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[ohmydarlinme]

[ Hey look it's Clem! Hi Clem! Only she looks a little ... guilty, and sheepish today. She's curled up on a chair by the window, with a book open in her lap, and a look of concentration on her face. Occasionally she glances up and around at a sound of the apartment settling, or a bird chirping - any noise she wasn't expected she jumps a bit in surprise. ]

.... I kind of messed up at work today. I think the man I work for is mad at me.

[ Or just a little concerned, Same thing. But uh... what exactly she did to make him concerned in the first place ...well, she knew she screwed up badly there. ]

Is Thane still here?

[ She hopes he is, but...wouldn't be surprised if he was gone - that tended to be the norm; people leave. At least he hasn't died right? After an awkward pause, she decides to offer another question. ]

And... um..What's a tibisp? I can't find it in the dictionary.

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[ohmydarlinme]

[ OH Hay thar Gilbert. Clem hesitates a moment. ]

I messed up at work.. I wasn't paying attention.

[ Kind of. She just wasn't paying attention to the right thing. ]

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[corviform]

What did you do?

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[ohmydarlinme]

[ UHRM. ]

I accidentally hurt someone.

[ Okay it wasn't really that much of an accident at the time - she just... didn't know who it was. ]

... I stabbed them in the arm with a screwdriver.

[ ... ]

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[corviform]

What?

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[corviform]

[ His face pales slightly. ]

H-How did you manage that...? What were you doing with a screwdriver?

[ohmydarlinme]

I always keep a screwdriver with me. [ Or a hatchet. Or a gun. Or anything she can use to hit someone if she needs to. ]

[corviform]

But why? That can be very dangerous!

[ohmydarlinme]

That's why I carry it.

[ If anyone startles her, or tries to attack her, she's going to use it. Uh.. which.. is kind of what happened. ]

[corviform]

Clementine...

[ He drags a hand over his face. ]

Other people can get hurt as a result. Like that man... And screwdrivers tend to be very dirty and can cause an infection.

[ohmydarlinme]

He shouldn't have grabbed me. [ Huff. ] I'm not going to leave my apartment without something for protection.

[ He's lucky she didn't have her hatchet! She might have taken an arm off. ]

[corviform]

Why did he? But no, he shouldn't have. [ Still... ] You don't need to carry weapons on you. It's... different here. If something is bothering you, you can tell someone.

[ohmydarlinme]

I don't know. I didn't ask. [ She wasn't going to give him the chance to do anything anyway. ]

I can't rely on other people. [ That tended to end badly. ] And it would be dumb to leave without any way of protecting myself. There might not be Walkers here, but that doesn't mean it's safe.

[ People were kidnapped and killed just before she arrived here, after all. ]

[corviform]

[ He frowns. ]

I know it isn't easy, but it isn't true. There are people who can help you.

[ Shaking his head now. ]

Walkers?

[ohmydarlinme]

[ Sure - probably there is that these were people she didn't trust. ]

... Nevermind. It's not important.

[corviform]

[ Gil rubs the back of his head in slight frustration. ]

I'm not very good at this, sorry... but... if you need to talk then maybe...?

Ack I responded to this >.< Or thought I did.

[ohmydarlinme]

[ Clem shook her head. She kinds gets that she's not easy to reach out to, and she herself held people at arm's length for safety. Her own. ]

It's all right. Don't feel bad.

But I don't want to talk about it.

[corviform]

[ He nods slowly, though it's evident he's not entirely comfortable letting it go.

Still, he concedes. ]

Is there anything I can do?

[ohmydarlinme]

.. No, it's okay. Thanks anyway, though.