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[stillarhino]

Y'all still usin' voicemail? That's wack, yo. Just send me a message or somethin'.

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[stillarhino]

yeah wasn't gonna stop that even if they wasnt gonna have no wedding
but yous right about them needing to focus on all that
i mean thats probably enough to keep wolfie from freaking out again
ya feel me?

[It's been enough time that Beat is able to make a joke about the situation they'd found themselves in a few months back. What had happened back then may have been serious but it seems like his sense of humor is intact despite it.]

[roseofmay]

[That's one hell of a way to put it, but she couldn't really agree more.]

I think as long as Eustace is reminded that he is not facing these things alone, that he has others who care about him and will assist, there will likely not be a repeat of what we encountered in the cave.

[There's a long pause. That's optimistic thinking of her. She still isn't really sure how it happened to begin with. She doesn't know what set Eustace off, which tells her that for all of their similarities, she doesn't know him as well as she ought to.]

Unless you know something I do not.

[stillarhino]

if he forgets imma just smack him in the head with something bigger than his gun

[Because clearly, that seemed to have helped last time, not that Beatrix was conscious enough to see that. The way he wrote that back may have been a little too quick though, as if he was almost excited for the chance to do it again.]

i dunno if i know more than you lady
wolfie aint really budging when we got to talking
but i think he knows that we around
that we sticking around even if he went all batshit on us

[roseofmay]

[She's inclined to wish him luck with that one. Eustace requires more than a few hits to get the message sometimes, she thinks.]

I agree. Eustace is a proud man and likely does not wish to ask things of us if he need not do so. It may do his heart and his spirit some good to have the reminder that even if he wishes not to pursue it, to ask of us assistance, it is available to him regardless.

Such is the nature of close friendships.

[stillarhino]

[Beat can sympathize with what she says about Eustace. He's the same way, not wanting to ask for help right away if it was something he felt he can do on his own. It took him a while to open up to his friends too originally back home, but they meant the world to him afterward. Without them around, he knew he had to try to do the same with the people around him in this dream world.]

aint all that easy to do that all the time too i guess
we just gotta keep at it if he needs us
heh sounds like you know wolfie pretty well dontcha patch?

[He's already slipped back into the nickname, seemingly forgetting the reprimand only moments ago.]

[roseofmay]

[Beatrix.

She wants to correct him again, but refrains. If he starts making a habit of it, however, she’ll reconsider it.]

I would say it is more that Eustace and I have things in common. It gives me an advantage in deducing what I know of him and his behaviour. To say I know him ‘well,’ however, I would not necessarily agree. He would likely say the same if one were to reverse our roles.

[They are merely alike. In the end, she can only make conjecture over him as she would with any other.]

[stillarhino]

aint you known him for a long time though?
figured you two knew each other pretty good cause of that

[roseofmay]

Length of time does not imply familiarity, Beat. Neither Eustace nor I are the types to say much about ourselves. I have, from time to time, pried about information on him, though I do not feel I need to know much. On the contrary, I may be more comfortable with him because we do not know much about one another.

[stillarhino]

[Man, did he wish he had stickers to help convey the confusion he felt from that statement. Being comfortable with each other because they didn't know much? How does that even work?]

huh you and wolfie make for hella weird friends yo
i dont get it but if you each others backs guess thats more than enough for me

[roseofmay]

[She's certain it would sound weird to her as well if she wasn't directly involved. Whatever it is between her and Eustace, it works. To her, that's all that matters.]

I assure you that we do. As much as we both have yours, Beat.

[stillarhino]

right back at ya patch

[The nickname is here to stay. Sorry, Beatrix]

NOT HERE.

[roseofmay]

[Somewhere, Beatrix is angrily tearing pages out of her journal.

SHE HAS A NAME.

SHE IS NOT A PATCH.

She's gonna kill this kid.]