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[oorah]

𝓜𝓻. 𝓜𝓪𝔂𝓸𝓻

𝖙𝖊𝖝𝖙, 𝖛𝖎𝖉𝖊𝖔 (𝔲𝔫;𝖍𝖔𝖙𝖉𝖔𝖌)

𝖆𝖈𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 (𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖘𝖆𝖋𝖊 𝖍𝖔𝖚𝖘𝖊)

𝖋𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙 𝖈𝖑𝖚𝖇 𝖛𝖕 (𝔰𝔞𝔣𝔢 𝔥𝔬𝔲𝔰𝔢 𝔤𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔤𝔢)

𝖈𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖑𝖊𝕮𝖆𝖘𝖙𝖑𝖊 𝖑𝖔𝖔𝕶𝖔𝖚𝖙 (𝔦𝔫𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔬𝔯)

𝖔𝖈𝖈𝖚𝖕𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓 (𝖘𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖕𝖆𝖙𝖍 𝖙𝖊𝖈𝖍 : ₁₀₋₃ | 𝖕𝖆𝖙𝖗𝖔𝖑 : ₁₁₋₇ | 𝖋𝖔𝖔𝖉 𝖕𝖗𝖊𝖕)

𝖛𝖔𝖑𝖚𝖓𝖙𝖊𝖊𝖗 (𝔭𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔬𝔫, 𝔠𝔩𝔦𝔫𝔦𝔠, 𝔥𝔬𝔰𝔭𝔦𝔱𝔞𝔩)

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[oorah]

hotdog. but you knew that already because you read my packet.

have any more questions, wanda?

[hext]

[ she could leave it here, she supposes. this is what she wanted. for now. but... ]

why hotdog?

[oorah]

it's a joke.

or it started out that way. doesn't matter.

[hext]

it does matter.

[ not because she needs to know the meaning, but because: ]

humor matters. there are... so many children here.

[ if for no other reason than that; it's reason enough. someone in charge, with information, appreciates the need to prompt an odd, wry smile in a stranger, perhaps.

it matters. ]

[oorah]

i didn't take it seriously because i didn't think i'd be here long.

joke was on me in the end. [ he hopes she's luckier ]

there are a lot of kids here. we all do our best to keep them safe.

[hext]

do any of them belong to you? your home.

[oorah]

no. not like that.

[hext]

[ in a different way, then, she intuits.

wanda's heart twists momentarily, the unease and concern overwhelming her as she rarely permits, one swathe of intense red cutting across her vision. no parents and offspring among the new arrivals.

yet billy had called her mother... what is she to make of it? how much do they belong to one another? (how much of that is wise?) ]

you say you keep them safe. tell me how to help.

[oorah]

i just look out for them. make sure they're fed and they've got clothes and something to occupy their minds.

if you know any kids that are still living in community housing you can soundproof their rooms. that kind of thing. every kid's different, you know? it's hard to say what might bring em comfort.

[hext]

[ wanda considers this... how it aligns with some of the plans she had circling around at least two or three of them.

she considers making this man an ally. even a friend. ]

a boy named billy; a girl named eleven. i met them when i arrived. they're new, like me.

please take care with them, if you see them.

[ wanda will do the same with the rest. ]

[oorah]

i met billy on the network. i was going to bring him some stuff. do you know him?

eleven isn't new. well. she was here before. that happens sometimes.

[hext]

he knows me.

[ she hopes that says enough, for now. ]

before. does she remember?

[oorah]

i'll make sure he's good. i promise.

i don't know. i should talk to her. we were close before.

[hext]

thank you.

she may be comforted by that. her arrival was... difficult.

[oorah]

you were with her?

[ he kind of slept thru all of that. which on the one hand yay and on the other gives him yet another reason to feel like a terrible person ]

[hext]

i made sure she was safe.

[ translation: don't worry. at least not overly so. ]

[oorah]

[ his turn: ] thanks

[hext]

[ the "you're welcome" goes unspoken. a given. ]

i will see about further soundproofing materials tomorrow.

i work construction in the mornings. if you need me.

[ and that is a wanda farewell. ]

[oorah]

ok i'm on sandpaths

i'll see you out there [ hotdog over and out ]