oh MY god my own sister betraying me like this???????? honestly how dare
ill have you know im in the arms of a gorgeous dude right now and what do you have sadness thats what
[It's not his best, but at this point, he really just wants to go back to cuddling in Kravitz' arms, and right now he's propped up to answer his phone.]
taako come on this is getting stupid stop making shit up and just come home where i know ur safe dingus you can cuddle with your imaginary dude pillow here bro
[Taako knows, as he types, that the sentence he's about to send will have consequences. But honestly he cannot bring himself to give a single fuck. This has been the most emotionally exhausting day of his life, his boyfriend nearly got him to cry earlier, and now he wants to be with him in bed and not think about anything for as long as he possibly can.
So he just. Does it.]
OH MY GOD IM WITH MY BOYFRIEND OKAY
[And with that, turns his phone off, smacks it down on the bedside table, and rolls back towards Kravitz, tucking his head under the reaper's chin and blocking out the world for the next however many hours he damn well feels like.]
[It takes Lup at least three times to read through that message before it's meaning really hits.
Taako has a boyfriend?!
Lup immediately drops the whole pretext of texting and tries to call her brother instead, cursing in Elvish when it goes straight to voicemail. Poor Lucretia is forced to listen to Lup try to call him three more times before she's sending her twin a flurry of pointless texts, all capped and full of too many exclamation points and question marks. It takes her awhile to finally accept that he's turned off his phone and is cutting her off for the rest of the night, but even then, Lup is too keyed up to sleep.
Whenever Taako finally drags himself back to the apartment the next day, Lup is there ready for him, perched on his bed instead of her own, long legs hanging down off the edge. If he even thinks about trying to run, she will fucking tackle him.]
[He takes his sweet time to rise the next morning, stays with Kravitz late, parts only because he has to, eventually, maybe. He's halfway back to the apartment before he even turns his phone on and sees all the text messages.
Well. That sure was a nice night to cap off his life. Sure glad he made it this far.
He slips into their room as quietly as possible, but when he sees her, he gives up all pretenses and just shuts the door loud enough to get her attention, giving her a little two-fingered salute.]
[Lup doesn't even go for the rope ladder hanging off the side of Taako's bed when he steps into the room, instead just leaping straight off of the side of the bed to the floor. She lands and shoots straight for her brother, bringing a hand up to poke him hard straight in his chest. There's no chastising him for making her wait or for turning his phone off after that unexpected but entirely too big revelation the night before.
She just levels a look at him and firmly states:] You. Talk. Now.
[He does everything he can to mask the actual fear on his face, but he's pretty sure some of it shows through. Haha. Oh, god, she's gonna skewer him. He puts his hands up, tilting his head a bit forward to address her.]
In my defense. He totally just showed up yesterday. And I would've told you, uh, really soon.
Lup, we had a big fuckin' emotional conversation like a week ago, how much time do you think I have to wallow in my own bullshit? Honestly, I wasn't thinking about it, I don't know--
[Okay, so maybe he was thinking more of Kravitz after that Stepford thing, considering this place saw fit to give him a fake boyfriend that looked and acted just like him, but like, that's. Nope. Not gonna say that shit.]
You went off to like, hang out with Lucretia or whatever, I didn't wanna sit here, get off my ass!
[Taako, do you really want her answer to that question?]
I'm guessing twenty-four sev. [a beat] Just throwin' an estimate out there.
[Lup steps back to give Taako at least a little more room now that he's sort of speaking, but that doesn't mean she's at all letting up on this conversation. She wants the details and she's going to get them.
She holds up a finger towards him at that.] Nu-uh. This isn't about me. This is all about you hiding your boyfriend from your sister! Does he even know about me? Do I even get to meet him? What the fuck kind of dude does he have to be to make you domestic? Gods, I can't believe you didn't tell me any of this shit! What's the point of being a twin if you don't lay down the mad deets for me, dingus?!
