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[oneminutemaze]

[ Ariadne's network device is pointed out the window, where a green pig has settled into a fort made out of wood planking. As it records, a random passerby scoops up a red bird and throws it directly at the fort. She moves away from the window, pointing the camera at her face, before anyone can see what score he got the damage. ]In case anyone's

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[ v i d e o ]

[pyromatique]

You Kitty or Ariadne?

[ v i d e o ]

[oneminutemaze]

Ariadne.

And if we've met before, I don't remember.

[ v i d e o ]

[pyromatique]

Yeah, I figured as much. Eames and Arthur still around?

[ v i d e o ]

[oneminutemaze]

Yeah. [ Pause. ] ... Well, Arthur is. Eames is missing.

[ v i d e o ]

[pyromatique]

Maybe he went home. Lucky bastard.

[ v i d e o ]

[oneminutemaze]

Maybe. [ She misses him. Without thinking about it, her hand slides into her pocket and she pulls out his lighter. ]

[ v i d e o ]

[pyromatique]

[ He notices the lighter. ] You smoke?

[ v i d e o ]

[oneminutemaze]

[ There's a blink, and Ariadne looks down-- oh. She hadn't even noticed. ]

Sometimes. This belongs to Eames, though. [ Not that it's stopped her from using it. ]

[ v i d e o ]

[pyromatique]

Were you guys... [ He lifts his eyebrows. ] You know.

[ v i d e o ]

[oneminutemaze]

[ ...pfffffahahahaha. Just. Give her a moment to decide if she's more interested in laughing or looking horrified. ]

No. No, we weren't -- I took this out of his room.

[ v i d e o ]

[pyromatique]

You like fires? [ He flicks the lid on his lighter, sparks himself a light and pulls the flame out, turning it into a small fireball.

Back in my world, I knew a girl called Kitty. She looks just like you. Has this ability to phase through walls and stuff.

[ v i d e o ]

[oneminutemaze]

[ ... Okay. She's impressed. ]

That must be useful. [ It's not clear whether she's talking about the fire or being able to phase, but it's probably both. ]

[ v i d e o ]

[pyromatique]

I guess she could rob a bank. [ He lights himself a cigarette with the fire in his hand. ] A power like this one gets you in trouble back home. But here? It's definitely useful.

... You were a student back home, right? Architecture or something fancy like that?

[ v i d e o ]

[oneminutemaze]

[ Exactly what she was thinking of, strangely enough, and maybe she ought to be worried that it's the first thing she thought of. ]

Yeah, architecture. [ The fact that he knows but she can't remember telling him is weird. There's also a question of her own hanging there: 'what does that have to do with anything'? ]

[ v i d e o ]

[pyromatique]

That's it? [ The old Ariadne never mentioned much past that. He had a hard time believing she was just ordinary. But maybe it was due to the fact she looked just like Kitty. ]

[ v i d e o ]

[oneminutemaze]

Well, I studied in Paris.

[ She slips the lighter back into her pocket. ]

Am I going to get a name from you, since you know mine?