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i am now.
what's up?

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Am I allowed to mention your questionable past?

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i don't see why not.

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Great, let's talk about the louvre. I need to know if you've stolen something from it.

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been there once, have not stolen anything.

have you been thinking about this all night?

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Are you trying to get me to say I've been thinking about you all this time?

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you didn't answer my question

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And you're dodging mine.

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i'm not the one messaging men at [ Hold on, what time is it- ] 3:03 in the morning

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Oh. Right--I just need to know if you've ever stolen from the Louvre.

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like i said, i haven't.
is it my turn for a question now?

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[ Listen, she hasn't had much sleep. ]

Only if you confess to stealing a Picasso.

Just kidding. Go ahead.

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cubism's not my thing.

[ Once more, with feeling: ]

why were you thinking about this at 3 in the morning?

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Why wouldn't I be? You're fascinating. You're like a thieving Buster Keaton in a henley.

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that might be one of the nicest compliments anyone has ever given me.

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I don't lie.




I do lie, actually, but mostly for comedic effect. But this isn't one of those.

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i used to watch buster keaton movies as a kid, you know. big influence.

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Are you sure you're not from the 50s, too?

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i've been told i'm extremely old fashioned so that tracks

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You're the only one who understands my jokes because of it, you know. I mentioned Buster Keaten once and got a stare so blank I might as well have been an eggshell white wall.




I really appreciate it. And you.

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[ Nate sometimes has a difficult time parsing flirtations and come-ons from otherwise sincere statements, particularly when the people delivering them can go either way. He doesn't want to be presumptuous, but he's also a little tired still and not firing on all cylinders. He hedges, just in case. ]

i've seen your wardrobe, you are the last thing from an eggshell white wall.

but i'm glad to hear that. i like our talks.

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[ Midge herself isn't sure what she's doing, other than being vulnerable. That in and of itself is terrifying--but it's Nate. The guy's had her back since day one. ]

Me, too. It almost makes things normal.

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not sure i know what normal is anymore. i told you i was kidnapped to another world before this one, right?

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I think I would have remembered that if you did.