[Okay, no, he didn't but. Hhhhh. He puts a hand over his face, dragging it down his cheeks.]
Look, it's-- I would've introduced you if you didn't run off for girl time or whatever, and-- I don't know! He wasn't my boyfriend before this!
[His face looks perfectly composed, maybe because of the disguise spell, but Lup can see his ears are absolutely red, even as he's trying to calm himself down.]
And no, he doesn't know, because I didn't remember you, dingus.
[One more breath. Hhhh. Fine, okay, let's just. Breathe.]
His name's Kravitz, okay? And he might be kind of the grim reaper and partially the reason Merle's missing half his arm but it's fine.
Like you saying that you had a boyfriend wouldn't have had me putting a big ol' pause on girl time! Stop using Luc as an excuse! [Cause yeah, that had definitely been the start of that catty fight of theirs, but Lup would have dropped the act a lot sooner if there had been a boyfriend to meet.
Especially if talking about said boyfriend is enough to make her brother's ears go red.] Holy shit, you are seriously into this dude, aren't you?
Wait. [And that finger that had been wagging at Taako quickly turns into an open palm, held up in a 'holy shit, give me a minute' gesture. A strange look crosses the woman's face as she takes all of this in. And boy, that sure is a shitload of information to be given all at once. There's so many places for her to focus on, so many pieces to pick apart and dissect, but even the part about her brother dating the grim reaper falls away under a single fact.]
Hold up. Back it up a little. [her hand falls back to her side] Did you say his name was Kravitz? Tall dude, fancy suit, giant douchebag?
[He tries to rush to his own defense again, especially when Lup tries to call him out on really liking him, which-- okay, they are using a title now. He is his boyfriend, and even thinking that gives a little extra thrum to his heart, somewhere between excitement and utter anxiety. Taako was a lot of things, but committed was hardly one, and he still finds himself forgetting how Lup knows all his tells, how his secrets aren't good currency to a person who knows his silver tongue.
Fuuuuuuck. She's gonna drag his ass for 20 fuckin' years.
But she speaks again, and he raises an eyebrow, mind beginning to turn, because if she recognizes the name oh man what did she do.]
I mean, wouldn't say he's worse than us, but uh. Yeah.
[He can't stop the grin creeping onto his face as he waits for her to talk again, biting his lip to try and stop the spread of it as it goes.]
That strange look to pass over Lup's face breaks the second that Taako's expression shifts to straight up anticipation. She just can't hold in her laughter anymore, the tension in the room suddenly snapping under the weight of this fucking hilarious revelation. What are the odds that she'd approach Taako's boyfriend out of all the newcomers to Hadriel?]
You ass, [she gives him a weak punch to the shoulder, laughing too hard to put any real power behind it.] You didn't even listen to my message from yesterday, did you? [The first one, she means. Not the 500 ones preceding their hurried text messages last night.] I ran into him! He tried to tell me I looked like you, but he was so damn smug about it, I told him he was a dick for saying all elves looked the same and that I didn't have a clue who Taa-ko the elf was.
[He intends to say words in response to what she says, but he can't even get one through before the laughter bursts out of him, loud and heaving through his chest. Holy shit. Oh my god. He fumbles his phone out of his pocket and finds the message, playing it hurriedly, but he's still laughing so he probably misses half of it anyway.]
Holy shit, Lup, we haven't pulled that con in years, oh my god, this is classic. This is the best thing you could've possibly done. Oh my god. I bet he tried to cover it up and was just terrible.
[Taako couldn't have planned something better for their first meeting even if he tried. Kravitz is going to scream when he finds out Lup is actually his sister. Lord, he can see it now.]
[Even if the two of them are laughing their asses off together, just the sound of her voice coming in over his phone sends the woman into another fit of hysterical cackling, her eyes squeezing shut at the full force of it. There's already tears streaming from her eyes, all of the irritation she'd felt a moment ago completely disappeared under this life changing revelation.]
