aleph, alpha, primus; one.

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[She’s wearing boots, toes against the ground, eyes shut. Sometimes it’s easier to see that way. People talking, and talking, and not saying anything because it’s too far away to hear. She just walks for a few minutes, arms outstretched, but not bumping into anything. Maybe she’s acclimating, maybe it’s just a game. She’s murmuring numbers to herself, calculating the steps or just spitting out equations, who knows? It’s hard to tell from the outside.

And then her eyes snap open and she glances at the stars, with just a touch of annoyance.] That’s wrong. The stars aren’t in sequence, we’ll have to redecorate. Calculate the masses and rearrange them into the proper orbits. [Her tone gets downright accusing.] You can’t break the sky.

[She spins a little, getting the full view of the Plane. And River Disapproves. She lets her hand graze a chair.] You have to consider the structure as a whole. Pieces and shards can’t be shaken back into the whole; constructing arguments won’t put them together again.

[And, finally, she stares down at the ground and her boots, a little blankly.] I followed where they took me. Here isn’t anywhere, it shouldn’t work like that. Doesn’t work like that. You’re not following the natural order.

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Uh...

[ Sefton is going to stand over here for a minute, trying to figure out what this girl's going on about. He kind of gets it, but that still leaves him unsure of how to reply. ]

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[Just... looks at him. Expectantly. He could put a sentence together! And then they would be on common footing.]

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[ The look has him fighting back some sullen looks. ]

What?

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Syntax is traditional.

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So is sense.

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[...

Have a glare. Don't imply she doesn't make sense, it's impolite.]

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[ He'll imply whatever he darn well pleases. ]

What?

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[Well then he might get his foot stomped on.]

You lost something.

[Like his MANNERS.]

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[ He frowns a little. Not that he's particularly worried about a lost object, since he's friends with a living item finder, but hey. ]

Like what?

[ and because I am an idiot, have the standard Sefton disclaimer ]

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Can't tell. [And she's a brat.]

[]

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[ ... Right. Nngh. Time for a subject change. ]

New here?

[ y-yeah I am sorry for derpitude there and forgetting ]

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[:| :| :| :|] I followed the signs.

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S' that... yes? No? Maybe?

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[This face. What do you THINK.]

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[ ... shut up. X|! ]

Y'can go back by thinking about it.

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[She didn't say anything. :|]

Yes.

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[ A picture's worth a thousand words. :|

... and he just kind of rolls his eyes. ]

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[Well, she could roll her eyes back, but she's going to take the mature route.

SOMEONE has to. It's not her fault he clearly needed that statement confirmed.]

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... not gonna try it?

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I'm not ready.

[She sees through your obvious ploy to get her to leave. SO THERE.]

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[ Actually he's wondering why anyone would really want to stick around in this crazy house with someone they are obviously not getting along with, until he... realizes. Crazy house + crazy person. Probably works out pretty well.

So! He shrugs. ]

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You could.

[In case he didn't realize.]

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Already know how it works.

[ And he was totally here first. ]

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[But River's prettier.

So there.]

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[ Age Seniority before beauty. Hmph. ]