Texts from Late Night

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[ Posted sometime around like four in the morning: ]

Has anyone else found themselves falling in love with someone in those memories we all get? That might feel a little extreme, but the face has been sticking with me for a while now.

Comments

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I don't doubt it, but I'm not sure you should upsell people to take your blood.

Honestly, I'm still not 100% sure what the taste is based on other than younger people tend to smell worse.

[burndownforwhat]

The way I see it, it's a chance to help someone. I doubt there's an easy way to get it from, say, a blood bank or hospital. Imagine the looks you'd get. Or the police attention...

I wasn't even thinking about the taste. As for the smell, I keep myself pretty clean for someone who spends hours at the gym every day.

[ it's tough to say if she would smell better or worse than Yin given the circumstances. she is in a better state overall, but still has her hang-ups, fears, imagined trauma, and relationship drama.

oh, but having her mom coming into town for a week starting tomorrow will definitely change all that. ]

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Yeah, that's been something I've been worried about before now, if I'm honest. A longer term solution's going to be more complicated.

As for the smell, I didn't meant to accuse you of that, sorry

[burndownforwhat]

No, it's fine! No offense taken.

And I remember talking about the hospitals before. What was it - "back channels"?

[ god she even remembers LAUGHING about that and the phlebotomy thing now. ...good thing this isn't voice because she can't help but snicker a bit at the pun. it's crude but. it was good. ]

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Mmmhm! Not that I should say too much about it because the legality of it all might be questionable.

[burndownforwhat]

Believe me, I'm not about to pry into anything that could get me in trouble by proxy. I have a career to think about.

But it just brings me back to the offer. At least think about it? I don't want to push, but if it's something I can do to help you feel better and, like I said, it's no harm to me. Then I want to do it.

I owe you one.

[matchbreaker]

No, no, I'll consider it. Hell, I might end up taking you up on it, if I don't end up calling some other friends. But you don't need to worry about it either.

[burndownforwhat]

Heh. It won't be what keeps me up at night, trust me.

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Well I hope nothing will!

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Someone has to keep the super late crowd entertained, right?

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Are you appointing yourself the hero of the night people?

[burndownforwhat]

Yes, absolutely.

They call me

The Occasional Insomniac

Not the most impressive superhero name, I know.

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It is a fun one though! I laughed a little at least.

I don't know what mine would be? Something with bats I suppose

[burndownforwhat]

Bats are surprisingly cute.
I wouldn't say I'd go out and pet one but. They're not as intimidating as I used to think.

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That's exactly how I felt when I first got them! They smell like the dickens but they really are endearing.

[burndownforwhat]

Haha, well so do most pets, don't they?

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Yes and no, if I'm not managing it they're way worse than cats

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Oh, seriously? That's hard to imagine. And I've met someone who kept ferrets and they were... something else.

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The issue's in the poop - bats poop a lot

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[ one quick google later. ]

Oh

Wow

You were NOT kidding.

At least it can make for good fertilizer?

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Mmmhm, so I've heard! I've done what I can to collect it, but as much as a bat expert as I might be now, I don't think that was her field.

[burndownforwhat]

Oh, you mean your other self kept bats before, too? I wonder how she dealt with it... They didn't give you any memories to go with them?

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She did yeah, and I think they were mostly outdoor bats, for her. I could do that here - I do that for some of them - but... I'm not as deft at it all.

[burndownforwhat]

I'm sure you'll get the hang of it.
Or the bats will. One or the other!

[matchbreaker]

Oh, bother, I'm sure I will.

I've gotten more used to bossing them around.