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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]

Yes, I can provide that.

In exchange, tell me of the time you were most hopeful.

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[unnature]

[Huh. Not what she expected.]

lemme think

[Wait, fuck. This is delving into some Backstory she doesn't want to just give out as leverage over her.

Maybe she can be vague.]

i was a kid. nearly double digits, really counting on that big one zero to come soon
i met this other little girl who had some kind of power
we thought maybe if we used this little girls power, we could fix the things that were wrong with us
things that marked us as different
so we set up what we needed
and we did what we could

[It didn't work out. And that's not the whole story, anyway.]

i really thought she could turn me into something special
or i was told that anyway
i was a kid, you know

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[lingeringhope]

[The gods don't really care about leverage, it's the emotion that they want - or the memory of it. A little boost of power so they can make what they've been asked for.]

Thank you.

You will receive your lidocaine tomorrow.

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[unnature]

oh thank the gods that was enough
not you
well i mean
kind of you
whatever, thanks

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[lingeringhope]

You are welcome. Let me know when you need more.