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[hisstrength]

[Tris sounds tense. She had so many questions in mind when she first arrived that she never got around to taking to the network. Now's not the time for any of them, except this one.]

So destruction and fighting and everything aside. Does anyone know... how long someone can stay uhm. Passed out in a coma? I know some people dream of what's happening at home like that but how long does it normally last?

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[hisstrength]

Good thinking.

And Scott is... one of your friends?

[teenyoda]

My best friend, basically my brother from another mother. He owns Allison's, the pet store in Freya. Kind of a giant puppy himself.

[hisstrength]

Wow. Sounds like you know each other really well...

I guess I'll find out if he's right about that.

[teenyoda]

Pretty much. We grew up together, so... you know. You kind of learn everything about someone that way.

[hisstrength]

... Makes sense. [Probably. For some people.]

I don't think I know my brother well, but I still get what you mean.

[teenyoda]

Yeah, well... We didn't live in the same conditions. We got to go do stupid kid things together.

[hisstrength]

I don't think Caleb knows how to do stupid kid things.

[teenyoda]

Ever thought of trying to show him?

[hisstrength]

Thought of it. By now I've got his look of disapproval memorized. He was really good at doing what he was supposed to and reminding me that I should, too.

[teenyoda]

Oh god, not one of those kinds. [Do what you're supposed to. Right. Like that had ever been in his coding.]

[hisstrength]

Definitely one of those kinds. At least until he could get out of the house, which he did at the first chance he had. [So did you, Tris.]

[teenyoda]

Well... if he's here, you should maybe get him to, you know, loosen up.

[hisstrength]

Maybe one day he'll show up. He'd have been a big fan of the internet, if we'd had it.

[teenyoda]

I'm not really sure if I should hope for that or not. I mean, being that it's here.

[hisstrength]

...Good point. But I'd still like to see him again, and home isn't much safer for either of us right now.

[teenyoda]

Okay, well, fair enough. I mean, if home's crap, why not be in a crappy position together, right?

[hisstrength]

Right. Still working on making people appear here by wishing, though.

[teenyoda]

Hah, yeah. Well, if that works, wish me up a McDonald's franchise, would you?

[hisstrength]

[A what?]

Sure, will do.

[teenyoda]

[HE WANTS HIS CHICKEN MCNUGGETS, OKAY?]

Good. Then consider me a happy camper. Sort of. Well, whatever. You know what I mean.