AUDIENCE FOR: Rupert

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Comments

[agleam]

That's about what you have to deal with, but I wouldn't say it's really about you...

[guestservices]

[they shrug]

What I'm dealing with and me - there's not really much difference at the moment! I'm hotel staff.

[agleam]

You're planning on staying here even after our contracts end, then?

[guestservices]

Um... no. I did say "at the moment".

[agleam]

Oh! Well, I'm assuming you can't tell me more about your plans, but - it's good to hear. I'm glad.

[guestservices]

I can't just be unemployed in this economy, so I'll probably find another job. Maybe not at a hotel, though.

[agleam]

Yeah, probably better to get into a new industry. Well - if we have a way to keep in touch, I wouldn't mind hearing from you from time to time.

[guestservices]

Hmmm. Really?

[agleam]

Yeah. Why not?

[guestservices]

Oh, boy. How do I even start with this. You remember the letters that people left at the trials? The shadowy ones?

[agleam]

...You're talking about mine, right? A few people have already told me what it said.

[guestservices]

Right. So it's kind of - it's hard to take what you said about wanting to stay in touch seriously when your dying thoughts included "Hey, don't connect my world to yours, I'd rather stay separate".

[agleam]

Well - I meant, like, as far as traveling goes. Back in the school, we also had the option to call each other and stuff, and I don't think that'd be a risk.

[guestservices]

Some of the other guests don't have phones...

[agleam]

...Right. I guess we'll have to see what's possible here, anyways. Sorry - I wasn't trying to mislead you or anything.

[guestservices]

No, it's okay, it just... sounded strange, from what I saw with the letter.

[agleam]

...It sounds like I worried a lot of people with that. That's not what I wanted.

[guestservices]

There's no helping that! When people care, they worry. That's just a fact.

[agleam]

Yeah, I know. But I still kind of wish I could have told them differently.