oo42 [ voice // action ] BACKDATED TO THE 20TH

[poppetry]

Um... hi. [ She feels a little awkward, not knowing how to begin -- but she softens it with a laugh. ] It's been over a week now ... I wanted to thank everyone who's been taking care of me, and everyone who's come to see me at the clinic! It made me really happy. [ A beat ] And look, I'm even outside today!

[ She turns the journal away from her

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Voice - Same Filter

[consultmybooks]

...I'm glad you're feeling better, Xion.

[Yeah, a small jar of daisies might have found its way to her bedside table before Giles left the clinic.]

And I'm glad you're outside. Both of you. It is a nice day.

Voice - Same Filter

[poppetry]

[ She saw it. And she smiles, very much, to hear his voice. ]

Giles! Hey. Thank you... it feels really good to be out here. Even if I'm kind of tired from all that walking.

[ She's only replying now that she's made it to the village plaza... and she's really pretty beat. ]

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[consultmybooks]

You've tired yourself out already? You're worse than I am, Xion.

[Says the man who walked most of the village trying to find safe places for the flowers he received.]

Voice - Same Filter

[poppetry]

Hey, that's not fair! I'm still not all better, you know. [ she's teasing, though, and not fussed. ]

Re: Voice - Same Filter

[consultmybooks]

Perfectly fair, actually. Neither am I.

[He's concerned, but not terribly fussed and not actually trying to upset her.]

Voice - Same Filter

[poppetry]

Hehe. [ Quietly. She'd been quite lucid the day of his departure from the clinic, and so was aware he'd been in there in the first place. She doesn't know why, and didn't want to ask. Still... she worries. ]

You're feeling okay though, right?

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[consultmybooks]

[He hurriedly replies, only now aware of just how worrying that must have sounded.] Just a bit sore. But I am feeling much better, honestly. And half a dozen people can testify to my presence at a birthday party just a few days ago.

Voice - Same Filter

[poppetry]

[ Oh, jeez. ] Giles! It's okay, I believe you! You don't have to prove it or anything.

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[consultmybooks]

I-I don't?

...oh.

[...awkward pause.] Sorry. Force of habit.

Voice - Same Filter

[poppetry]

[ She laughs again. She appreciates the effort, at least. ]

It's okay. I think I'd feel the same way. But if you say you're okay, then you're okay. [ That's all there is to it. ] So you went to a birthday party?

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[consultmybooks]

Yes, I was. [Decidedly grateful for the subject change.] One of my friends from home - Dawn Summers. She just turned twenty.

Voice - Same Filter

[poppetry]

That's good to hear! It's always nice to get to celebrate a birthday. They're really special! I wish I knew when some of my friends' birthdays were... [ Small pout. Nobody ever tells her these things 8| ]

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[consultmybooks]

I suppose some people just don't consider birthdays the same way. I wonder if all the villagers here are even familiar with the concept.

[He would advise the direct approach. But, then, y'know...you might ask him, Xion.]

Voice - Same Filter

[poppetry]

[ Oh, yes. That did just occur to her. And she fixes him with a look. ]

Hey, Giles... when is your birthday?

Re: Voice - Same Filter

[consultmybooks]

It was a while ago, I'm afraid.

[...nobody currently alive knows Giles' birthday. He's not sure how he feels about this, being dead.]

Voice - Same Filter

[poppetry]

So? Tell me anyway, so I know for next year!