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[1000_cranes]

The headache was more or less constant at the moment, but the nausea came and went. It wasn't a case of learning to live with; Charlie had done her getting used to it back in Midland before Hiro Nakamura turned up on that day the rain just wouldn't stop. She always found herself thinking more abou HIro when she didn't feel well. Once upon a time

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[steel_singer]

"Somethin' wrong, young'n?" Bobby had come in from the rec room, in search of a cold drink, and stopped when he saw Charlie. His brow knit together slightly as he took a look at what she was doing. "Whatever it is you're makin' there, I hope to hell it ain't food."

[1000_cranes]

"Paper," says Charlie, still up to her wrists in the soggy mixture as she cranes her neck to look over her shoulder at Bobby.

"Don't suppose you want to do a girl a favour and scratch my nose, old man?"

[steel_singer]

Chuckling, Bobby went over to her. "I can do that," he said, and gave her nose a scratch. "Howsat?"

[1000_cranes]

Charlie's nose wrinkled and her fingers curled into the goopy mess that she was up to her knuckles in.

She groans.

"Perfect."

[steel_singer]

"You're welcome," Bobby replied with a crooked smile. "Now, tell me what you're gonna do with this paper you're makin'. This gonna be more art?"

[1000_cranes]

"Yessir," says Charlie, pleased that he knows her well enough to figure that out. "I haven't exactly decided what kind of art it's going to be, but, yeah, I think I'm due something new."