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[wandbreaker]

[There's silence, basically. Then finally, it's there: terse, short, without any feeling.]

My siblings are gone. That's Caspian, as well.

If you work at the Blue Light, well. It's now mine. I won't be changing much, but let me know, at some point, if you're about.

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[7thborn]

[She doesn't answer this for a long, long while. And when she finally does, she can't manage her typical audio reply because she isn't sure she's that good at keeping her voice completely even. Not for something like this. Not for people she felt were as good as family, too. Peter most of all.

Her first thought is Are you sure? but of course he is. Taking over the Blue Light makes it final, to her. So all that's left is...]

Edmund, I'm so sorry.

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[wandbreaker]

Best not apologize.

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[7thborn]

Yeah, I reckon so. It's the City's fault more than anything else, anyway. I just-

[Oh, Merlin.]

I know what it's like, is all. Wanted to see if you're alright.

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[wandbreaker]

I'm fine. You're still working, right?

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[7thborn]

[She doubts that. But she can play along, move on to this other thing, resist the urge to go to the Hall herself.]

Of course I am. Why would that change?

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[wandbreaker]

Some people would take the chance and quit. I don't know.

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[7thborn]

I'm hardly the sort to do that. And it helps to have the lot of us there, doesn't it? To suss things out.

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[wandbreaker]

I suppose I'll have to suss it all out, won't I?

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[7thborn]

We'll help you get it sorted, Ed. I expect people would understand if you felt like closing it for a bit, just to get things reorganised?

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[wandbreaker]

No, you all work. It's how you live, isn't it?

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[7thborn]

It's been closed for maintenance before and I reckon we all managed fine. But that's up to you now.

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[wandbreaker]

I reckon its better not to.

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[7thborn]

Alright, then.

[Though she can't help but have questions about this, all the same. Questions she knows she shouldn't ask just yet, but she wants-needs, really-to know. Did they say goodbye? Did they leave a note at all? Or was it like it was for her, just empty beds one morning? She hopes not.]

I don't suppose you're up to talking about it right now.

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[wandbreaker]

No. I'm not.

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[7thborn]

Yeah. I remember I didn't want to, either.

If you need anything, though, I'm always about.