You most certainly shouldn't. [ Approve rules that keep his daughter out of an unknown forest without supervision? Always. He accommodates the shift in position as ever he does, almost absent-mindedly.
Six days? They would have noticed that- people don't somehow miss out when Ikki's not talking, even with equalist movements and a relocation to the South Pole pulling on their attention, and their family couldn't overlook an empty space at all. She knows people here, she knows where she is, his 'life' is yellow-?
He's definitely not used to having to ask his children for the answers. He doesn't know what points to start on. And he's not entirely sure how accurate the answers Ikki would give are likely to really be. Tenzin takes a calming breath through his nose, turns his head to glance over his shoulder, and speaks up quietly. ]
Ikki, I need you to tell me everything that's happened.
[ Everything? Ikki looks surprised, before realizing, belatedly, that this is the part where she should give the speech. She automatically rewinds through the days, starting at the beginning because Tenzin is the one asking.
That doesn't mean she's talking slowly, but her father is more than used to her speed. ]
'Kay. I got here nine days ago and the first day was pretty nice and I met Grandpa and Katara and Uncle Sokka and Uncle Roku and Uncle Zuko and Appa and Momo, and also Vivi and Nomi and Luke and Shikamaru and Chien and Soren, who're all from different worlds than we are, 'cause we're on a port world, Katara explained that to me. And we're on a port world with docks for times as well as worlds so she's younger than she usually is with reaaaaaally pretty hair, and Grandpa Aang doesn't even have a beard! And Uncle Sokka gave me chocolate and soda that comes in a metal can instead of a bottle and said if I'm good he'll make me my own boomerang and teach me to use it and I can design it and maybe Aunt Toph will make me a statue of my head!
And then the next day I talked to Nami in her journal 'cause she talked about pinwheels and also the war a bit 'cause there's a war on which Katara told me about, it's between the Malnosso and the "Third Party" and it's about Shifts or something I'm not sure on the details but people fight in it sometimes, and I talked to Luke who was nice and promised to teach me magic - [ She faltered there, for a split second. And then went on. ]
And it was Nami's birthday party so we went, and it was in a mikan grove, which are sort of like oranges, and I played hide-and-seek tag with Vivi and met Luffy who Katara said I could trust always and he's a pirate who will be the Pirate King except right now he's a girl 'cause of an experiment which is what happens to people sometimes here 'cause the Malnosso are practicing their shifts.
And the day after that I drew pictures and wrote an entry and talked to lots and lots of new people - Sifu Raine and Yotsuba and Ven and Pao-Lin and Smoker who's in a navy like Uncle Bumi and Jeb and Rapunzel who's starting an art club with me and who's a princess like Vivi - and Masaomi Kida who's Katara's friend and who has a pokemon which are animals from another world who can bend kinda and Lupin who I promised I'd save a brownie for 'cause it was Katara's birthday and she's seventeen now and we had a beach party and I got to wear the swimsuit she got for me when we went shopping on the first day. But before that I talked to Dr. Eggman who builds robots and shampoos his moustache which looks like nose hair to me and talked to Peter Parker who says soda is okay in moderation but not to have lots and someone weird posted and said I was boring which was rude.
And then at the party I met more people like Zoro who's really big and ugly right now and has a bad sense of direction but Vivi says it's just an experiment that he's ugly but that his hair was always green - and Vivi's hair is blue, and Nami has really bright orange hair and did I tell you Luffy's made of rubber and can tie her nose up only normally she's a guy but experiment - so anyway I painted GranGran a picture for her birthday and she said she loved it and I made Aunt Toph wire pictures before the party 'cause she can't see my drawings and we hung lots of them up all around the party so she could see them too and we put some up around the house later. And there was cake, and cookies, only some of the cookies tasted spicy like peppers, and lots of things. And I talked to lots of people and met Trafalgar who looks like he's from the Water Tribe but isn't, and it was a really fun day. And Jinora and Asami both got here that day so they came home with us and it was nice!
