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[ In the early afternoon, Polka is working in the garden rather busily - there's quite a lot of it to make sure the flowers are healthy. But as promised, she has her journal open so that the video can catch the flowers blooming in the garden.I guess I got a little carried away - but I think it looks nice still. What do you think? [ A second later

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[ She's used to being up this late, so she doesn't look nearly as sleepy as Hugo did, initially. She's looking a little lonely though, when she hears Hugo approach, and startles a bit. ]

Oh Hugo! [ Wait, did she wake him with that message? She grins at the reaction to the flowers blooming, her voice quieter, amused.] You're just in time.

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[ She giggles, offering a sympathetic smile at the yawn. It was far too easy to get lazy, she'll agree there. ]

Yep! Well, actually, I was working in the garden behind the house most of the afternoon, so I didn't really come out here until about... an hour or so ago.

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[ She draws her knees up to her chest and wraps her arms around them, nodding. ]

Right! All that work is pretty worth it, seeing the flowers blooming like this, don't you think?

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[ She's content to sit and watch the flowers, mentally guessing which one will shine next. But the quiet doesn't stay that way for long. ]

... did you hear? [ Her voice significantly less cheery at this point - more tired. ] About Frederic and Viola?

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[ Ah so he hadn't heard. ]

They're gone. [ A short pause, and she elaborates a bit. ] Back to their worlds, I mean. The Malnosso sent them back.

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... Earlier this month. I didn't think anything of it at first - Viola was staying away so much, and Frederic was sick. I ... do you remember the night of that big storm?

I guess that's when it happened. I was looking in on the flowers here, and when I came back to the house... they were both gone. I don't think Foot saw or heard anything either.

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[ Just as well - Polka isn't looking directly at Hugo either. Just staring at the flowers. It's been a few weeks so she didn't miss them quite so much, but...]

Oh... it's okay Hugo. [ She musters up a smile. ] They're better off where they are - besides, they seemed so unhappy while they were here. [ Pause. ] At least around me.

[ Maybe her being around was a reminder of the unpleasant way they parted in her world. ]

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Well... Viola smiled a lot more, and was always confident. She joked around a lot with Allegretto, another of our friends there. And she was so self assured - she raised goats and knew a lot about them. I could always go to her if there was something I needed help with.

And Frederic... he was very much the same, but here ... there was a darkness in his heart that he didn't have before. Maybe I just never noticed it...

But we were all from different versions of the world I came from anyway. I guess they weren't the same people I knew after all. [ They certainly seemed it though. ]