testing; possibly headed to a game in the new year.

[underate]

[ As politely as is possible under the circumstances: ] I'll be honest with you — this seems premature, but I'm starting to get the feeling that that's how you tend to do things.

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[overfed]

There've been worse ideas.

[underate]

Is that supposed to be a ringing endorsement?

[overfed]

Well— yeah.

[underate]

You don't exactly look like you're jumping for joy, here, Hansel.

[overfed]

[ He shrugs. ]

Beats slinging my ass around, knee-deep in fucking troll guts, figuring out where we're gonna sleep for the next two days.

[ They don't charge rent in space, right? Total plus here, Gretel. ]

[underate]

[ Priorities!!! ]

So, really, we're just nixing the last one and replacing "troll guts" with "variants."

[overfed]

What the hell. It'll be fun, right?

[ it's never fun when anybody says that this is a hollywood horror cliche eyyoooo ]

[underate]

[ we're not jinxed now what are you talking about ]

As long as you don't chicken out on me.

[newsclipping]

But, I mean, you can't dwell on things like that too long, right? Then you start to get wishy-washy, and sometimes it's better to jump right in.

[underate]

Sometimes.

[ But, for whatever it's worth, it seems like she's willing to indulge him for the moment. ]

Who knows how it'll turn out in this fucking context. You been 'round here long, then?

[newsclipping]

I don't know about long, but. [ okay. maybe a little smugly: ] Long enough to know my way around these things.