voicetesting, whoops.

[addles]

I finished my mission. I— I don't know what else you want.

[ Benji fidgets nervously, bowing his head and picking at the hem of his sweater before looking back up again. Strictly speaking, it's not displeasure that colors his expression, but it's not happiness, either. ]

No One never mentioned this to me, when we spoke, but I think I'd—

There are people I'd like to see again.

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[lodgings]

[ (She likes it best too when it's like this, when she can put aside all of his strangeness and danger and just focus on the fact that she isn't alone and someone is agreeing with her for once. When the officer had told her to blame her bad behavior on her friends, her mother had sniped that Sophie didn't have any — and for all that her mother could be an absolute harpy, she'd been right about that much.

It's quite possible that this is what people meant when they used the phrase, scraping the bottom of the barrel. But that's cruel and Benji deserved better than that. They both did, Sophie reckoned.

If only the rest of the world agreed.) ]

So— [ She gives a little shrug, her shoulders collapsed inwards slightly, her slouch hidden by the largeness of her park. ] —does this mean you're going somewhere?

[ Other questions follow. (Can I come with you?) ] It's not like she'd take you out just to put you back again, yeah?

[addles]

I'm not sure what she means to do, [ Benji says, almost reluctant in tone. (He doesn't much like not knowing despite how prominent a theme it seems to be in his life.) ]

I don't think she means to send me anywhere permanently — and I'd rather not go. It's all a bit frightening, isn't it?