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[vulpesvivus]

[Text; filtered from Liquid Snake]

Say you went home for a while and came back. While you were gone, you did something that would really end up upsetting a friend here if he knew. How would you tell them about that?

While I'm at it, what do you think about time paradoxes?

[Action; Ecruteak City]

[Outside the Pokemon Center today was one Otacon in a turtleneck and trenchcoat. Even after a few months, he as having trouble adjusting to how peaceful Johto was; it wasn't exactly living on an airplane. And it wasn't hopping from warzone to warzone.]

[It was quiet, and for some reason that kind of unnerved him.]

[But at the moment, he could distract himself with watching the Chatot perched on the roof of the Center.]

Comments

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[tapestodiane]

I don't doubt it.

_{[He claps his hand lightly to Otacon's shoulder briefly - in an affectionate way, really - and watches Julee finally fly up to perch near Emma, tilting her head at her.]}

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[vulpesvivus]

[Emma tilted her head right back, whistling cheerfully.]

It figures, really. I was so used to things around here before, but now it just feels unnatural. Like I'm waiting to hear an explosion or something.

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[tapestodiane]

_{[Julee whistles back in a happy trill.]}

You'll get used to it soon enough. The mind's ability to adapt is extraordinary.

_{[This said with a softer tone of voice, though - he knows it can take a long time.]}

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[vulpesvivus]

Yeah, you're definitely right about that. It's probably never going to be exactly the same, but I'll get used to it.

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[tapestodiane]

That's about as good as you can hope for, really.