051: But I Can Safely Say that I Should Have Been Sleeping the Day Away

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[Hei is smoldering. Not in the emotional sense--in the literal sense. Smoke is seeping from a patch on his shoulder and his hair, and there are still a few glowing embers in the hood of his green coat. He's also covered in dust and rubble. Fortunately he's pretty much uninjured, aside from a few random bruises.]

Contractors. What were they thinking? But it can't be the...

[He heaves a sigh, his expression halfway between bemusement and exasperation.] What a day...and if that was really the mansion bef--ow!

[He slaps at the back of his neck, dislodging a few embers, which wink out finally as they fall to the Plane floor.]