[It's not too long after departing to talk to Beau that Ginko calls Epsilon's stone. He wastes absolutely no time in getting to the point, either.]
Hey. Did you want to hold onto that orb we found? The woman I went to talk to says she's got a secure place for these things, if you'd be alright leaving this one with her.
Two more. Should I see if she'd be willing to take them somewhere else? [Rather than just... you know, making Epsilon come to a big wooden building made of wood and full of wooden furniture and just... a lot of wood.
...Now there's a pause from Ginko's end. And then, muffled as he turns away from the stone:] Sorry, what's your name, by the way?
[After a distant reply, he turns back to the stone.] Her name's Beau.
That's perfect. I can be there immediately, I'm not far from there right now.
[Poor Ginko... caught between them as a relay. There's an apologetic twinge, a contingent awareness that amusement at Ginko's plight is not necessarily appropriate to the situation.]
Weird? I have received messages recently, but that's an extremely ambiguous and subjective qualifier. Any response I could possibly give would be heavily subject to bias.
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Hey. Did you want to hold onto that orb we found? The woman I went to talk to says she's got a secure place for these things, if you'd be alright leaving this one with her.
Well it's not like I had an IC inbox at the time
She has more of them?
[There's a pause.]
Well. I don't think they're individually dangerous, so I don't see why not... but I would like to see the others, just in case.
[Another pause, then--]
Does she have a name?
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...Now there's a pause from Ginko's end. And then, muffled as he turns away from the stone:] Sorry, what's your name, by the way?
[After a distant reply, he turns back to the stone.] Her name's Beau.
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Unfortunately:]
Bo?
[The hazards of verbal exchange.]
Yes, actually, that would be... better.
Please tell her thank you.
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There are another few moments of muffled conversation from Ginko's end, then, to Epsilon again:] Told her. How does the Enso mana pool sound?
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[Poor Ginko... caught between them as a relay. There's an apologetic twinge, a contingent awareness that amusement at Ginko's plight is not necessarily appropriate to the situation.]
aprilish, night
gibko likes you so MUCH 🥺🥺🥺
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Héctor?
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Did something happen?
Are you okay?
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I agree, it is very sweet of him. He is a very sweet person, despite his occasional insistence otherwise.
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Luckily, I like him very much, whether or not he currently agrees with me.
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Thank you very much, Héctor! You're very kind. I'm new to this, but I hope we can be too.
Though I'm very curious about your choice of emojis. What does the strawberry represent?
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[Good question...???] delicious food
I wish we had ice cream
text, literally within a minute of hector's message
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Weird? I have received messages recently, but that's an extremely ambiguous and subjective qualifier. Any response I could possibly give would be heavily subject to bias.
Maybe you could be more specific?
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is hector talking about me
>:(
[He's on to you!!]
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Then yes.
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Nothing untrue. He thinks very well of you, in fact.
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[There are PLENTY of things Hector could be saying that are theoretically complimentary but that Ginko absolutely doesn't want said, okay.]
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He's now concerned about your self esteem. Does that help?
[Yes, Epsilon is doing this on purpose now.]
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