And then the next day I talked to Patty who's a pirate who came here in a washtub although I didn't know washtubs floated, and then I talked to a guy who can make magic not work who wanted to know our favourite foods and we might put on a play but I dunno if we will, and I talked to Beast who wants to do a puzzle so we did that last Thursday 'cause it was fun and he's actually sort of half an animal I've never seen - did I tell you the animals talk here and Shikamaru says in our world the animals are like two of his animals? And so anyway then I heard about Luke - Luke had died, and I learned about the week limit, where if you die you come back in a week. And I talked to Grandpa, and he gave me these.
[ Ikki paused her monologue to touch the prayer beads, a little smile playing on her lips. ]
And then Aunt Lin got here and I talked to someone who thought this place is boring when it isn't 'cause how could it be?
And then the next day I went out with Grandpa Aang and we got lemonade at a stand, and then I talked to Hubert who was a New Feather - a New Feather is someone like you, daddy, who just got here, and I was one when I got here, and I guess I still am 'cause I'm still new - and anyway then I talked to Silver who has red hair even though his name is Silver, and Temari who had just gotten back, and then I went to get the Super Sister Celebratory Surprise cake with Vivi at Sanji's restaurant and it turns out both his eyebrows swirl, and then I went to Tanabata which is a festival here and on lots of Earths and I made wishes on paper and tied them to a tree and Grandpa lifted me up to do it and then I watched Chien and Soren battle Masaomi and Linda and Chien lost and Soren was hurt but it was still amazing and I think they'll be okay and I meet Chien most afternoons to practice reading and writing and he's nice and thirteen and also there were fireworks!
And then the next day I talked to Asch, who lives in a world with magic called fonons, and it was really interesting and I wanna talk to him again soon. And then the day after that I talked to Abel and then I talked to someone named Jay who wouldn't tell me his age so I told him he's fifty-seven and will be fifty-eight next year and then to Steve about SHIELD which is an organization not a shield although he has one of those too and then to Xzana who needed to go to the river and I told her I'd bring her food every afternoon, and then Korra got here with Tarrlok and she doesn't even remember he's creepy.
And I talked to Sue and she asked me my age and then wouldn't tell me hers and people shouldn't ask if they're not gonna tell but then she did and it's a secret so I can't tell you! And then I saved Lee from falling out of the sky and then I asked Hiccup to build us airbending gates but don't tell anyone 'cause it's a secret surprise for everyone and he said he could do it but might need Uncle Sokka's help and then I rescued Eiko from a tree. And then Grandpa introduced me to Moro when we were washing Appa, that's this huuuuuuuge wolf spirit, and that was fun, although Moro isn't very friendly but that's okay. And Korra and Asami moved out 'cause they did and I haven't been to their house yet but I bet it's nice.
[ Okay that's most of it, what else? Quick breath, and then we're in the home stretch. ]
And I do airbending practice for a few hours everyday with Grandpa and Uncle Roku and Jinora and now Korra, and Korra's wondering about boys still, and we have family dinners every night, and Sifu Raine said I could go to school when it starts back up!
This is Luceti, and we're stuck here, and your bending will be at half power 'cause of the Barrier which is a Shift and that's what it does, and your wings are your life and if they get hurt you get hurt and if them come off you die and then come back in a week I guess and everything here is free 'cause there isn't money and I live in a house with everyone and share a room with Jinora and I think that's everything.
[ She finally, finally stops talking, and looks up at her father expectantly, having told him everything. ]
[ ...so many words. So many things he needs to know for a) official situation-assessing purposes and b) protective fatherly purposes, and why are his ears not fast enough for this. ]
[ BUT HE STILL TRIES VALIANTLY, and he picks out what he can pre-and-post quick breath.
Names that are horribly familiar and impossible to consider, who haven't done her any harm, at the least, from what he understands- someone died, who is Luke, 'Grandpa Aang' again, something about eyebrows, Korra and Tarrlok (well, that's wonderful, wait, why doesn't she remember- yes, he'd been helpful but that hardly makes him less... Tarrlok), Lin, funny hair colors, meeting a giant wolf (?! relevant, and Appa and Momo... this is just ridiculous in scale), Asami (how many of them will there be?), something about hiccups that he's supposed to keep secret and honestly he's losing track for all the effort he's putting into this. The majority of what she says post-refueling-breath is easier to catch.
