[network] @ADMIN; Arrival

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Welcome to Norfinbury. The time is E̛̬̞͖͖̫R҉͖̯̬R̼̻͉̰͎̳̙O̩͓͔̫͇͈̯R and the date is E̛̬̞͖͖̫R҉͖̯̬R̼̻͉̰͎̳̙O̩͓͔̫͇͈̯R. This network has been provided for your use. Please interact politely with everyone else on this network.

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[heavensreader]

Maybe it depends on how you ask.

[She isn't, but for him, she feels like being cheeky. She has improved in a way: she has a more specific and natural accent, a sharp Northern clip.]

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[That makes him huff a small laugh, he's not dumb enough to say please just for her pleasure.]

That's a no, then.

[heavensreader]

Some of my stories are not for just anyone.

[He is not really just anyone, but from the distance of time and new experience, trusting him seems even trickier.]

I know that you understand that. You know how it goes.

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[He does, and it's not fair to press her when he's hardly forthcoming about his own past either. Hell, the last time they talked, his real name and what he had done to John had just come out.]

Tell someone those stories, doesn't have to be me, but they could be useful in figuring out how you got out and why you came back.

[heavensreader]

Do you think perhaps there is a reason it was me?

[That she has been somehow chosen? It should surprise no one that the idea has immediate appeal to her.]

[advanced]

Maybe. There's probably a reason it's all of us, but there might be a clue in what you were doing each time. A link between action and ending up here.

[heavensreader]

[The simplest thing to do would be to tell him what she was doing. But Kesara is in no simple business.]

If that is true for me then it must be true for everyone. If everyone tells then I will also tell.

[advanced]

[She has a point, and it's fair that she should demand it in return, but...]

You first.

[heavensreader]

Why must it be me? I only just arrived back. I have every reason to be suspicious of everything here.

[You betcha she has a point.]

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Fine. Contact me when you've been here a week or two and you're not so new any more. I'll wait.

[Nice try, but no. And with that, he'll hang up.]