38. Insert flange A into socket B

[madetothwart]

[Somewhere not far from the castle main doors, there is an angel sat in a pile of leaves with an ancient set of tubes, socket and tarpaulin. He's got some instructions weighted down with a rock and has been studying them intently for the last five hours, repeating the same phrase to himself like a mantra, as though if he said it in just the right

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[inherbones]

[Surprise! Guess who's back?]

I cannot leave you alone, can I?

[madetothwart]

Miss Dalma! I would be most hurt if you did leave me alone.

[inherbones]

[She laughs.]

Dat must be a lie. You could not be so happy to see me.

[She's kneeling beside the mess, barely casting it a second look.]

[madetothwart]

Nonsense, why would I not be pleased to see a close friend?

[inherbones]

I tease. [She finally looks over the battlefield that is a tent.] What is dis?

[madetothwart]

It's a tent, my dear. Or... it's supposed to be.