Still practicing her bending, that's good. It's best to keep up training, especially when one doesn't know what might be coming next. ]
It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. He expects now is a prime opportunity to have a seat on the closest bench and blink. Someone had to have told her where she is, but is the information coming out correctly and properly understood? His daughters are very intelligent, but some things... some things are more complicated than even that allows for.
When in doubt, be dryly amused. ]
Are you sure that's everything? [ Okay, okay. ] I appreciate the... thorough answer. Thank you.
Jinora? Yep! She's probably at home, or at the library. [ Ikki doesn't keep track of her older sister, okay? The library is a place she goes to if she needs to unearth Jinora, though. ] But mommy and Meelo and Rohan aren't.
[ Oh also ] D'you have your journal? I can show you how to video post and voice post and well you know how to write already, and I know a little about filtering but I'm no good at it. That's when you make it so only certain people can see. You should probably let Katara know you're here 'cause we'll have to make more for dinner and set an extra place. [ MUNDANE CONCERNS GO ]
[ Good, back to sentences he can make out. Bad, three of the six of them.
And his mother. Who is being called Katara. That one gets a dubious eyebrow up, actually, because any time someone calls your mother by her name (regardless of their status as grandchild or not), it's a little odd. Also, what. Is a video post. He pulls the journal out of whatever sort of pocket they could feasibly keep them in and holds it up questioningly. He doesn't imagine this will make much sense, either. ]
But daddy, she only ever wants to read in the library. [ Huffy whiny tone? Is a go. ] Besides, I don't leave the town unless someone's with me, and I know lots of the people and I always have my journal! [ pout. ]
[ But distraction! She takes the journal, cheerfully, and opens it up. ] Kay, so this is the main place you want to be. You do this for a voice post [ Demonstrating without hitting the things ] this for a video [ SAME THING ] and for writing you just write. [ Hang on, she probably has an extra pen or crayon or something...Oh, here. Ikki gives Tenzin a pink marker. ] And for filters and stuff, Uncle Sokka's probably better at it, 'cause I've never bothered.
[ That won't fly forever, young lady. Be prepared for that day. Just look at these highly disapproving eyebrows. Companionship over boredom, Ikki.
But very good, not leaving the town.
For now... this is something to get involved in educating himself about. These journals are apparently important (and with what she's saying combined with the little he saw of it otherwise, it's useful), and it would be foolish not to know how to utilize them. She really seems to know what she's doing.
There's even something to write with, that's kind of her. ] Thank you. And this ends up... broadcast.
[ Poke poke poke. Intriguing is a nice tame word for this part of the greater picture. ]
[ She's normally with someone, gosh dad. Just normally not Jinora, but one of her many other friends.
It is kind of her to give him her pink marker. Obviously he wants his first impression on Luceti to be bright pink, right? ] Yep! Everyone in Luceti has one of these. That's why I always have mine - but I guess they find you if you don't? I'm not sure - so that if I need anything I can ask, and if anyone needs me - like Katara or Grandpa - they can get me really quick.
There's a guide in there somewhere but I've only read a little bit of it. It's kinda long. And I have to ask Katara and Grandpa for more explanations whenever I start in on it, but I'm trying to read it, 'cause it's important.
[ Stranger danger. But there are safety measures of some sort in play, from... Katara and Grandpa. No, nothing about this is right at all. He'd wonder if this isn't Ikki at all, but the wall of information he only comprehended partially begs to differ. He nods along with the explanation. Thank the powers that be, there's some sort of guide. ]
That's a smart decision. [ Definitely sincere. His children are the best children, that's the lesson of the season. ] You've been very helpful; I'm proud of you.
[ Voice button... aha. Time to start summoning his plucky female companions. ]
[ Ikki apparently has the supernatural ability to befriend almost everyone, Tenzin, no worries. It's like her endless store of questions just chips away at people until they give up and let her talk to them whenever.
She grins, and starts reciting other house rules, just because. ] I'm also not supposed to use the teleporters without Grandpa or Katara or someone! An' I have to be home to help with dinner, 'cause that's a family meal. And I always have to let someone know where I'm going! And I have a bedtime, and I'm only allowed to have candy and soda sometimes.
