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[personal profile] flickerflash 2016-08-07 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
[She does. The place she's thinking of is what amounts to a tiny street cafe-- a walkway cafe?-- with a cheerful woman selling a cartload of small, handheld pies of all kinds of flavours. A distinct lack of meringue, though.]

Here! I wonder if any of these taste like blueberry.
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[personal profile] reconstitution 2016-08-07 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure, but we'll get a few different kinds to start. Does that sound okay?

[ He approaches the stand, handing the woman a handful of acorns for whatever pies that will buy the pair of them. ]
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[personal profile] flickerflash 2016-08-07 08:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Katie just grins in response, bouncing on her toes as the woman offers up a selection of pies.]

I wonder what alien pies taste like. [Spoilers: Pretty much like regular pies.] Do you want to choose first? Maybe we can find a nice place to sit out of the sun.

[...she said, on a shaded walkway.]
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[personal profile] reconstitution 2016-08-08 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
Okay. I'll choose.. [ He looks over the pies, picking up one with darker-looking berries. ] This one.

The beach isn't too far away. Neither are the docks.
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[personal profile] flickerflash 2016-08-08 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Beach! [She selects one with a distinct blue shade to the berries, and accepts the small cardboard box with the rest of their goodies.]

Didn't we talk about the beach before? I can't remember. It'll be much colder than the ones I'm used to, but that's probably a good thing.
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[personal profile] reconstitution 2016-08-08 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
The beach it is.

[ They may have talked about it, but he can't remember. He lets her carry the box, leading the way to the beach. Maybe his favorite spot won't be taken. ]

Did we talk about the beach on the ice planet?
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[personal profile] flickerflash 2016-08-08 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
We might have done. [To be honest, she's not sure-- just that there was a beach in there somewhere.] Have you been to many beaches before this one? Have you ever made sandcastles? Or sand men. Snowmen cousins.

[She happily follows him down to the sand, stealing a small bite of her pie and making a face. Well, it's nice, but it doesn't taste like blueberry. She was hoping.]
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[personal profile] reconstitution 2016-08-10 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
I remember going to the beach when I was really young- with my family during the summer. Sandcastles, maybe. Probably not a good idea now, though.

[ Kaitie, you might have to be the sandmen builder and he can appraise it from afar or fetch pails of water.

He stops at his favorite spot, just before the tide so they don't get wet sitting in the sand. ]
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[personal profile] flickerflash 2016-08-13 01:37 am (UTC)(link)
Why isn't it a good idea now?

[She has to ask. Katie tilts her head with a frown.] Can you not make them if your arm's metal?
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[personal profile] reconstitution 2016-08-13 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
I probably shouldn't get sand stuck in it right now.
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[personal profile] flickerflash 2016-08-17 02:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Hmm. She gives him a studious look, mulling things over, then offers a tentative smile.]

If you try not to get too much stuck, I bet I could get it out for you.
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[personal profile] reconstitution 2016-08-20 04:09 am (UTC)(link)
I guess I can't really argue with that, can I?

[ Instead, he's going to eat his pie before sandcastles are a thing. ]
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[personal profile] flickerflash 2016-08-22 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
[She outright grins, but hey. He has the right idea. She plonks herself down next to him to munch on the pie she has, basking in the warm breeze. She doesn't get to see the ocean often, despite what she says.]

Why is your arm metal, anyway? Did you have an accident?
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[personal profile] reconstitution 2016-08-22 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
[ The ocean is a rare treat for all of them, so they're excused for being a little selfish in taking advantage of it.

Ah.. He wondered when it would come up. People ask eventually, and he can't really fault a kid for being curious. ]


I fell off a train.
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[personal profile] flickerflash 2016-08-22 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Katie flinches, giving a small hiss of sympathy. That sounds painful as hell.]

Was the train going too fast, or didn't the doors shut? I think they should have seatbelts, you know. [Which she would then promptly ignore, but Katie doesn't have an issue with falling.]
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[personal profile] reconstitution 2016-08-24 09:38 pm (UTC)(link)
It was going very fast. I was trying to help a friend and I slipped.

[ Katie definitely doesn't need to know the why around it, nor what came after. Because 'it was ripped off somewhere between the train and the ground in a fall that should have resulted in death' might be a little much. ]
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[personal profile] flickerflash 2016-08-26 05:37 am (UTC)(link)
[She doesn't need to know more about the details-- he can keep his secrets. But her brow furrows.]

Did you get to help your friend?
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[personal profile] reconstitution 2016-08-26 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
I did, yeah. He was okay, at least. Even if he was a little sad about it.

[ Probably an understatement, but everything's fine. ]
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[personal profile] flickerflash 2016-08-27 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
Is losing your arm better than him not being okay?
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[personal profile] reconstitution 2016-08-27 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I think so.
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[personal profile] flickerflash 2016-08-28 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
[She smiles at that.] I'm glad. Did he make you a new silver arm as a thank you?

[Sorry, Winter.]
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[personal profile] reconstitution 2016-08-28 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He falters briefly, giving Katie a pained smile. ] That would have been nice if he had.

Someone else made me this arm. They weren't as nice about it.
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[personal profile] flickerflash 2016-09-01 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
[O-oh. Her smile fades, brow furrowing.]

Did you have to do pay for it? Or do something you didn't like?
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[personal profile] reconstitution 2016-09-01 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
I had to do a lot of things I didn't like after I got it.

[ Sorry to crush your fantasy of friendship and whimsy, Katie. ]
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[personal profile] flickerflash 2016-09-03 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, to be fair, she's now considering the scope of debts and burdens that come with unsavory people, which she's also had experience with. So she's quiet a moment.]

Do you still have to do them?

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