And we weren't even working together on this one! It just fucking happened! [Sure, they've had a million twin moments over the years, but there's just something about conning her own brother's boyfriend without any clue of his identity that just really knocks her over.] Holy--I'm going to throw up.
[Lup reaches out to rest a hand on Taako's arm, to keep her from laughing herself straight to the floor, and draws in what's supposed to be a calming breath, but she can't help but keep giggle along anyway.] Ugh, he was so fucking smug, I had to rub his nose in it. Though when I first brought it him being an awful racist, he looked like was going to cry.
[He's leaning on her, too, as he loses it, finally just having to stop the message and pocket his phone before he drops it on the ground. Perfect. Absolutely perfect.]
He's actually, uh, kind of a nice guy. I mean, look, everyone we know is an asshole, so I'm not gonna sit here and pretend that he's not a total dick sometimes. But uh. Y'know.
[He wants to talk about something that was said-- well, one thing in particular, but he doesn't really know how to segway into it, and trying to say it will probably only make him more nervous. So he doesn't, focuses on a different admission.]
We were, uh... I mean, we were dating before this, we just weren't. Last time I saw him he wasn't doin' so hot, so, uh, guess we made the jump into making it official or whatever today seein' as there might not be more of it later.
It's hard for Lup to just turn off her giggles completely, especially after getting hit by a bout of hysterical laughter like that, but her expression shifts from the big funny to something softer, her gaze focused intently on Taako while he speaks. This is about him and this guy, Kravitz or whoever, but Lup can't deny the happy warmth that spreads through her chest at her brother's words. Considering how difficult it had been to get him talking to her before, the fact that all of this is coming to her so unprompted really means something special to Lup. He could have just continued the goof, laughing and making fun of Krav with her, but here he is, opening up before Lup has to ask him to.
It's all the proof that Lup's ever needed that he hasn't left her behind, that his new life still has room for her.]
Don't think I'm not going to give him just as much shit as you gave Barry. [One hundred years worth, thank you muchly. Lup slides an arm around Taako's shoulder and drags him to her side, bumping hips.] But I'm happy for you here, Taako. You better tell him all about me. Also, I'm gonna need a list of his weaknesses and greatest fears. Just in case.
[The whole bit about the future is a little ominous but Lup just gives her twin's shoulder a squeeze, shooting him a grin.] So, my brother's dating the grim reaper? That is what you said, right?
[He can feel himself smiling just a little when she takes him seriously, when she's just going to... let him keep doing this. Not that he ever really needed her permission, not that he needs anyone's. But it's still hard for him to remember sometimes that she's by his side, that he's not just alone. And even though wanting to talk to someone about anything is still super foreign, it makes him feel lighter for it to be her.
He does let her move towards him, though, immediately back to rolling his eyes.]
Listen, please drag him. I haven't figured out his weaknesses yet but he yells at Merle a lot? There's somethin' there, I bet.
... And okay, yes, he might kiiiiinda be the grim reaper. Or one of them? Situation's not super clear. Anyway, super undead, so now we both kinda have skeleton boyfriends. Or uh, you will or whatever.
[He's rolling his eyes at her, so Lup naturally has to lean in to press a ridiculously sloppy kiss to his cheek. Just because. Does a sister need any further reason than that?]
Oh, hun, you know I'm good for it. I'll drag his ass to the Astral Plane and back, just to keep him on his toes. Oh! [And it's like a light bulb popping on over her head, Lup's eyes go wide in delight, grin widening excitedly as she bumps shoulders with her twin.] Deffo gonna need to do the whole 'if you hurt my brother' speech on him. What's gonna make him more nervous? Me popping by his place unannounced or sending a super ominous message about needing to talk soon? Gotta get the max freaked out payoff on this one, so you better answer honestly.
[Just two elves talking about scaring the shit out of one of their boyfriends. No biggie.]
God, that's still a trip. How the hell did we get here? If you'd have told me back before the Institute that we'd both be boning skeletons, I'd have been very concerned.
