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thursday, week seven.

[toesies]

[VOID TIME... Sheila is sipping a smoothie when she spots her, and then she just. Frowns and waves?]

[fisherwoman]

[she

looks confused, but she waves in return! though she seems pretty wary, too, probably for obvious reasons.]

[toesies]

[She finishes taking a sip through a fun straw.]

Hey, you okay?

[fisherwoman]

[math lady meme]

You're asking me if I'm okay?

[toesies]

I don't see anybody else around. So, yes.

[fisherwoman]

I'm fine...?

[but very clearly bewildered that sheila is asking her.]

[toesies]

No one has punched you or anything?

[fisherwoman]

[just

awkward silence for a second]

Well, it's not like it was a surprise.

[toesies]

Maybe not. Though I do have to ask, why Luca?

[fisherwoman]

If I knew how popular he was, I probably would have chosen differently.

[she shrugs. honest, but way too casual:]

A few people have asked if it was because he was an easy target, and I guess that isn’t completely off... But there were weaker people alive back then that I could have picked, too, if that was the whole reason for my choice. Part of it was just because I didn’t like him very much from the few conversations we had, but even then, it wasn’t really personal.

[toesies]

Well... I'm not too happy about that, but what's done is done. [A shrug, and a sip.] Though, personally, I would have gone for a bigger asshole.

[fisherwoman]

All of them probably would have left some kind of scar. I got lucky as it is, even though that's annoying to admit! He fought back harder than I thought someone like him would. And he had that annoying thing with the plants, too...

[toesies]

Yeah... I'm surprised you didn't end up with some unscheduled acupuncture.

[fisherwoman]

...Is it worse if I say I did and it just got missed...

[closes my eyes again]

Well, everyone got better at checking as the weeks went on, at least!

[toesies]

... Maybe a little.

[Oof.]

Did we really get better though?

[fisherwoman]

Well, since then, I don’t think anyone has missed a pair of shoes that would have been an exact fit...?

[so like. they got better probably!!]

[toesies]

... Oh, you are so not talking about the clown shoes, are you?

[fisherwoman]

—Of course those wouldn't have fit!

[offended!!]

[toesies]

You could have padded them!

[fisherwoman]

I still would have had to willingly put them on my feet to do that!

[SIGHING.]

No, that was my stupid partner.

[toesies]

... Oh, yeah. Vlad said something about that, huh.

[fisherwoman]

Yeah... Well, he was easy to work with, and he knew that if he made me angry enough or did something I didn't like, it would be a bad idea for him.

[sometimes you just put a curse on a child leash and let him off sometimes for murder purposes?]

[toesies]

You should have intimidated him more.

[A little dryly.]

[fisherwoman]

...Why?

[she should not sound puzzled as to what sheila means, and yet.]

[toesies]

Aoi? The fact he should never be allowed within fifty miles of a school...?

[endorsi,]