 other kids? ]

[guestservices]

...you have time to look after this, I think. There's a lot of worlds out there. And a lot of people who would take you guys. You just have to know where to search first.

[says gemini who would literally dump everybody on their island and call it a day.]