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[numanstan]

[Everyone else has been making long speeches and giving great advice about the hazmat men. Vince could do that too-- he was in Westport, after all, he'd always known this would happen, he should've prepared for it, should've done a lot of things-- but he's always been a man of few words. Simple, monosyllabic words.]

Don't bloody go outside!

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[generose]

Vince. . . just what are those people?

[numanstan]

Hazmats. They're well dangerous. Please stay inside, Elizabeth.

[He sounds more serious than he's ever sounded about anything before.]

[generose]

Hazmats. . . ( and that seriousness surprises her, but it also makes her realize just how bad this situation really is. ) Okay, I will. I promise. Please stay safe yourself.

[numanstan]

I'll try.

... But, if things start goin' especially pear-shaped, I want y'to go to England.

[generose]

( she doesn't like that response, at all. giving a shaky breath. ) Please, try really hard then, I don't want anything to hap-

( a sigh. ) Okay, I'll keep that in mind if anything happens.

[numanstan]

I'm serious. He was in Westport, too, and you'd be surprised but he's actually good at fightin'. And he'd rather die than let y'get hurt.

[generose]

I-I know you are, and I know England would help protect me. . . I just don't want anything to happen. To any of you. You, ah, you're all the family I was never able to have back home.

But I'm in good hands right now, my father here... he's looking out for Tohru and me.

[numanstan]

Good, good... We're all we've got. Stickin' together got us through Westport, and it'll do the same here.