[He laughs, even if he's calling her gross and smacking at her as she does it. Nasty. But he does seem to think about her question, tapping a finger to his chin thoughtfully.]
Uhh... gotta go with ominous text. He's, uh, he's a worryer, good at thinking on his feet. If you just show up he'll roll with it, so deffo get him thinking for a few days. As few details as possible.
[You are the worst, Taako.]
Ugh, I know right? Not to mention that you're also all bony sometimes. Or will be. You'll get there.
[He gives her an affectionate little pat, like she's a kid asking when her baby teeth will fall out.]
[This is exactly why they are so inseparable, even when they do bicker and fight. Because Lup would give Taako the same honest answer about Barry if Taako had ever needed it. Because loyalty to each other (and to the dragging of each other's significant other's) is always priority number one. This is why they are so impossibly tight, even if there's a sixty year time difference between them.
Kravitz can expect a text from her soon.]
Weird, but also kind of sick. [Lup's into the idea of her being a weird skeletal ghostie, but that's not a surprise. Her tastes are all over the place.
After the high tension weighing her down since the night before, Lup's feeling so light as she leans against him, her head flopping down onto Taako's shoulder.] So, we're like, good and shit?
[No hard feelings about the Lucretia thing, is what she's really asking. Because Lup's going to keep seeing her, keep spending time with the woman, even if Taako's pissed at her. She's family, Lup can't just leave her behind.]
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MY god
my own sister
betraying me like this????????
honestly
how
dare
ill have you know im in the arms of a gorgeous dude right now
and what do you have
sadness
thats what
[It's not his best, but at this point, he really just wants to go back to cuddling in Kravitz' arms, and right now he's propped up to answer his phone.]
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taako come on this is getting stupid
stop making shit up and just come home where i know ur safe dingus
you can cuddle with your imaginary dude pillow here bro
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So he just. Does it.]
OH MY GOD IM WITH MY BOYFRIEND OKAY
[And with that, turns his phone off, smacks it down on the bedside table, and rolls back towards Kravitz, tucking his head under the reaper's chin and blocking out the world for the next however many hours he damn well feels like.]
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Taako has a boyfriend?!
Lup immediately drops the whole pretext of texting and tries to call her brother instead, cursing in Elvish when it goes straight to voicemail. Poor Lucretia is forced to listen to Lup try to call him three more times before she's sending her twin a flurry of pointless texts, all capped and full of too many exclamation points and question marks. It takes her awhile to finally accept that he's turned off his phone and is cutting her off for the rest of the night, but even then, Lup is too keyed up to sleep.
Whenever Taako finally drags himself back to the apartment the next day, Lup is there ready for him, perched on his bed instead of her own, long legs hanging down off the edge. If he even thinks about trying to run, she will fucking tackle him.]
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Well. That sure was a nice night to cap off his life. Sure glad he made it this far.
He slips into their room as quietly as possible, but when he sees her, he gives up all pretenses and just shuts the door loud enough to get her attention, giving her a little two-fingered salute.]
Whwwwwwhat's up?
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She just levels a look at him and firmly states:] You. Talk. Now.
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In my defense. He totally just showed up yesterday. And I would've told you, uh, really soon.
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He only just showed up yesterday? Interesting. [She takes half a step forward.] Tell me more, Taako.
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I mean, we've gone on like, three or four dates, it's-- honestly, he wasn't in the city before yesterday. Really.
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From three or four dates to your boyfriend, huh? Must be someone real special. Which makes a gal wonder why this hasn't come up like, ever.
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[Okay, so maybe he was thinking more of Kravitz after that Stepford thing, considering this place saw fit to give him a fake boyfriend that looked and acted just like him, but like, that's. Nope. Not gonna say that shit.]
You went off to like, hang out with Lucretia or whatever, I didn't wanna sit here, get off my ass!
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I'm guessing twenty-four sev. [a beat] Just throwin' an estimate out there.
