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[Ever seen an Italian hat salesmen walking around with a pile of hats on his head? Well, there seems to be something to the same effect.. but with pies. Pumpkin pies, to be specific. River is walking carefully and deliberately with about 5 pies in each hand and 3 on her head, attached to each pie is a note with someones name on it in eeever so

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[While River has pies, Buffy has boxes. Two of them, to be precise. All day she has been carting them back and forth but now, seeing the other young women, she pauses.]

River?

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[Looks over at her and arches an eyebrow]

Slayer? [Pauses at a doorway and looks at the number next to it before neatly setting one of the pies down onto the doorstep]

[slaying]

Shh. [Buffy would wave her hands frantically, except they're busy balancing boxes.] That's sorta kinda a secret, you know?

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[Smiles with a distinctly feral appearance for a moment before nodding] Certainly Buffy.

[Neatly tilts one of the stacks of pies in her hands, the top pie sliding off towards Buffy's hands]

[slaying]

[Oh God falling pie. Buffy drops an empty crate quick enough to catch it and sighs a great sigh of relief.]

What's this for?

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.......Consuming Eating...

[slaying]

Looks like you have one for everyone, there.

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...[Thinks about that]

I don't suppose Santa Clause would feel a need in quantum mechanical bypasses for relative deliveries.. but I do my best.

[slaying]

...Santa Clause?

[You're losing her, big time.]

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I deliver to those in need. Just a notion, but one of sanity. Which is important for me...

[slaying]

And so I'm...in need?

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...If you don't want it... [Arches an eyebrow]

[slaying]

Oh, I want it. A girl who can't cook worth her life can't exactly go turning down gifts of food, can she?

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[Was that a knowing smirk on her face for a moment there? Nah, just your imagination]

[slaying]

What?

[Buffy's eyes narrow. Did she just see something?]

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[Waves her hand in front of her face for a second]

Understanding comes with a lack of understanding.. It is not to be understood.