AUDIENCE: ALEX

[retellers]

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[retellers]

Definitely couldn't have known. [ they pause ] Kid hinted at it with some people, but it wasn't all his idea. Ask around if you want to know.

[chanteuser]

[ ... she didn't know him well at all, it's true. ]

Alright.

Would he have told someone who gave him that idea, though...?

[retellers]

Not in specifics.

[chanteuser]

... Right. I guess it's time to ask people to really think back through their memories before this place takes that knowledge from them.

[retellers]

... I guess.

[ they look so awkward. alex do not look for comfort here ]

[chanteuser]

[ ... she just looks at them. ]

...

You look like you want to run away.

[retellers]

[ frowning. with their mouth. ]

I don't run.

[chanteuser]

Power walk in the opposite direction, then.

... I'm not going to ask you for a hug, don't worry.

[retellers]

I meant... away. [ stop. they can run. ]

And I wouldn't give you one even if you did.

[chanteuser]

[ wolf. WOLF. you're so awkward. ]

I figured. Like I said, I'm not asking, so you can relax a bit? [ she'll even take a step back? proof she's not going to latch onto them? ]

[retellers]

I wasn't worried about it.

[ they seem so exasperated now even though this is their own fault ]

[chanteuser]

You're being really insistent about it?

[retellers]

You're the one who started talking about hugs, all of a sudden.

[chanteuser]

I was just saying I’m not about to suddenly run at you, or hug you or something. [ unclench? ] It’s just a thrown out there example.

Because you look like you want to crawl out a window.

[retellers]

No, I don't.

[ ... so there. ]

[chanteuser]

[ .................................... ]




[ she just sighs ]

Alright, I’ll take a hint. [ she points at the cake, which i hope wolf is still holding in the most awkward way possible. ] If you don’t like it, Rabbit might take it from you.

Thanks for talking with me.

[ and then i guess she’ll leave and let wolf not-run-or-power-walk off. ]