[Lup steps back to give Taako at least a little more room now that he's sort of speaking, but that doesn't mean she's at all letting up on this conversation. She wants the details and she's going to get them.
She holds up a finger towards him at that.] Nu-uh. This isn't about me. This is all about you hiding your boyfriend from your sister! Does he even know about me? Do I even get to meet him? What the fuck kind of dude does he have to be to make you domestic? Gods, I can't believe you didn't tell me any of this shit! What's the point of being a twin if you don't lay down the mad deets for me, dingus?!
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Look, it's-- I would've introduced you if you didn't run off for girl time or whatever, and-- I don't know! He wasn't my boyfriend before this!
[His face looks perfectly composed, maybe because of the disguise spell, but Lup can see his ears are absolutely red, even as he's trying to calm himself down.]
And no, he doesn't know, because I didn't remember you, dingus.
[One more breath. Hhhh. Fine, okay, let's just. Breathe.]
His name's Kravitz, okay? And he might be kind of the grim reaper and partially the reason Merle's missing half his arm but it's fine.
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Especially if talking about said boyfriend is enough to make her brother's ears go red.] Holy shit, you are seriously into this dude, aren't you?
Wait. [And that finger that had been wagging at Taako quickly turns into an open palm, held up in a 'holy shit, give me a minute' gesture. A strange look crosses the woman's face as she takes all of this in. And boy, that sure is a shitload of information to be given all at once. There's so many places for her to focus on, so many pieces to pick apart and dissect, but even the part about her brother dating the grim reaper falls away under a single fact.]
Hold up. Back it up a little. [her hand falls back to her side] Did you say his name was Kravitz? Tall dude, fancy suit, giant douchebag?
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Fuuuuuuck. She's gonna drag his ass for 20 fuckin' years.
But she speaks again, and he raises an eyebrow, mind beginning to turn, because if she recognizes the name oh man what did she do.]
I mean, wouldn't say he's worse than us, but uh. Yeah.
[He can't stop the grin creeping onto his face as he waits for her to talk again, biting his lip to try and stop the spread of it as it goes.]
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That strange look to pass over Lup's face breaks the second that Taako's expression shifts to straight up anticipation. She just can't hold in her laughter anymore, the tension in the room suddenly snapping under the weight of this fucking hilarious revelation. What are the odds that she'd approach Taako's boyfriend out of all the newcomers to Hadriel?]
You ass, [she gives him a weak punch to the shoulder, laughing too hard to put any real power behind it.] You didn't even listen to my message from yesterday, did you? [The first one, she means. Not the 500 ones preceding their hurried text messages last night.] I ran into him! He tried to tell me I looked like you, but he was so damn smug about it, I told him he was a dick for saying all elves looked the same and that I didn't have a clue who Taa-ko the elf was.
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Holy shit, Lup, we haven't pulled that con in years, oh my god, this is classic. This is the best thing you could've possibly done. Oh my god. I bet he tried to cover it up and was just terrible.
[Taako couldn't have planned something better for their first meeting even if he tried. Kravitz is going to scream when he finds out Lup is actually his sister. Lord, he can see it now.]
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And we weren't even working together on this one! It just fucking happened! [Sure, they've had a million twin moments over the years, but there's just something about conning her own brother's boyfriend without any clue of his identity that just really knocks her over.] Holy--I'm going to throw up.
[Lup reaches out to rest a hand on Taako's arm, to keep her from laughing herself straight to the floor, and draws in what's supposed to be a calming breath, but she can't help but keep giggle along anyway.] Ugh, he was so fucking smug, I had to rub his nose in it. Though when I first brought it him being an awful racist, he looked like was going to cry.
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He's actually, uh, kind of a nice guy. I mean, look, everyone we know is an asshole, so I'm not gonna sit here and pretend that he's not a total dick sometimes. But uh. Y'know.
