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he's tougher than he looks too. we don't usually die.

( drowning, conveniently enough, is one option on the incredibly short list of ways to successfully kill a wolverine, conveniently enough. but then he's dead back home too, by her timeline at least, so the guaranteed return doesn't soothe things over quite as much.

she can see where this is leading. 'are you waiting by yourself' becomes 'i'm going to check on you', becomes another person down here, and this one can't levitate on telekinetic platforms and keep himself dry, as far as she's aware.

it's not...unwelcome. it's just a layer of stress she doesn't feel entirely ready for, so she heads it off at the gate. the idea of company isn't an unappealing one. the idea of stiles wading through waist deep waters to get here absolutely is. )

yes. i will come to you, if you have a problem with that.

[overshirts]

[ interesting. something stiles will file away to revisit later, when it's more appropriate. for now, though: ]

I don't have a problem with that.
Well, not a big problem.

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Okay, kind of not super into the idea of you just sitting around waiting alone while everything is slowly being washed out and there are, apparently, creepy grabby hands in the water.
I'm not like - trying to imply that you're not capable of looking after yourself or anything, so please don't get the wrong idea, because I think we both know better, but
I don't know.

I'm not gonna ask you to leave.
It's not my place, and I get it
But it'd freak me out a little less if you could just like
Keep in touch? You know. Periodically.

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You any good at tic tac toe?
Hangman?

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i'm not sitting in the flood water, if that helps.

( she's sitting on a roof top again, which is much more reasonable clearly.

laura doesn't actually like to text in the same way that she doesn't particularly like to talk, but the distraction is-- helpful, right now. enough that there aren't big stretches between responses like she might normally. laura leaves a lot of people on read. )

i'm reasonable at both. we can play hangman, if you want.

[overshirts]

Do you want?
I don't want to bother you.
Just kinda want to
Be here? I guess.
If that's cool.

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if you were bothering me i would ignore you. there isn't a lot to do down here, so. yes it is cool.
thank you.

[overshirts]

[ well. he'll take that. ]

Alright.
Category is: sports.

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it would be an interesting game if we were from different worlds with different sports.

E

[overshirts]

Who says we aren't?
No E.

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well this is one way to find out.

S.

[overshirts]

Oh, yikes.
No S either.

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in your hangman rules do you give them hats? shoes? a face?

A.

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If we were playing on paper, yeah.
Why, afraid you're gonna lose?
I thought you said you were good at this.

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just assessing my options.
i don't think i said good.

T

[overshirts]

I thought you said you were reasonable at this.
Better?

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I'll give them a little hat, maybe a tie if it comes down to it.
Looks like you might be coming back from that rough start though.

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i would prefer a three piece suit safety net but i'll take what i can get.

R

[overshirts]

Look, I've only got so many emojis.
I'll see what I can do.

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apparently being multilingual does not improve hangman skills.

I

[overshirts]

What other languages do you speak?

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french, german. russian. japanese. farsi.some others but i wouldn't consider them fluent.
i travel a lot.

N.

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That's impressive.
That's like - four a half more than me.

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i was taught from a very early age. what do you speak?

badminton.

[overshirts]

Hey, there you go.
No three piece suit necessary.

Also I don't speak it so much as I can recognize words and repeat them with decent pronunciation
Well - some words, but
Polish.
I guess I also know like (very) basic Spanish, but doesn't everybody

You want to do another word?

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why polish?

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same theme

[overshirts]

My dad's polish.
I mean, he doesn't speak it fluently or anything, or at least I've never heard him, but

[ a beat. ]

My mom learned a little bit of the language just to like
Show interest in his background or his heritage, I guess.
So she'd teach me little things sometimes.

[ and named him mieczysław. ]

E.

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( it shouldn't still be weird to hear what families do, ones that grow up the way they're supposed to, but it is. it's not like she can share a story of her own mother to relate, and her father—

aside from being a taboo topic right now, it's still complicated. )

that must have been nice. did you ever visit?

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