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[lingeringhope]

[Hope's voice is clear and clipped.]

If you would like to leave a message, you may do so here. I can't promise to respond. I have many demands on my time, and this sort of thing is far down the list. Still, if you would like to, you may.

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[lingeringhope]

Ah, a mind reader. I see.

You may ask a question.

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[save_theworld]

[Aww, no laugh?]

Do the books in the library come through the door too, or have they always been here?

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[lingeringhope]

[He's still working on that 'sense of humor' thing.]

Some came through the Door, some I made, some were already here.

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[save_theworld]

[Hope, dear, some things are more important than doors.]

So that's why there's so many things that I can't read. Could there be books from my world?

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[lingeringhope]

There might be. You could look for them.

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[save_theworld]

I will. It's a big library though.

[Unsurprising, considering-]

I have one more question first. If that's okay!

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[lingeringhope]

What is your question?

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[save_theworld]

If I guess your favorite fruit, can I have a date?

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[lingeringhope]

Is that also a joke?

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[save_theworld]

I thought it was funny? But it's not a joke.

We should date. It'll be fun.

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[lingeringhope]

Dating isn't something that we do.

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[save_theworld]

[Is he...rejecting a ten year old? That's cold.]

Why not? It's really fun, and then you get to the friendzone!

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[lingeringhope]

[It's ok he's still a little fuzzy on the whole child vs adult thing.]

What's the friendzone?

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[save_theworld]

It's where you go when you're going to be super good friends. Don't you want to be friends?

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[lingeringhope]

I am not very good at being friends.

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[save_theworld]

Okay. Well do you want to be friends?

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[save_theworld]

Even if you don't think you are, I think you're nice. We don't have to go on a date to be friends, it's just fun.

But I can be your friend without going on a date. Just don't tell anyone we broke the rules.

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[lingeringhope]

Oh. I didn't know there were rules. Is a date usually necessary to be friends for your kind? We don't do that.

However, if you can ignore it this time, I would not mind being friends.

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[save_theworld]

I think so? All the friends I made went on dates with me. But I can ignore it!

We can still hangout sometime if you want to.

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[lingeringhope]

What do you normally do when you 'hangout'?

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[save_theworld]

It depends on what you like! Sometimes we play games or give each other presents, and sometimes we go to the garbage dump. Fun stuff.

What do you do for fun?

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[lingeringhope]

I don't have much time for that sort of thing. I enjoy inspiring hope in others, if that counts.

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[save_theworld]

Me too! Hope is good.

I'm not very good at it, though. How do you inspire hope in others?

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[lingeringhope]

It seems that I am not very good at it either. People are always complaining.

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[save_theworld]

Really? Why? Because they're here???