GUEST SERVICES - HUNTER

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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.

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Do you always apologize so much? [Just wondering.] You apologized the other day, too, for talking a lot.

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—Do you want me to stop?

[So, like. Yes.]

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Hunter! [NO.]

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I... That was an honest question!

[Please save him.]

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Yeah but that wasn't why I was asking! [Is there any saving him oh my god.]

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Okay, sor—

[He cuts himself off, but like. There is not.]

...Okay. Why were you asking?

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I guess it's because I'm wondering why.

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I mean, it kind of depends on the situation? Like, this time I made things weird, the other day I was going on about myself without giving you a chance to tell me where you're from...

[His crippling self esteem issues definitely have nothing to do with it.]

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Yeah but I wasn't even mad about either of those things. [SHE DOESN'T GET IT???]

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I know, but... You don’t have to be mad for me to be sorry. Maybe that isn’t a good explanation... I’ll try not to say it again.

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Normally people should only say they're sorry if they mean it, but it kinda sounds like you mean it a lot more than other people. [Hunter are you okay.] ...besides, guests shouldn't have to apologize to the staff.

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Right... I'll try to cut it out.

[That may be missing the point, but it's fine.]

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...that went right over your head, huh. [hUNTER!!!!!]

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...Sorry.

[Ah—]

I mean - no I'm not.

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Good! [She beams and they enter the billiards room, hopping right along.] Wanna have a seat while we find good cues for you?

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Sounds good, thanks.

[Towards a chair they go!!]

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[There she go, depositing Hunter in a seat!!]

Crutches are supposed to be a little shorter so that you're hunched and applying your weight, right? We've never used them before.

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I think so. These are going to be different no matter what, since they don’t have the handholds, but... We can start there.

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Would it be possible to make handholds, you think? [Time to size these sticks up.]

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That's kind of up to you, isn't it? I mean... You're probably more familiar with what's around here than I am.

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Yeah but you're more familiar with medicine and stuff than I am. I don't know how these things work.

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I'm... not sure where you got that idea, I don't know anything about medicine.