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[parodeity]

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[appraiser]

So you'd rather avoid it than get used to it?

[parodeity]

Well. I don't know if it's a thing you get used to immediately? Like. Not without someone to watch your back while you sleep, anyway.

[appraiser]

I don't know either. [ He doesn't sleep, and his only experience with it is by proxy of watching Minato put his head down during class every period of every day, and it's a wonder why his grades are so much better than Ryoji's. ]

...This world is full of empty houses and frightened strangers. Both these things will change in time, I believe, so I hope you'll find that you can sleep without worry. There is nothing to gain by hurting others, after all.

[parodeity]

...Yeah, maybe. The people who could watch my back are..otherwise engaged. How about you?

[appraiser]

I could watch your back.

[ Is that not the question Dave is asking-- ]

But if you mean those who would watch out for me through the night... I can only think of one person, and he will undoubtedly be asleep. But I don't mind that.

[parodeity]

Ah, yeah, that's the kind of person I mean. Someone to like...trade off watches with you.

[ THANKS...RYOJI... ]

...What's your name, anyway?

[appraiser]

[ That kind of person, but it might just be Ryoji taking double shifts. ]

Ryoji Mochizuki. It's nice to meet you.

[parodeity]

Dave Strider. Nice to meet you, too...? You know where all you're stayin' yet?

[appraiser]

Nope. For the first few days, at least, I don't plan to stay anywhere. There's so much of this place that I'd like to see.

[parodeity]

...So sleep isn't a thing you need, or...?

[appraiser]

I don't need it, no. Being alone in the silence and the darkness for such a long time isn't something I'm very good at.

[parodeity]

Yeah, well. I'm a certified insomniac, so if you ever get bored at night, I guess look me up?

[appraiser]

Shall I come find you on the rooftops?

[parodeity]

There's that. Or if you want to try to look me up via a different laptop while messaging this one?

[appraiser]

Can I do that? What is your number? I've only ever used a phone before.

[parodeity]

E00707.

[ HE KNOWS IT BY HEART ]

[appraiser]

E00707... E00707... E00...

[ He repeats it several times under his breath, but there's no way he can remember a string of letters and numbers like that with brute force memorization, and he knows that the moment his attention is grabbed by something else, it will be lost forever. ]

Do you perhaps have a pen I could use to write it down?

[ Someday, technology where you can call somebody's phone and transfer a number automatically. ]

[parodeity]

Well...no. Just think, Wow! 'E's like double-oh-seven, Agent Bond. Oh-seven.

[ dave why the fuck ]

[appraiser]

[ Ryoji laughs, having absolutely no clue what that reference is about, but it's definitely something he can remember better than a hex code. ]

I think I'll be able to remember that, Agent Bond.

[parodeity]

Honestly if we could do like contact lists that'd make this easier...or we can just carve our handles into planks of wood and hand the out like business cards.

[appraiser]

Let's make business cards.

[ Wouldn't that be the coolest thing? Handing out little slabs of wood for people to carry around; they will never be forgotten. ]

[parodeity]

I mean, I'm not opposed, but do you know anything about wood carving?

[appraiser]

Nope!

[ Did he honestly expect anything different? ]

But it shouldn't be too difficult, right? All we have to do is find something to carve on, something to carve with, and... carve!

[parodeity]

I mean, there's a whole forest of like wood, so I guess that should be easy enough...? And if we find any knives, I know how to fix 'em up if they're too terrible...

[appraiser]

Then you're the wood carving expert here, Dave! I will follow your lead.