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[narke_lepsis]

You found a stray girl?

...wait.

[chromae]

I paint. Yup. I'm gonna be famous one day.

[narke_lepsis]

Paint? Paint!

And folks give you money for it an' everything?

[chromae]

Well-- sometimes. I'm not really famous yet.

[narke_lepsis]

[ A gasp! ]

You know how you could get famous? Bring your paintings to the circus!

[chromae]

Really?

[narke_lepsis]

Really really. Everybody that come round to the circus has to get by me -- there are so many, Vieve. Promise!

[chromae]

You're the coolest person I've ever met, Zipporah! Can we go tomorrow?

[narke_lepsis]

The girl with the bear on the bike calls me Zip! If she can call me that, it's a sure thing you can too, Vieve. Okay?

[ Nods eagerly. ]

Tomorrow'n the day after and the day after that. Whichever you like best, that's what I like too.

[chromae]

How about every day?

OUR ICONS ARE COMMUNING.

[narke_lepsis]

I can like everyday, Vieve. Honest!

IT IS A SIGN OF BFFERY.

[chromae]

Okay! And-- if I make a little extra money, I can take you and Dog to go buy bubble gum! All the flavors.

DERPY EXCLAMATION POINT LADEN BBFERY.

[narke_lepsis]

[ Gasp! ]

But I wouldn't've earned none! And I've got nothing else for giving back 'cept some of the rent.

I LOVE IT.

[chromae]

That's okay! I won't tell anybody-- but you have to promise to have a bubble-blowing contest with me!

Re: I LOVE IT.

[narke_lepsis]

Ma and Pop-pop never let me have gum. But there was a girl in my cabin at Camp who got it in the mail every week. S'truth she was the most popular girl. Gave it to everyone, even me.

[ Nods. ]

Can't be promisin' that I'd make a big bubble, but I can try.

[electrodyne]

Makes you wonder how a girl can become a stray in the first place.