☆ thirteenth | voice

[outwalks]

-an' stay there, all right? Keep readin'. Or whatever. [. . .] S'dumb to just follow me around. Ye got no clue. Could prolly sell you or dump you somewhere before ye blink. Jus' like your old parents did, I bet. En't like we got money for anythin' else. Then what'll ye do, huh?

[ Quiet, watching Xion eradicate tsun just by existing mess with the

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[outwalks]

[ Instantly there's some skipping backwards and stuffing of hands into pockets as Allen hunches his shoulders up and tries to look. . . less guilty?? ]

What're you lookin' at.

[Action]

[poppetry]

[ ... this person!

Though she initially stayed back, the moment Xion picks up on something familiar about Naoki, she trots forward, journal clutched in her arms. She looks up at him very seriously for a moment, then makes a tiny "aa" sound and holds a hand up to him. ]

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[outwalks]

[ Whyyyy is the tiny he picked up in the woods offering a hand to somebody who glows all over and has something sticking out the back of his neck. Not trustworthy!! Allen approaches too just in case Naoki turns out to be feral and he has to kick him in the back of his knee. ]

What's it to you.

[Action]

[poppetry]

[ Xion just holds onto Naoki's hand, curling her tiny fingers, apparently placated.

She glances at Allen when he retorts a little sharply, then looks up at Naoki and nods to answer his question. ]

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[outwalks]

[ It could be an evil winged trap!! ]

Yeah, 'cause we can jus' eat grass or somethin'.

[Action]

[poppetry]

[ blinking at Allen. ] Aa! Aa! [ they can't do that. right? you can't eat grass, can you? ... wait, what's grass? she looks at Naoki, blinking. ] Aa? [ can you eat grass? man, it's hard to ask questions without knowing how to speak. ]

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[outwalks]

I din't do nothin'.

[ The denial is automatic. Then his brain catches up with what Naoki's actually said. ]

What d'you mean, free.

[Action]

[poppetry]

[ Smiling. Xion keeps trying to mimic smiling. Is it working? Though she's still curious about this grass thing. What's free mean? Man, this isn't fair. ]

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[outwalks]

[ Lunch with the dude with things sticking out of the back of his neck?

. . . it's a lunch!

But the dude has weird tattoos!!

. . . ]

Fine. But we don't owe you nothin'.

[Action]

[poppetry]

[ ... foooooood. Xion finally smiles a real smile at Naoki, not just one of her pale imitations, and nodnodnods! ]