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[agleam]

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[doublefists]

[ dryly: ]

Actually, it'd be more accurate to say I'm surprised it wasn't me first.

[agleam]

—Hey, don't say that.

[doublefists]

[ makes a face, and takes a drink. ]

Fine.

[agleam]

[hesitates for a moment, before]

Why do you think that, anyways?

[doublefists]

It was me first the last round.

[ another drink. ]

[agleam]

Well... Luckily, history doesn't always repeat itself.

[sympathetically, though:]

I'm sorry either way, though.

[doublefists]

Don't be. It's fine.

[ shifts. ]

What about you, how are you feeling?

[agleam]

I think I already told you I'm going to no matter what...?

[maybe a tiny hint of teasing before he gets more serious]

Not great? I mean, um - we knew this was going to happen, but that doesn't make it better. I didn't know him too well myself, but he was a friend of a few friends from one of the other places I've been.

[doublefists]

[ makes a face at him before shifting so she can pet porridge. ]

Yeah? God, they really just grab a lot of people from the same few places, huh.

[agleam]

Have you heard of anyone else from your home being somewhere...?

[doublefists]

No. [ someone tell her viktor exists ] But I wouldn't be surprised.

Strohl and Hulkenberg - their friends Basilio, Fidelio and Eupha were in heaven, apparently.

[agleam]

[thinks that over for a moment]

That must be pretty hard for them.

[doublefists]

[ takes a drink. ]

... Yeah, well, I'd be pissed if I knew my sister got thrown in one of these, so. Probably.

[agleam]

Oh - I didn't know you have a sister.

[curious immediately]

What's she like?

[doublefists]

[ silence, for a moment, then: ]

She's brilliant. Smartest kid I've ever known, makes all sorts of inventions in her spare time. I don't know where she got it from, but she's got it in spades.

[agleam]

[cute...]

She sounds really cool. What's her name?

[doublefists]

[ this

actually takes longer than it really should, but finally: ]

Powder.

[agleam]

...Everything okay?

[doublefists]

[ waves a hand. ]

Yeah. It's fine. [ abruptly changes the subject: ] Anyway, what's tomorrow gonna be like?

[agleam]

—Oh, right. Did you get to watch the trials from the other side last time?

[just so he knows how much to explain.]

[doublefists]

Yep. I woke up the morning of mine. I'm getting the impression ours was way less structured than all of you, though.

[agleam]

I think it's only as structured as we make it. But we usually do stuff like check the body or bodies for injuries or other damage, check a bunch of different places for signs of a struggle... We'll probably start out talking about where we were overnight, which - I guess we won't need to this time?

[our mandatory curfews....]

We usually check living people for injuries, too, and look at their stuff to make sure there's no damage.

[doublefists]

See, that's way more routine. Ours was a fucking mess.

Is that always a thing, everybody getting herded to one place? We almost didn't notice getting locked in, last round.

[agleam]

It has been both times for me, at least. Hopefully it will be again.

[doublefists]

You like being stuffed in one place against your will?