GUEST SERVICES - HUNTER

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Okay. Do I want to ask what the bad news is...?

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Also, have you ever considered not having a terrifying monster lake in the basement?

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The bad news is you're still missing a leg and you'll just have to pop it back on, but that seems pretty easy. [:T] We aren't exactly the ones who came up with the lake, y'know.

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And you can't, like, get rid of it?

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Have you ever tried getting rid of a body of water? [That's a no.]

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You could cover it with cement.

[It's hard to tell whether it's serious or not.]

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[The look she gives him plainly says "what cement."]

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...You can't get cement from anywhere? What would you do if you really needed supplies that you didn't have in the house?

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[There's a shrug like she's never thought about it.]

If we really needed it, we'd have it already on hand, I guess.

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Right.

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Can we go get the pool cues?

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Yeah. [She tucks her book under her arm and scurries over so she can offer her free arm to Hunter. She'll be a crutch for now!] Good thing it's not that far, huh?

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Yeah, really great.

[He's definitely getting her a little bit wet as he leans on her. Time to hop along.]

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[Along they go! Water's not her favorite but she'll deal because Hunter's a nice human.]

Might I advise you take someone with you when you go to retrieve your leg?

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...We're going to have to go back in the water to get it, aren't we?

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That's pretty likely, yeah. Think you're prepared for that?

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I don't really have much of a choice, do I?

[He sighs.]

I can ask Beau, I guess.

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[She perks up.]

Miss Beau seems like she'd be a lot of help! ...just make sure she doesn't push herself too hard if she's still sore, okay?

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She's like the coolest person I know here, so...

[He nods, though.]

Yeah. I'll make sure.

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Good. [Nodnod.] She's so cool...and really nice when you get to talk to her. I'm glad you guys are friends.

[Fwiendship :3]

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[After a moment, he nods.]

Yeah. It’s... kind of weird. I’m not really used to people being as nice to me as they are here.

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...why not? You're a really nice person! [And nice people should have people be nice back. That's how it works probably.]

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...That's sweet of you to say. Nice doesn't really cover everything, though.

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What makes you say that? [It's not even a disagreement, she's just interested in what Hunter has to say on the subject.]

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[A moment passes before he answers.]

I just mean... Even if you mean well, you can still mess us up and hurt people. You know?

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...yeah, I know. [And the cheer in her expression slips to something a little more neutral as they walk.] Is that what happened to you back at your school then?

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Not just there, but... There too, yeah.

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Sorry. I didn't mean to bring the mood down.