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[raketen]

[ The Forge on the nightstand offers view to an Alfons sitting cross-legged on the bed, elbow on his knee and head in his hand. ]

I was initially disinclined to believe that I'd really ended up here. I thought I was caught in some fever dream, or -- [ An elevation of the eyebrows, preemptive surprise at the sound of his own words -- ] -- or that

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Don't get your panties in a bunch if you did; this place is full of dead people.

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[raketen]

I'm not dead! [ That hand tightens in his shirt involuntarily, though. ]

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[regionseizer]

Good! You're already doing better than the ginger kid.

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[raketen]

I... don't know what you mean. I'm sorry. [ A pause, pursed lips, and then -- ] May I ask you a question?

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Shoot.

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[raketen]

Do you remember how you got here?

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[regionseizer]

[ blink, blink, stare. ]

Sorta? In the "remember everything up to the point of blacking out and then waking up" kind of way.

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[raketen]

I see. [ A quiet sigh of relief. ] I had the same experience.

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[regionseizer]

That's the general consensus, kid. Don't sweat it.

[ wow so he has no idea you are bavarian because you are not speaking Hick-in-Lederhosen-ese. ]

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[raketen]

That's good news to me. Thank you.

[ Well, he's in for a surprise if he ever places his accent! ]

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No problem!

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[raketen]

I appreciate your help. May I ask your name? I'm Alfons Heiderich.

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Prussia!

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[raketen]

Pretty interesting nickname. Nice to meet you, then, Prussia.

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[regionseizer]

... It's not a nickname, kid.

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[raketen]

A given name, then? My apologies! [ It's just... unconventional, you know, to meet someone named after a state. ]