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Man, am I glad those pesky guides who won't stop talking are gone! It's like whatever you tell them to make them go away doesn't work at all. "The City is a peaceful place. There are no monsters in the City."

Yeah, right.

Next time I see a smiling woman sputtering nonsense and standing in my room while I change, she's getting it. [But really, she

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[selenoscape]

She... She watched you change?

[startraveling]

[Oh, it's a girl. Ahhh so embarrassed.]

Uh. Well, kinda. She's also sputtering nonsense.

[selenoscape]

How strange! That must have been... [Horrible? Embarrassing? Irritating? Insert your favorite!]

[startraveling]

[Insertiiiiiiiiiing...] Annoying.

[selenoscape]

...Yes. So that was a curse, too? How strange.

[startraveling]

Yeah, apparently, a lot of strange things happen during these... days.

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I suppose I just assumed the curses would be... Different.

Oh, um, I'm Estelle!

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Different... how?

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Oh, and my name's Ted. It's nice to meet you, Estelle.

[selenoscape]

Ah, I'm not quite sure... More like the curses I've read about in books, I suppose.

It's a pleasure to meet you as well, Ted!

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Oh... Er, what does your books say about them?

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Sometimes they involve ghosts, or falling into long sleeps or...!

[LITTLE OVEREXCITED THERE.]

Well, I've never heard of a curse where a woman watches you change.

[startraveling]

I think that's the common notion, but... [He blinks.] Yeah, I guess there's a lot of different ones in this place.

[selenoscape]

Have you been here a long time?

[startraveling]

About a month or so. How about you?

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Oh! That's not too long.

I've only been here a few days.