[ Okay basically she adores it when she makes her daddy proud. Be prouder, Tenzin~! ] Yep! I know lots, right? I'm gonna be an expert.
[ Granted, the soda/candy rules happened after Sokka gave her both the first day she got here, uh. ]
Well, some people've been here for years, but some leave pretty fast. [ ...She's not sure what group they're in, but honestly, she likes Luceti. Her grandfather is here. ] Anyway, I like it! 'Cept we still need Mommy and Rohan and Meelo.
Oh, well, there's the war and experiments and stuff, but there's also a school and family and you don't stay dead, so I guess that's that, although I dunno what happens if you die of old age 'cause wouldn't you just come back and then it would happen again?
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Six days? They would have noticed that- people don't somehow miss out when Ikki's not talking, even with equalist movements and a relocation to the South Pole pulling on their attention, and their family couldn't overlook an empty space at all. She knows people here, she knows where she is, his 'life' is yellow-?
He's definitely not used to having to ask his children for the answers. He doesn't know what points to start on. And he's not entirely sure how accurate the answers Ikki would give are likely to really be. Tenzin takes a calming breath through his nose, turns his head to glance over his shoulder, and speaks up quietly. ]
Ikki, I need you to tell me everything that's happened.
1/IDK YET
That doesn't mean she's talking slowly, but her father is more than used to her speed. ]
'Kay. I got here nine days ago and the first day was pretty nice and I met Grandpa and Katara and Uncle Sokka and Uncle Roku and Uncle Zuko and Appa and Momo, and also Vivi and Nomi and Luke and Shikamaru and Chien and Soren, who're all from different worlds than we are, 'cause we're on a port world, Katara explained that to me. And we're on a port world with docks for times as well as worlds so she's younger than she usually is with reaaaaaally pretty hair, and Grandpa Aang doesn't even have a beard! And Uncle Sokka gave me chocolate and soda that comes in a metal can instead of a bottle and said if I'm good he'll make me my own boomerang and teach me to use it and I can design it and maybe Aunt Toph will make me a statue of my head!
And then the next day I talked to Nami in her journal 'cause she talked about pinwheels and also the war a bit 'cause there's a war on which Katara told me about, it's between the Malnosso and the "Third Party" and it's about Shifts or something I'm not sure on the details but people fight in it sometimes, and I talked to Luke who was nice and promised to teach me magic - [ She faltered there, for a split second. And then went on. ]
And it was Nami's birthday party so we went, and it was in a mikan grove, which are sort of like oranges, and I played hide-and-seek tag with Vivi and met Luffy who Katara said I could trust always and he's a pirate who will be the Pirate King except right now he's a girl 'cause of an experiment which is what happens to people sometimes here 'cause the Malnosso are practicing their shifts.
And the day after that I drew pictures and wrote an entry and talked to lots and lots of new people - Sifu Raine and Yotsuba and Ven and Pao-Lin and Smoker who's in a navy like Uncle Bumi and Jeb and Rapunzel who's starting an art club with me and who's a princess like Vivi - and Masaomi Kida who's Katara's friend and who has a pokemon which are animals from another world who can bend kinda and Lupin who I promised I'd save a brownie for 'cause it was Katara's birthday and she's seventeen now and we had a beach party and I got to wear the swimsuit she got for me when we went shopping on the first day. But before that I talked to Dr. Eggman who builds robots and shampoos his moustache which looks like nose hair to me and talked to Peter Parker who says soda is okay in moderation but not to have lots and someone weird posted and said I was boring which was rude.
2/idk
And then at the party I met more people like Zoro who's really big and ugly right now and has a bad sense of direction but Vivi says it's just an experiment that he's ugly but that his hair was always green - and Vivi's hair is blue, and Nami has really bright orange hair and did I tell you Luffy's made of rubber and can tie her nose up only normally she's a guy but experiment - so anyway I painted GranGran a picture for her birthday and she said she loved it and I made Aunt Toph wire pictures before the party 'cause she can't see my drawings and we hung lots of them up all around the party so she could see them too and we put some up around the house later. And there was cake, and cookies, only some of the cookies tasted spicy like peppers, and lots of things. And I talked to lots of people and met Trafalgar who looks like he's from the Water Tribe but isn't, and it was a really fun day. And Jinora and Asami both got here that day so they came home with us and it was nice!
