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[cauchemal]

[Mal looks incredibly apprehensive as she turns on the camera.]

Dom, if you-

[She cuts herself off and is quiet for a moment; her expression hardens.] No. Never mind. If you're out there, I do not want to hear from you.

[Click. And no, she really does NOT want to hear from him, nor do any of her castmates. Other visitors, however, may respond if

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[ooouuuuuch]

[Have an extraterrestrial with a glowing finger, Mal.]

Ouuuuuch.

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[cauchemal]

[Has the children's DVD collection come to life or something?]

Oh good god, it can't be ...

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[ooouuuuuch]

Phone hoooome.

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[cauchemal]

[She can't help laughing a little.]

It seems that is what many of us are doing right now.

[And she's thinking it's time to stop taking calls, because this is not doing much for her fragile sanity.]

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[ooouuuuuch]

[E.T. senses Mal's having trouble of some kind. Unfortunately, when your vocabulary is not terribly extensive, there's only one thing you can say.]

Ooouuuuuch.

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[cauchemal]

[Aw, E.T. As weirded out as she is by this, at least he seems sympathetic? She nods, sadly.]

Yes. Ouch.

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[ooouuuuuch]

Ouch.

[He reaches his glowing forefinger to the camera. He would help the ouch if he could, Mal.]

Be good.

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[cauchemal]

[Okay, that? Is genuinely quite touching and a little sniffle-inducing. Mal gives him a wobbly smile and, without thinking about it, moves her own finger toward the camera.]

I am trying.

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[ooouuuuuch]

Trying.

[Now, rifling through that very not-extensive vocabulary:]

Home?

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[cauchemal]

This place? Not home. Home is a very long way away, for me.

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[ooouuuuuch]

Phone home.

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[cauchemal]

Someday, perhaps.