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[shoubai]

WELCOME

House 1411

"Hello? Hello?? I'm sorry, there's nobody home right now. [ obnoxious peal of laughter: go ]

Ahh, that's right! Leave a message, and I'll get back to you. Right? That's how it goes? Aha, no telemarketers, please!

If you run up my bill, I'll have to ask you to pay the extra costs.

[ BEEP ]

Comments

Re: T E X T

[shoubai]

the life they come from is a sad one, for being so full of terror
for making them like they are

Re: T E X T

[whizbangs]

It's like a sickness, that place
Nill told me some of what they do to people there
Always kids, she said
It's some kind of miracle that ours are even as put-together as they are

[ours. hers. that's what it feels like, bizarrely, painfully, and anyway none of them have anyone else (his brother is dead--)]

Re: T E X T

[shoubai]

only the strong survive in those circumstances
we have to teach them how to be stronger

Re: T E X T

[whizbangs]

I don't know if I can do that for them
My kind of strength comes from hope
They don't believe there is any