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SO 1 4M NOT SUR3 HOW M4NY OF YOU H4V3 NOT1C3D TH3 G14NT WH1T3 SP1D3R R4MP4G1NG 4ROUND SOM3 OF TH3 FLOORS
BUT 1T H4S B33N 34T1NG P3OPL3
M3 1NCLUD3D!
1T 1S VR1SK4 S3RK3T'S LUSUS, BUT 4PP4R3NTLY SH3 D3C1D3D NOT TO W4RN 4NYON3 1T W4S H3R3 OR CONTROL 1T
SO 1 SUPPOS3 4LL OF US H4V3 TO T4K3 UP TH3 SL4CK, 4S USU4L!
1 4M NOT SUR3 1F 1T R3V1V3S L1K3 W3 DO, BUT 1'M GU3SS1NG Y3S
DO3S 4NYON3 H4V3 4NY SUGG3ST1ONS?

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Y3S!
1'V3 D13D 4BOUT 4 B1LL1ON T1M3S
1T 1S G3TT1NG PR3TTY BOR1NG!

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[Ugh he. Doesn't want to talk about this. But he can at least check up on her.]

WHERE ARE YOU NOW?

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1N MY ROOM!

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CAN I LIKE.
COME DOWN THERE?
OR.

[man this is awkward. he's pretty sure he never watched anything that touched on what happened when your lusus ate your girlfriend.]

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OF COURS3 YOU C4N, STUP1D!

[Wait until she finds out it's his!]

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[He takes a while to get down there. The guilt is kind of overbearing. But eventually, he arrives and manages to put on an awesome pokerface before he knocks.

Eight times.]

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[You'd think she'd be used to how embarrassing he is. But she's totally not.]

Hi!

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[He gives her a once over, looking a little perplexed.]

...you're awful cheerful. [Oh wow that was really dick, he immediately realizes.] I mean--ugh. That's not a bad thing. I just--

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[She rolls her eyes.]

Do you want me to mope?

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No. That's not what I meant. It came out wrong.

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What were you trying to say, then?

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I don't know, but it wasn't that.

[Something unpleasant feels like its crawling through his gut and he just wants to get up and walk back out of the room.]

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[She frowns, tilting her head.]

Are you okay?

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You--just got eaten. What the fuck. Of course I'm not ok!

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[She grins, rolling her eyes.]

I'm fine!

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How do you know that?

[Oh no. Word vomit. He can feel it. Keep it together, Vantas.]

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[What.]

What?

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With all the shit that's been happening--how do you know they didn't do something to her? Or to you, bringing you back? Or--

[He hasn't slept. He can't think. Its taking every ounce of his self control to keep his hands from shaking.]

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To her? Her who?

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[Oh. That was a slip. Well, it was a sincere slip, so he continues on the train of thought, still pale.]

The spider! I mean, if the Tower put the spider here in the first place, what if they're sicking her on people for a reason?

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Oh.

[She's... Frowning.]

Maybe.

[Annnd she's just going to reach for his hand.]

You are so jumpy!

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[He pulls his hand away and stands, moving to block her way to the door preemptively.]

It's not Vriska's lusus.

[He takes a deep, shaky breath, looking...well, pretty god damn pathetic. Here goes nothing.]

She's mine.

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[She actually doesn't make for the door at all. She's just sort of gaping at him blankly.]

What?

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You heard me.

[He does his best to not be a huge wriggler about this, but his jaw is twitching.]

You remember when they did all those freaky experiments, and they claimed they were sending rewards out afterward?

Well. She was mine. She's been here ever since.

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[WOW WHAT.

It takes her a second to process this, and then slowly but surely, the hurt starts to set in.]

Why didn't you tell me?