008 ▷ Blank Slate

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[Luke has gotten out of bed and gone outside, arm on a sling and still all bandaged up, and a little bloody from moving too much. He's staring blankly ahead, and mumbling in a soft voice]

Flowers...That's a tree. And a bush...screwdriver...

[Looks at the people passing by, but just goes back to his mumbling]

Hm...I wonder where Mother is...grass, big

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[fononfailure]

Luke! *comes over to him, looking worried* Are you well enough already to be moving?

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Mama! [Gets a big grin on his face, and tries to run to her] A-ah...Ow! M-mom, this hurts, and it's red and stinky...

[fononfailure]

*looks him over, checking his wounds* It's blood, silly. You probably shouldn't be moving so much. Try to take it easy, okay?

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Okay..

[Looks at her, and reaches for her eyebrow] What's that?

[fononfailure]

Ah. That's a piercing. It's a kind of jewelry for adults.

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Oh. [Thoughts jumping from side to side]

And Mom! I don't know your name!

[fononfailure]

Hmm? It's Luke, too. Kind of strange, but that's how things work here.

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[Laughs] We have the same name! ...Does this mean I have a girl's name? Or you have a boy's name?

[fononfailure]

I have a boy's name. Not that it matters, really.

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But Mama is too pretty to have a boy's name...

And who's Father? I met someone with eyes of that color [points at the sky], and his hair was that color [points at the sun] He knew my name, but he told me he wasn't father...

[fononfailure]

Aw, thank you!

...that would be Guy. Your father looks a lot like me, only with hair that's more red and flows the other way.

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Wooow...so we all look alike! I guess it was silly to think Guy was my father then, since he looked so different...

[fononfailure]

Yep. That we do. But no, that's alright. You had no way to know.

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Mom? Did I come from a tree?

[fononfailure]

*blinks* A tree? Why in the world would you think you came from a tree?

[[OMG I'M DYING FROM THE CUTE~]]

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Because! [And shouts it as it it were the most logical thing in the world] My hair is like apples!