Video. 6.

[touchie]

Has anyone seen Beard-Me?

[




...
Pie Maker, that's not fair. You're not permitted for long pauses and pouty looks with those eyebrows. They just might crawl away and hide in a hole. ] I'm taking that uncomfortable silence as a 'no,' I don't think that ever means 'yes.'

[ Another pause, but he quickly catches with the stillness of it. He clears his throat. ] Say, knock knock...

[ Maybe a joke will help. ]

Comments

video;

[onsilksheets]

Garrett's gone?

[She liked him. They had an interesting conversation about his origin story once.]

video;

[touchie]

[ You're supposed to say 'who's there?!' ]

Gone home.

video;

[onsilksheets]

[She really isn't in the mood.]

He's probably better off there. I hope so anyway.

video;

[touchie]

[ Throw me a bone here ( not literally ). ]

Not any good certainty on that. [ Mope mope mope... ]

video;

[onsilksheets]

I had no idea the two of you were so close.

video;

[touchie]

I wouldn't say close.

video;

[onsilksheets]

But definitely friends, yeah? Otherwise you wouldn't make this announcement.

video;

[touchie]

[ ... ]

Y... es...

video;

[onsilksheets]

Then I'm sorry he's gone.

video; 1/3.

[touchie]

video; 2/3.

[touchie]

video; 3/3.

[touchie]

Thanks.

[ Friendship is a constant sting. ]

video;

[onsilksheets]

[Change of subject is go.]

It's Ned, isn't it? You make incredible pies; I remember sampling one ages ago.

Re: video;

[touchie]

[ Well, can't say he's actually prepared for the subject change. There's a brief pause, but at least a respectable answer: ]

Thank you. [ More like 'thankyou,' all said in one breath. ]

That really was... ages ago, wasn't it? [ Like his entire life here just flashed before his eyes. ]

[onsilksheets]

It was, yeah. I can't even remember how many months ago it was.

[Sixteen months she had been here. Felt like a lifetime.]

I hope you'll consider baking again.