[she's starting to understand why he's such a weird gremlin about food, maybe...]
... Hate to admit it, but we might actually have something in common. I've been on my own since I was little, so I kinda know what it's like to have to take care of yourself.
They're... sort of like devices used to perform magic. Their cores look like gemstones. Like this. [she gestures to the red-jeweled choker on her neck.]
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So even while getting paid more, you can barely afford to eat every day? That's screwed up.
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That stuff was just when I was a kid. [so it's fine!]
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[she's starting to understand why he's such a weird gremlin about food, maybe...]
... Hate to admit it, but we might actually have something in common. I've been on my own since I was little, so I kinda know what it's like to have to take care of yourself.
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So when'd you start livin' on your own? [he's arranging the cut pieces of fallen tree into a nice stack and the branches into another]
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Most of the people who paid attention to me afterward wanted to make me do crap for 'em. Woulda rather've just been me and Pochita on our own.
You have a buddy like that?
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...the blastia.
[it comes out as a mutter.]
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[yeah, rita's childhood friends are rocks.]
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[Denji leans in to takes a look at it]
It's pretty. Better'n nothin', right? [and sometimes even nothing is better than the alternative]
Help me carry these back to the apartments. [he scoops up an armful of log pieces]
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H, hey, I didn't agree to any heavy lifting!
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B'sides, all this thinkin' about the past is making my head hot. Helps to focus on somethin' else like carrying some wood around. Smells nice, too.
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Whatever, I guess I'm going that way, anyway.
[she can't carry much, but she picks up a few.]
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