And then the next day I talked to Patty who's a pirate who came here in a washtub although I didn't know washtubs floated, and then I talked to a guy who can make magic not work who wanted to know our favourite foods and we might put on a play but I dunno if we will, and I talked to Beast who wants to do a puzzle so we did that last Thursday 'cause it was fun and he's actually sort of half an animal I've never seen - did I tell you the animals talk here and Shikamaru says in our world the animals are like two of his animals? And so anyway then I heard about Luke - Luke had died, and I learned about the week limit, where if you die you come back in a week. And I talked to Grandpa, and he gave me these.
[ Ikki paused her monologue to touch the prayer beads, a little smile playing on her lips. ]
3/4
And then Aunt Lin got here and I talked to someone who thought this place is boring when it isn't 'cause how could it be?
And then the next day I went out with Grandpa Aang and we got lemonade at a stand, and then I talked to Hubert who was a New Feather - a New Feather is someone like you, daddy, who just got here, and I was one when I got here, and I guess I still am 'cause I'm still new - and anyway then I talked to Silver who has red hair even though his name is Silver, and Temari who had just gotten back, and then I went to get the Super Sister Celebratory Surprise cake with Vivi at Sanji's restaurant and it turns out both his eyebrows swirl, and then I went to Tanabata which is a festival here and on lots of Earths and I made wishes on paper and tied them to a tree and Grandpa lifted me up to do it and then I watched Chien and Soren battle Masaomi and Linda and Chien lost and Soren was hurt but it was still amazing and I think they'll be okay and I meet Chien most afternoons to practice reading and writing and he's nice and thirteen and also there were fireworks!
And then the next day I talked to Asch, who lives in a world with magic called fonons, and it was really interesting and I wanna talk to him again soon. And then the day after that I talked to Abel and then I talked to someone named Jay who wouldn't tell me his age so I told him he's fifty-seven and will be fifty-eight next year and then to Steve about SHIELD which is an organization not a shield although he has one of those too and then to Xzana who needed to go to the river and I told her I'd bring her food every afternoon, and then Korra got here with Tarrlok and she doesn't even remember he's creepy.
And I talked to Sue and she asked me my age and then wouldn't tell me hers and people shouldn't ask if they're not gonna tell but then she did and it's a secret so I can't tell you! And then I saved Lee from falling out of the sky and then I asked Hiccup to build us airbending gates but don't tell anyone 'cause it's a secret surprise for everyone and he said he could do it but might need Uncle Sokka's help and then I rescued Eiko from a tree. And then Grandpa introduced me to Moro when we were washing Appa, that's this huuuuuuuge wolf spirit, and that was fun, although Moro isn't very friendly but that's okay. And Korra and Asami moved out 'cause they did and I haven't been to their house yet but I bet it's nice.
4/4 END
And I do airbending practice for a few hours everyday with Grandpa and Uncle Roku and Jinora and now Korra, and Korra's wondering about boys still, and we have family dinners every night, and Sifu Raine said I could go to school when it starts back up!
This is Luceti, and we're stuck here, and your bending will be at half power 'cause of the Barrier which is a Shift and that's what it does, and your wings are your life and if they get hurt you get hurt and if them come off you die and then come back in a week I guess and everything here is free 'cause there isn't money and I live in a house with everyone and share a room with Jinora and I think that's everything.
[ She finally, finally stops talking, and looks up at her father expectantly, having told him everything. ]
1/ like 6 because WHY NOT.
Suddenly, WORDS. ]
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Names that are horribly familiar and impossible to consider, who haven't done her any harm, at the least, from what he understands- someone died, who is Luke, 'Grandpa Aang' again, something about eyebrows, Korra and Tarrlok (well, that's wonderful, wait, why doesn't she remember- yes, he'd been helpful but that hardly makes him less... Tarrlok), Lin, funny hair colors, meeting a giant wolf (?! relevant, and Appa and Momo... this is just ridiculous in scale), Asami (how many of them will there be?), something about hiccups that he's supposed to keep secret and honestly he's losing track for all the effort he's putting into this. The majority of what she says post-refueling-breath is easier to catch.
