16 [audio]

[horrible_penny]

Sometimes it's hard to keep hoping that every story will eventually have a happy ending. There are a lot of things in the world that I want to forget about--hungry babies, people who are sick but too poor to buy medicine, whole families that get evicted from their homes, kids who are killed before they even finish high school, animal cruelty,

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[horrible_phd]

Oh, god, Penny. I thought I had to be wrong that that was

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[horrible_phd]

Her parents. I didn't know that. How did I not know that?

3/3 [Private]

[horrible_phd]

So that's what you weren't telling me.

You don't have to talk about it. I mean, maybe you do, today, but I can go away and not listen, or something.

[Private]

[horrible_penny]

I couldn't tell you! You might've asked how it happened, and then I'd have to say, and I don't want you to deal with that.

You don't need to go away.

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[horrible_phd]

I don't want to go away away, just, if you really didn't want me to know.

But--I'm trying really hard here to not ask, only what couldn't I deal with?

2/2 [Private]

[horrible_phd]

And then I failed and it was a question.

[Private]

[horrible_penny]

I don't want you to know, but I don't want you to go away, either.

You and Hammer fought. Kind of. He was doing most of the fighting.

[Private] *kicks own character*

[horrible_phd]

Wait, so this is Captain Hammer's fault?

[Private] If you have to kick someone, kick Hammer!

[horrible_penny]

No! Yes. I mean, no--it wasn't anyone's fault. It was an accident.

[Private] Would stub toes.

[horrible_phd]

I should have known it would be Captain Hammer's fault.

[Private] Oh yeah...

[horrible_penny]

I said it was an accident. Accident. Generally means no one's at fault.

[Private]

[horrible_phd]

But...we were fighting. So it was both our faults.

[Private]

[horrible_penny]

No, it wasn't.

It just wasn't.