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[tothecloud]

[ The video camera only shows two things: Abby's fingers, and a sheet of paper that reads-- ]

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[bedeviledspider]

Who...?

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[tothecloud]

My superspeedy housemate. His socks smell.

[ voice ]

[bedeviledspider]

Must be all the running. [ Chuckles. ]

Surely there's a better way to let him know?

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[tothecloud]

Probably. But I totally owe him for making fun of my underwear.

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[bedeviledspider]

Your--

Uh, yeah, that's something that needs to be paid back. Definitely.

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[tothecloud]

Right.

In the name of strawberry print!

[ voice ]

[bedeviledspider]

R- Right.

In the name of... strawberry print.

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[tothecloud]

I can totally see why Terry likes you now! You're pretty cool.

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[bedeviledspider]

Uh. Thank you, I think...?

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[tothecloud]

You're welcome! [ A half-pause. ] So, like-- we're cool now, right?

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[bedeviledspider]

[ Pauses. ] We weren't -- uncool.

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[tothecloud]

O-Oh. I thought you were.. Y'know. Kinda mad at me. For...

[ She trails off a little uncomfortably. ]

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[bedeviledspider]

[ Shaky sigh. ] Maybe a little, at first. But if I hadn't been barking at the time--

I wouldn't have done it like that. Still, he was hurting them and he could have hurt himself. I understand.

[ More than a little bitter. ] According to Crane, that makes us the same, though, so who am I to talk.

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[tothecloud]

[ Quietness for a while. Then, at length: ]

I think he thinks that he's the only person that cares about Terry. But he's not. I'm just-- sometimes I don't show it very well.

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[bedeviledspider]

[ With a soft, sad chuckle. ]

That makes two of us. On-- all of that.

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[tothecloud]

[ A little sad sigh, but with quite firmness: ]

Well. It doesn't matter what Dr. Scarecrow thinks, 'cause he can't make us stop being friends with Terry, no matter what he says.