Still practicing her bending, that's good. It's best to keep up training, especially when one doesn't know what might be coming next. ]
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why is Korra wondering about boys she should clearly not be involved with them until she's in her mid to late twenties ]
5/6 I weep for this beautiful family
It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever. He expects now is a prime opportunity to have a seat on the closest bench and blink. Someone had to have told her where she is, but is the information coming out correctly and properly understood? His daughters are very intelligent, but some things... some things are more complicated than even that allows for.
When in doubt, be dryly amused. ]
Are you sure that's everything? [ Okay, okay. ] I appreciate the... thorough answer. Thank you.
[ Y e p still no idea where to start. ]
6/6 done omg
Did you say your sister is here as well?
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[ Oh also ] D'you have your journal? I can show you how to video post and voice post and well you know how to write already, and I know a little about filtering but I'm no good at it. That's when you make it so only certain people can see. You should probably let Katara know you're here 'cause we'll have to make more for dinner and set an extra place. [ MUNDANE CONCERNS GO ]
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And his mother. Who is being called Katara. That one gets a dubious eyebrow up, actually, because any time someone calls your mother by her name (regardless of their status as grandchild or not), it's a little odd. Also, what. Is a video post. He pulls the journal out of whatever sort of pocket they could feasibly keep them in and holds it up questioningly. He doesn't imagine this will make much sense, either. ]
You should be staying close to Jinora.
[ Safety in... airbending numbers. Naturally. ]
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[ But distraction! She takes the journal, cheerfully, and opens it up. ] Kay, so this is the main place you want to be. You do this for a voice post [ Demonstrating without hitting the things ] this for a video [ SAME THING ] and for writing you just write. [ Hang on, she probably has an extra pen or crayon or something...Oh, here. Ikki gives Tenzin a pink marker. ] And for filters and stuff, Uncle Sokka's probably better at it, 'cause I've never bothered.
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But very good, not leaving the town.
For now... this is something to get involved in educating himself about. These journals are apparently important (and with what she's saying combined with the little he saw of it otherwise, it's useful), and it would be foolish not to know how to utilize them. She really seems to know what she's doing.
There's even something to write with, that's kind of her. ] Thank you. And this ends up... broadcast.
[ Poke poke poke. Intriguing is a nice tame word for this part of the greater picture. ]
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It is kind of her to give him her pink marker. Obviously he wants his first impression on Luceti to be bright pink, right? ] Yep! Everyone in Luceti has one of these. That's why I always have mine - but I guess they find you if you don't? I'm not sure - so that if I need anything I can ask, and if anyone needs me - like Katara or Grandpa - they can get me really quick.
There's a guide in there somewhere but I've only read a little bit of it. It's kinda long. And I have to ask Katara and Grandpa for more explanations whenever I start in on it, but I'm trying to read it, 'cause it's important.
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That's a smart decision. [ Definitely sincere. His children are the best children, that's the lesson of the season. ] You've been very helpful; I'm proud of you.
[ Voice button... aha. Time to start summoning his plucky female companions. ]
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She grins, and starts reciting other house rules, just because. ] I'm also not supposed to use the teleporters without Grandpa or Katara or someone! An' I have to be home to help with dinner, 'cause that's a family meal. And I always have to let someone know where I'm going! And I have a bedtime, and I'm only allowed to have candy and soda sometimes.
[ Okay basically she adores it when she makes her daddy proud. Be prouder, Tenzin~! ] Yep! I know lots, right? I'm gonna be an expert.
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Hm. Hopefully not through an extended stay. [ Must obviously parentbend through to the South Pole. ]
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Well, some people've been here for years, but some leave pretty fast. [ ...She's not sure what group they're in, but honestly, she likes Luceti. Her grandfather is here. ] Anyway, I like it! 'Cept we still need Mommy and Rohan and Meelo.
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I think it's for the best that there are fewer of us right now.
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Why's that?
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That's an interesting question. [ True. One he is hoping not to get to see answered. ]