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Who: Robin!
Broadcast: Video!
Action: Not unless it gets weird!
When: About a day after his supposed murder.

[the feed crackles on to show Robin, looking very much alive and in a shirt that doesn't have a big hole in it, thank you. he's crouched somewhere on one of those Floot Loop stations, probably. he's got his back to one of those big LED displays, which means... unless you want to check every single bright, animated ad in every station within range, he's going to be kind of tricky to find.

he... waves, though he doesn't look like he's very happy to see you either, to be honest.]

Hello. I'm not dead, since I assume that rumor has spread far and wide by now.

And I would love to have a calm, rational conversation about all of this before someone tries to kill me again. What have I missed? Catch me up.

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There's no need for that. Just...

[Just what? She doesn't actually know. When her friends are having problems Shirley likes nothing more than to get to the root of things and solve them ASAP, but she doesn't know either Robin or Nel well enough for that.]

Just take care of yourself. If something like this happened again, I don't think Nel would like it.

[That may be a low blow, but it's probably true and it's the best incentive she can think of. Shirley's not averse to low blows if they'll produce results.]

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I know.

[which he's said with more... brash apathy, in the past. now he just sounds kind of sad. he's never had anyone care about what happens to him, so he knows that he needs to learn to keep it in mind. so. yeah. he'll do that.]

Good.

[This is usually where she'd try and give some sort of advice, but Shirley doesn't have enough to say anything specific and Robin doesn't seem to want to tell her more - which she figures is fair, given that they've only spoken twice before. Still, she wants to offer something.]

I'm glad you're all right, Robin. I hope things work out for both of you. If you're having trouble...thinking about what's best for you and what's best for Nel is hard, but in the end it will be worth it if you do. Trust me, I know.

I believe you.

[because, yes. she is right. he knows she's right. it hurts now, but, hopefully, it'll be for the best.]

Okay.

[And...that's it, she's about done. Moralizing aside, this talk has helped but Shirley's still a little bit at a loss for what to make of all this.]

I've probably said enough. Whatever happens...I really am glad you're okay.

Thank you. [he sounds a little awkward, but honest.] You're very kind.

I've had some experience. That's all.

[Yeah, not going into that right now.]

I'll talk to you another time.

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