CURFEW WEEK 5: I hate half of you in this room holy shit ✬

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There should be. We haven't really run into a shortage of supplies since the first aid station opened up. So it should be fine. [or at least it's what he'll tell himself while he's leaning against her comfortably but loosely.] Don't worry about it.

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Weird.

[ she is so used to shortages of supplies. like. she had to give herself stitches with wire, and got kicked out of a group and had her baby stolen because of medical supply shortages. wild. you just have things. ]

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You're weird. [it's said thoughtlessly and casually, just like everything's okay and he's only teasing her. but he shakes his head anyway.]

Take what you need without overthinking it. We'll all doing everything that we can to survive and take care of each other anyway.

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Am not.

[ she relaxes a little bit... she's accepted that you can just take what you need, food-wise. but medicine? that's a harder one to accept. ]

It's better to ration things, though.

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[there's a sound that's similar to "are too" but he doesn't say it. necho cat leaps up to curl up on the arm of the couch closest to their heads and the bird is preening its feathers.]

I don't really know how to ration things, I guess. I'm used to holding on to everything I find. [so. he's never really been without stuff.]

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[ clementine's hedgehog is probably dozing underneath the couch. nice and safe. ]

Me too. I just usually don't find that much.

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I wonder if this place will let you take stuff back with you. Just enough to get by until you find another settlement or something.

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I'm still trying not to think like that.

[ about taking things home. about staying here. about getting a wish. about going to another world. ]

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What did I tell you earlier about dreams? [have them.]

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Let me start small.

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Hey, as long as you're thinking about it, it can be as big or small as you want.

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... It would be nice to keep that rock they gave us. The cool looking one.

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That's a good start. I've been hanging on to mine, too. Goat told me they picked it out because it looked nice. [he's fond of goat for that reason.]

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It's pretty. I like it a lot.

It would be nice to... Put it in a room. [ ... dream big. ]

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Maybe on a shelf with space for other cool rocks? [dream bigger.]

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Yeah.

[ but in reality, the dream is this: having somewhere to stay. having a room to put things in - somewhere you can leave things safely and come back to them later. ]

I found this really cool one in a cave. Kind of looked like crystals.

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[they both know what the real dream is, but somehow it's safer not to say it out loud.]

Yeah? It'd probably look great next to the galaxy rock. Especially if it's a room where you can get a lot of sunlight.

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[ she nods. ]

Yep. So - that's my small dream.

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It's a nice one to have. [it's kind of sweet, actually.] I hope it comes true someday.

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... We'll see.

[ same answer she always gives aj. maybe. we'll see.

don't get your hopes up. ]

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Yeah. We will. [unfortunately he has enough hope for both of them. it's why he relaxes enough and shuts his eyes.] There's always time.