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[absinthe_eyed]

[An audio feed begins. Dull scratching sounds, muffled but hurried words. After a moment, the words become clear...]

--where I dropped--

[...only to disappear in a buzz of white noise. It gives way to a video feed featuring the too-close face of one Justin Pendleton, although he may not be recognizable as such. The typically fastidious boy is

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[justcautious]

Bloody 'ell, Justin. Y'didn't get eaten again, did What're you smilin' fo You alright?

[audio]

[absinthe_eyed]

I missed work again! Beckett's going to kill-- [Pause. What might be a slightly hysterical almost-giggle.] She wouldn't. I'm alive, Chris, and it's amazing--everything's amazing. Being hungry and hurting and tired, and it's all amazing.

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[justcautious]

Oh, blimey! Well...congratulations? Dunno what t'say for...'m glad for you.

[audio]

[absinthe_eyed]

I'm sorry for--for all of the talking. I hardly talk to you. I'm sorry.

[audio]

[justcautious]

Y'don't 'ave t'be sorry for anythin', mate.

[audio]

[absinthe_eyed]

[It takes a while for a response.]

...I won't murder you for moving things on my desk. In spite of anything I might have said to the contrary.

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[justcautious]

Uh...s'good t'know, that. 'M sorry for movin' stuff on your desk.

[audio]

[absinthe_eyed]

It's fine. If I don't have to be sorry, neither do you.

[audio]

[justcautious]

S'pose not. Y'should go an' eat somethin'. It'll be dead nice. Least, I reckon it will, if it's anything like me bein' dead.

[audio]

[absinthe_eyed]

You were dead?

[audio]

[justcautious]

Well, sort of. I mean, I were a vampire, anyway. S'why I dunno if it's anythin' the same.

[audio]

[absinthe_eyed]

I didn't know it was that simple to recover from vampirism.

[audio]

[justcautious]

Didn't think so meself...but it were basically simple...