[He wants to talk about something that was said-- well, one thing in particular, but he doesn't really know how to segway into it, and trying to say it will probably only make him more nervous. So he doesn't, focuses on a different admission.]
We were, uh... I mean, we were dating before this, we just weren't. Last time I saw him he wasn't doin' so hot, so, uh, guess we made the jump into making it official or whatever today seein' as there might not be more of it later.
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It's hard for Lup to just turn off her giggles completely, especially after getting hit by a bout of hysterical laughter like that, but her expression shifts from the big funny to something softer, her gaze focused intently on Taako while he speaks. This is about him and this guy, Kravitz or whoever, but Lup can't deny the happy warmth that spreads through her chest at her brother's words. Considering how difficult it had been to get him talking to her before, the fact that all of this is coming to her so unprompted really means something special to Lup. He could have just continued the goof, laughing and making fun of Krav with her, but here he is, opening up before Lup has to ask him to.
It's all the proof that Lup's ever needed that he hasn't left her behind, that his new life still has room for her.]
Don't think I'm not going to give him just as much shit as you gave Barry. [One hundred years worth, thank you muchly. Lup slides an arm around Taako's shoulder and drags him to her side, bumping hips.] But I'm happy for you here, Taako. You better tell him all about me. Also, I'm gonna need a list of his weaknesses and greatest fears. Just in case.
[The whole bit about the future is a little ominous but Lup just gives her twin's shoulder a squeeze, shooting him a grin.] So, my brother's dating the grim reaper? That is what you said, right?
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He does let her move towards him, though, immediately back to rolling his eyes.]
Listen, please drag him. I haven't figured out his weaknesses yet but he yells at Merle a lot? There's somethin' there, I bet.
... And okay, yes, he might kiiiiinda be the grim reaper. Or one of them? Situation's not super clear. Anyway, super undead, so now we both kinda have skeleton boyfriends. Or uh, you will or whatever.
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Oh, hun, you know I'm good for it. I'll drag his ass to the Astral Plane and back, just to keep him on his toes. Oh! [And it's like a light bulb popping on over her head, Lup's eyes go wide in delight, grin widening excitedly as she bumps shoulders with her twin.] Deffo gonna need to do the whole 'if you hurt my brother' speech on him. What's gonna make him more nervous? Me popping by his place unannounced or sending a super ominous message about needing to talk soon? Gotta get the max freaked out payoff on this one, so you better answer honestly.
[Just two elves talking about scaring the shit out of one of their boyfriends. No biggie.]
God, that's still a trip. How the hell did we get here? If you'd have told me back before the Institute that we'd both be boning skeletons, I'd have been very concerned.
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Uhh... gotta go with ominous text. He's, uh, he's a worryer, good at thinking on his feet. If you just show up he'll roll with it, so deffo get him thinking for a few days. As few details as possible.
[You are the worst, Taako.]
Ugh, I know right? Not to mention that you're also all bony sometimes. Or will be. You'll get there.
[He gives her an affectionate little pat, like she's a kid asking when her baby teeth will fall out.]
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Kravitz can expect a text from her soon.]
Weird, but also kind of sick. [Lup's into the idea of her being a weird skeletal ghostie, but that's not a surprise. Her tastes are all over the place.
After the high tension weighing her down since the night before, Lup's feeling so light as she leans against him, her head flopping down onto Taako's shoulder.] So, we're like, good and shit?
[No hard feelings about the Lucretia thing, is what she's really asking. Because Lup's going to keep seeing her, keep spending time with the woman, even if Taako's pissed at her. She's family, Lup can't just leave her behind.]
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Ugh, I guess. Really twisting my arm here into adoring you. Pretty sure this counts as kidnapping.
[He lets his hand slide down, twisting his fingers with hers, and speaks again, quieter.]
I'm not going to see her. I know I can't, fuckin. Stop you. But I'm not.
[There's only... a hint of fear there. Something he doesn't want to ask, but it's the last thing he needs before this can be done.]
You're not moving out, right?
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