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[She nods; she understands even if she's never really had a pet, even if she will never be able to have one at home.]
Humans are supposed to hate me. I don't know why they don't here. People's pets don't hate me, either--things are just different here. I don't have the guts to, you know, try to pet any of the animals or anything. But it's nice they don't freak out so much around me. My warden's got two dogs, and he keeps 'em away from me mostly, but they've never tried to bite when they see me. Neither does Iris's dog.
[Only if she moves into their space, into their cabin, which she tries not to do.]
Humans are supposed to hate me. I don't know why they don't here. People's pets don't hate me, either--things are just different here. I don't have the guts to, you know, try to pet any of the animals or anything. But it's nice they don't freak out so much around me. My warden's got two dogs, and he keeps 'em away from me mostly, but they've never tried to bite when they see me. Neither does Iris's dog.
[Only if she moves into their space, into their cabin, which she tries not to do.]
That's not a promise a lot of people keep.
[her tone is warm, approving.]
You're a good guy, you know that?
[her tone is warm, approving.]
You're a good guy, you know that?
I'm more of a dog person, [snirk] but I'd take the worst cat over almost all the people back home. Maybe cats deserve a nice hand more.
Uh, by the way, I checked up on your. Uhm. Your friend, Shiro.
Uh, by the way, I checked up on your. Uhm. Your friend, Shiro.
She seems like she's having a tough time. [she puts this carefully, tactfully] And she said she'd probably be dangerous to someone like me so I didn't go see her in person, just told her she could call me if she needed.
I was kind of hoping you'd talked to her, 'cause I haven't heard from her or seen her on the network.
I was kind of hoping you'd talked to her, 'cause I haven't heard from her or seen her on the network.
[She was really hoping he'd respond that way.]
I think she'd really like that. [Hopefully. Annie doesn't know Shiro at all, but the girl seems lonely, and Credence has very little to fear from anyone.
She lights up a cigarette, feeling better about Credence but no less alone, no less like she has her back to a wall. Smoking staves off loneliness, grief, trauma.
If Credence ever hits a serious snag in his progress,
she'll introduce him to a Kool and tell him about its powers as a personal therapist.
And then Alec might kill her, so that's a last resort.]
Let me know how it goes, huh?
I think she'd really like that. [Hopefully. Annie doesn't know Shiro at all, but the girl seems lonely, and Credence has very little to fear from anyone.
She lights up a cigarette, feeling better about Credence but no less alone, no less like she has her back to a wall. Smoking staves off loneliness, grief, trauma.
If Credence ever hits a serious snag in his progress,
she'll introduce him to a Kool and tell him about its powers as a personal therapist.
And then Alec might kill her, so that's a last resort.]
Let me know how it goes, huh?
It's not off the table. I mean on my end. If there's ever a way to do it that feels safer to you and you wanted it, I'm still around.
Hi Annie. [Hope is bright and cheerful, not always her mood after a breach but this one hadn't been bad. In some ways, she's glad of the break of it. But she is calling for business, of a sort.]
Let's have a birthday party now. [A few days later than last year but parties don't have to come on birthdays and they're both here and alive and that would be enough to celebrate all on its own.]
Let's have a birthday party now. [A few days later than last year but parties don't have to come on birthdays and they're both here and alive and that would be enough to celebrate all on its own.]
Oh shit I totally forgot about our day! Yeah we better plan a weekend bender for this, girl. What kind of party are you feeling?
I wouldn't mind something a bit bigger, there are some people get people together someplace fun.
[Get Pietro properly introduced to her friends. Besides, she's in a good enough mood that the company of basically anyone sounds like it would be fine to deal with, at the moment.]
[Get Pietro properly introduced to her friends. Besides, she's in a good enough mood that the company of basically anyone sounds like it would be fine to deal with, at the moment.]
Club party. We're totally doing a club party.
[Annie would have readily gone for something quiet like last time, but she's relieved that's not what Hope is in the mood for. Annie could use a night of new people, and a night to have fun with her friends.]
Maybe even a glow party, ever heard of one of those?
[Annie would have readily gone for something quiet like last time, but she's relieved that's not what Hope is in the mood for. Annie could use a night of new people, and a night to have fun with her friends.]
Maybe even a glow party, ever heard of one of those?
[She hadn't, before the breach, but now she grins, pleased at having some new, useful information.]
Yeah, that sounds fun. I bet we could do some really cool colors, too.
Yeah, that sounds fun. I bet we could do some really cool colors, too.
Ooooh, with Quentin helping? Heck yes. Let's do color powders, too! Have color body paints...it'll be great.
Yeah, definitely. [Hope appreciates the addition of colors to most things.]
Let's do the party next Sunday. We can start inviting people and if the Admiral doesn't turn us all into rocks or something, we can celebrate.
Even if he does, we can still have a rocking good time. [Does a joke get any less terrible if the delivery is completely flat? Possibly one of life's philosophical questions.]
Fuck, I'm such an asshole.
I'm really sorry. I was worried, and I freaked out in the worst possible, loudest way.
I'm really sorry. I was worried, and I freaked out in the worst possible, loudest way.
[It takes her a while to answer, and when she does it's from a very dark room, lit only when she takes a drag on her cigarette.]
He said 'no'. He changed his mind.
He said 'no'. He changed his mind.
Yeah, I talked him out of it then, too. I would have talked to you sooner, but I honestly thought it was Lark. It's more his pace.
Oh.
[This seems to relax her.]
I can see that. I'm glad it wasn't him. Most of the male recruiters, they go in friendly and if it doesn't work, they have ways of forcing it.
Which would've gone real bad, with the Obscurus and all.
[She thinks about that for a moment. About the destruction to the Barge. About how destroyed Credence would have been.]
I'm sorry, too, Quentin.
I'm not lonely. [She is. She is hideously, terrifyingly lonely. If she wasn't, she wouldn't need to say she wasn't. But she has her pride.] But he's never had anyone really in his corner. And a pack would always be. That's why I adopted him.
Plus he's a pretty cute kid. I want to see him have a life now that his bitch mother's not around him.
[This seems to relax her.]
I can see that. I'm glad it wasn't him. Most of the male recruiters, they go in friendly and if it doesn't work, they have ways of forcing it.
Which would've gone real bad, with the Obscurus and all.
[She thinks about that for a moment. About the destruction to the Barge. About how destroyed Credence would have been.]
I'm sorry, too, Quentin.
I'm not lonely. [She is. She is hideously, terrifyingly lonely. If she wasn't, she wouldn't need to say she wasn't. But she has her pride.] But he's never had anyone really in his corner. And a pack would always be. That's why I adopted him.
Plus he's a pretty cute kid. I want to see him have a life now that his bitch mother's not around him.
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