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I'm never telling you shit ever again. Go back to being pathetic. That was better.

(This peptalk SUCKS, Talis. IT SUCKS!!!)

No it wasn't, and you know it.

[Small strides on not taking what she's saying so personally it deflates his mood immediately.]

... Yeah, it wasn't, actually.

(But him trying to cheer her up is not great, please, she just needs a milkshake and some patience, okay?)

... Any questions, anyway? I know too much about you, you know... Just whatever I told you now about me. I'll answer 2, for data-gathering.

Wait, what do you mean you know too much about me? What do you know? Specifically.

[Probably not how she intended him to use his questions.]

There goes one question.

Very well. Let's see. I mostly don't listen to you because it is a huge bummer, so here is what I did pick up. From my understanding of your thoughts, you truly think of others and how you can improve lives with knowledge and innovation, and from your point of view, it is an altruistic choice. You're really, really anxious, I'm pretty sure from what I picked up once or twice that you think there are a lot of forces bringing you down from all sides, and there are things you wish the others understood but they can't, because some things seem to be cemented and you just represent them.

Also, you really care about that thin dude. Keep asking yourself where he is at. For some goddamn reason. I wasn't listening.

[Okay, so not the worst things about him. Or she's being nice and holding those back.

He's nodding along a little like he's getting his fortune told, nothing he would really argue against. It's a fair assessment, although maybe even a little too flattering. She must be holding some things back...

And then when she mentions Viktor as he's picking up one of the last fries, he uses it to point at her when he speaks.]

Okay, keep minding your business on that last part.

(She's holding off, yes, including her opinion that magic sucks and altruism needs to be closely checked because it can fuck everyone over. But this isn't a 'mutantkind goes through so much shit' conversation, so he gets spared.

Instead, she snorts at the fry pointing.)

It's not that juicy, really doesn't get my 'not minding my business' brain going. Nothing to worry about.

Fine. Good.

[He eats the fry.]

I guess you're right about the rest.

Course I am. It's a gift and a curse.

(A joke? Maybe? Doesn't matter, she shrugs.)

This place sucks for me, by the way. It's quiet.

First I'm too noisy, now it's too quiet? Make up your mind.

No, dummy. You're noisy. Etraya itself has like, what, a hundred people. I'm used to millions. Environment, quiet, you? Need to drink more chamomile tea.

[Ignoring the tea comment.]

And you miss the noise. Can't say I get that.

[But if she misses it, she misses it.]

I've never been without the noise. It's fucking eerie.

(But she knows that she isn't the most relatable person in the planet, even to the telepaths. Go figure.)

Do you want your 2 questions or not?

Can I save them for later? Putting me on the spot right now with this.

You think I'm going to be this generous later? Doubtful.

Please?

[He's trying to be cute. Is it working.]

(Hah! No.)

Nope, you're losing your two questions in five... Four... Three...

I- I don’t know. You told me a lot about you just now— way more than I expected to learn. You told me about your colleagues, your sisters, your… life and death situation. Any more questions and I feel like I’m going to have to resort to some ‘what’s your favorite color’ sort of thing.

Nothing anyone in that school doesn't know, mind you, kinda public knowledge.

(So he doesn't think she's out here opening up, ew, gross.)

Pink.

That's still a lot for public knowledge.

Guess I should have seen that one coming.

[One last question. Something that isn't too personal, but maybe something she hasn't been asked before.]

Favorite art piece and why.

Pfft. Me and Esme were buried in that school. Not even hard to figure out.

(Her tomb said 'heroine of Open Day', which was nice, actually.

What a question, though.)

I like classical music. There's a piece called 'Devil's Trill Sonata'. This guy dreamed he made a pact with the devil, and he got a servant who anticipated all that he desired. He gave him his violin to see if he could play, and the song the servant created was so enticing and enchanting that the guy literally woke up from all the awe. He tried to recreate the song, and that's as far as he got. It's just a little nugget as to what the mind can do, how possibilities are endless inside thought, literally, and how hard it is to translate it to the outside.

Also, playing it on the piano is super fun.

[Hearing her talk about her favorite piece of classical music and why brings a genuine smile to his face.]

Didn't know you could play piano too.

Yeah. I mean, I haven't in like, 6 years, but we all do.

(Mindee the best one, but alas. Things the Cuckoos share.)

Can you?

I took lessons when I was around five years old, and then basically never touched it since. I got into guitar a little during college, but that's another thing I never really stuck with either.

Mhm. Probably because your thing is more... I don't know. Creative in other ways. If the school is complete as I remember it, we should have a music classroom.

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