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[once_knighted]

[The journal starts recording to the sound of tree branches and leaves being blown in the wind -- from the picture shown, it's pretty clear that the journal (and the person who started the recording) is up in a tree somewhere. But that's not the important part -- after a few seconds of tree-breeze sounds, there's a short sigh before a voice finally

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[inabook]

[once_knighted]

[Oh, Yuri knows you're there, Estelle. Especially since your hiding-fu is weak.

He'll give you three minutes before he finally speaks up.]

You really have to do better than that if you're gonna try hiding from me, Estelle.

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[once_knighted]

[Looking over now and ... pfffff, oh Estelle. Is that supposed to be a serious face? Regardless, when he hears what she has to say, he takes it to mean his kidnapping.]

Heh, yeah, I figured I might've, knowing how long those guys had me for. I guess I'll have to try a little harder to make an escape the next time they decide to drag me off.

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[once_knighted]

Acted like what? [He'll get to the "Flynn and his stories" bit soon, but for right now, this is more important.]

[inabook]

[once_knighted]

I was? [ ... ] ... I probably thought I had a good reason for it, but you guys shouldn't have had to deal with that. Sorry. [Normally, he'd question the whole thing, but ... he was gone for two months, then he came back and acted like a jerk? ... Yeah, probably best to just apologize and leave it that way.]

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[once_knighted]

[Oh, he'll remember within a day or two. Regardless, he'll smirk a little at that.]

I'm glad to be back. I thought those guys were going to make me an honorary member of their group with how long they were keeping me around. [Might as well try to joke around a little. He probably ticked her and everyone else off, at least a little, with the way he was acting before.]