Homophonic: Libby

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Comments

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I would love a couch or two. Chairs are in the shop, but they're really not the same.

[medeian]

Right. Harder to get really comfortable if you can't lounge at least a little, even if it's an armchair.

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I can't believe how much I miss my office couches.

[medeian]

Where'd you work, exactly? I know your profile says cyber sleuthing.

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I have an office on the first floor of a mall. The majority of my work is done online.

Where do you create wormholes?

[medeian]

Oh - I was in an academic fellowship. It was part of the research we were doing. Most of what's listed in my profile is related to that, I think.

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Were you enjoying it?

[ Dedicating so much time to something like that. ]

[medeian]

I was, yeah. I'd really like to get back to it.

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We have a shot for that.

[medeian]

[nodding.]

That reminds me - at some point we should get together to talk about general strategy.

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Considering that this is team against team, yes.

[Gotta decide on how we want to play it (and who seems like a good target).]

[medeian]

...Maybe nobody will take advantage of the opportunity they mentioned on Thursdays, and we can just have a normal competition.

[her tone of voice makes it seem like she knows how unlikely that is.]

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A nice thought.

[ But they're both realistic about how this is going to play out. ]

There are enough desperate people here.

[medeian]

...It makes sense, given the stakes.

[but there's a frown regardless.]

Still - I hate that it's like this.

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[ A pause. ]

It's a lot. I'm not a fighter and I don't enjoy this.