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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]

Very well. Come here when you are in need and I will provide it.

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[hasitsthorns]

Wait.

[ This isn't- ]

What do I need to do for you, dude? I'm not gonna' take it without giving something back.

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[lingeringhope]

If it's something you genuinely need to survive, I don't require payment. That's always how it has been - I don't ask for favors in exchange for food.

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[hasitsthorns]

I mean, I technically... don't. I'd starve to death, yeah, but it'd take like. Centuries.

So, it's cool. Let me help out if I can. I don't wanna' feel like a free loader or anything.

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[lingeringhope]

If you wish to, I won't tell you no. Generally I ask people to kill monsters or to spread hope. Which would you prefer?

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[hasitsthorns]

I'm not exactly a ray of sunshine these days, so. Gonna' go with the killing monsters. That's more my speed.

[ A pause, then- ]

So, like. It really doesn't bother you? That I eat people? They're not... my kind, exactly. But I act like them, so. Gets a little weird, sometimes.

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[lingeringhope]

Very well. A trade, then? Kill a monster and I will give you enough for a few weeks.

[He looks a little confused by the question.]

I have long since stopped trying to anticipate what would be weird or not for all of you. Some are horrified by the idea of eating others, some need it to survive. It makes no difference to me.

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[hasitsthorns]

How about I kill a monster a week and you give me enough for a week.

[ That seems... more fair to her. Besides, if she can help thin out the crowd of monsters then she'd be happy to. ]

Your kind don't each other though, right? Like... is it weird for you guys? I don't really know how ya'll work.

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[lingeringhope]

Very well. It's a deal.

[If she wants to do more, he isn't going to stop her.]

We don't eat each other. We don't eat at all.

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[hasitsthorns]

Sweet, thanks dude.

[ That easy. Well. It wasn't that easy, actually, considering it took her a year and some change to even get to the point of asking him in the first place but. Hey. She got here eventually, didn't she? ]

And- right. I forget you guys don't... function like we do. You're actually clouds, right? Or like some kind of... energy bubbles. You can smack me if this is offensive or too invasive, by the way.

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[lingeringhope]

No, that is accurate enough from your perspective.

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[hasitsthorns]

Alright, cool. That's... cool.

Do you guys feel, like, pain? And stuff? I know you got feelings, but.

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[lingeringhope]

We can, yes. Perhaps not as easily as you.

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[hasitsthorns]

But you can. That's- I mean, that's not good to know, but.

I'll do everything I can to make sure it doesn't happen. It's the least I can do, after all you guys have done for me.

[ Ew. Feelings. ]

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[lingeringhope]

Thank you. I appreciate the consideration, and your efforts.