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[aberth]

Richard Gansey, Ronan Lynch, and Henry Cheng have all been sent home. They've been gone a few days.

If there's anything outstanding from either of them that you need help with, let one of the rest of us know and we'll do our best to work it out.

[ Everything's fine, everything's fine. Someone needed to do this though, and if Adam's brusque business like statement is a little off well, just don't bring it up. ]

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[oceiteres]

You're not feeling sorry for yourself, are you? [ Says Blue in the tone of voice of a person who should not have asked this question, because she can probably relate... ]

Maybe it's an experiment. To see how much of this we'll tolerate before we fly off the handle and do something really destructive.

[brushoff]

Not entirely. I know the fight's my fault. I simply wish we parted on better terms.

[ besides, Dorian rarely feels sorry for himself in the first place because he is the best. He can't help but chuckle a bit at her theory, though. ]

Careful. If that isn't already true, you'll give them ideas.

[oceiteres]

[ Well, that answer seems to please her. A little. As close as she can get to being pleased right now when it's obvious she's seething. ]

He could come back. I did. [ But does she even want that? To the second thing he says, she makes a face. ]

I guess I wouldn't put it past them, knowing what I know now. This is ridiculous.

[brushoff]

You did. And, he could come back remembering this place, as I did. [ he's been home a couple of times—and when he arrived back here, he remembered this world. ]

But you're right—ridiculous is putting it mildly.

[oceiteres]

It's like some mysterious force is just rolling the dice with our lives. Which sounds over-dramatic, but is it honestly not accurate?

[brushoff]

We're all pieces on a giant metaphorical chessboard?

[oceiteres]

[ She makes another face. ] That's a depressing way of putting it, but I guess it's basically what I just said, isn't it?

[brushoff]

It's just a different game metaphor, after all.