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[secondhandsome]

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Well, that sounded smoother in my head... Damn it.

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[secondhandsome]

Yeah, that's a few... I don't know, centuries, maybe, behind the tech level back home. So... yeah, totally, I'd love to see that.

[...Wait, did she just pretty much invite him to her place? Okay, wow, it takes a few moments before that really sinks in.

Thank god the rest of the conversation is a pretty good distraction and stops him from getting too awkward.]

That's no problem. I've... got some experience writing animals in stories anyway. Now it's just different types.

[...He's really hoping she won't ask about that, because oh geez she'll think he's such a freaking dork.]

[a_sin_for_him]

That's a little sad, to know someday they'll be so obsolete they don't even exist. I'm very fond of mine. Things are a bit hectic at the house right now, but next week?

Oh, good! I've done my best, in previous shows, but I barely know how to write people. What sort of animals have you written about?

[She can't help but ask.]

[secondhandsome]

Could still be some old ones left with, I dunno, collectors or something. Eden-5 maybe, who knows.

And uh... yeah, next week's fine. Sure.

[It's a good thing he's getting better about keeping his freaking out internal.]

Oh, uh... [Oh god, please save him.] Just... different kinds. I mean, I may have written some stuff about bears before...

[a_sin_for_him]

It does seem the sort of thing a collector would be interested in. A literary antiquity, those have all sorts of romance and nostalgia tied to them.

[At least in Lust's observations.]

Good, then. We can get some work done in comfort.

...really? I...rather like bears.

[secondhandsome]

Yeah, plenty of people who are into that kinda thing, in the right places. Wouldn't surprise me if they sell for a fortune in ECHOnet actions.

[Not that Tim's much of an expert on old tech.]

Yeah, sounds good.

[Next week. Right. Right, that gives him some time to prepare. Mentally.]

...Huh, really? No kidding?