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WANTED: 1 courageous soul willing to run weekly shopping errands for this week and the next. Buyer will be compensated for purchased goods and for time spent. Must be able to follow a list. Must have more patience than I do for the modern American custom of swarming the shops en fucking masse during the week before Christmas. Thank you.

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England.

[And then, because he never knows when he might need to clarify:]

If you're from elsewhere, it's across the ocean from America, in Europe.

I know where it is
england doesn't get busy during the holidays? like the big cities
london? manchester?

London. And it might very well do now, but in my day things were more orderly. None of this Black Friday nonsense.

how long ago was back in the day for you?

Nearly one hundred years. It was a bit of a shock at the beginning.

whoa
alright I am starting to see why black friday and christmas shopping is a nightmare for you

You see why it's worth paying $35 to avoid it for a week, eh?

maybe but one day you're going to have to go out and endure it yourself, aren't you?

That was a job for years 1 and 2. I've earned my rest.

I'm actually surprised with the technology here they haven't found a way for groceries to teleport into your fridge to save you the trouble

Wouldn't that be lovely? We should commission an inventor.

sounds like we should
so you've been here a few years now?

Indeed I have. It's not so awful, so far as temporary homes go.

[But even after all this time, he still only wants it to be temporary.]

in spite of the constant danger imports are in?

Constant danger? I wouldn't put it that way.

[ She is a very dramatic teenage girl. ]

how would you put it? there's been a lot of talk about the fates lately and the danger they alone present

I'd call them a simmering sort of danger, always there but often not active.

a simmering pot can eventually boil over if you're not too careful

Of course, but I wouldn't call it constant danger.

you're not the least bit worried are you?

Just a bit cautious.

this world is incredibly weird yet everyone seems
... fine? with it? I'm sorry it's been over a month but it's still strange to process

Well, that will be why then. You've been here over a month, I've been here over two years. You'll see the pattern soon enough. Very big things do happen from time to time, but they don't tend to last, and in a short while things go back to normal. You develop an attitude about it, I've heard a term for it, it's called zen.

[ Satan help her, she's scared of that. ]

doesn't that get exhausting? that's far worse than black friday crowds

Yes.

[To both points.]

But does talking about exhaustion and frustration with the network at large sound very appealing to you?