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Okay, fair enough. I'm gonna remember, though!

[ A pause ]

Do you drink?

It's fine if you remember! Most people don't, but, well.

[gestures all around them; Minuet has enough control over his own space, he figures he can remember what happens inside of it even when he's awake.]

And yeah, I drink.

Alright. Then, we'll drink and talk about it.

...Okay. But you have to give me a little advanced notice or I'll accidentally drink you under the table.

You also have an alcohol tolerance superpower?!

Wait, I guess poison resistance would do that, wouldn't it . . .

It's the poison resistance. Alcohol, painkillers, and most medications count as poisons to the skill. How else do you think we managed to survive the bartender ritual? I was horribly sober the whole time.

That's . . .

Horrific.

Yeah. I thought we'd get to upgrade a portion of our barn into a proper kitchen if we won.

[you can hear the mild regret in his voice. imagine being absolutely sober when you live with Charon for a game where you're telling everyone secrets and memories and shit.]

But I did get a bedroom, so I guess it wasn't a total waste.

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[ rest in fucking pieces ]

Well -- we can still drink, I guess, if you like the taste. It might be a pointless exercise otherwise.

I can turn the poison resistance off if you give me enough forewarning! I'm just not gonna make a habit of it when I'm here by myself. Special occasions only. So, we can still drink just fine.

You can just . . . toggle it off?

[ How much fucking better might his own life been if that were an OPTION? ]

Yes.

[the wary, clipped confirmation does somewhat imply that it is not common to be able to turn off an ability]

But it's a secret, so don't tell anyone. It doesn't matter here too much, but old habits die hard.

[ The cue is picked up, absorbed, understood. ]

My lips are sealed.

I appreciate it. It's good for other people to know in case of emergencies, but that doesn't mean everyone should know someone's skills. Even in a place like this where everyone's pretty friendly.

I get it.

[ BOY DOES HE ]

It's not really anyone's business anyway.

[sympathetic nod]

Everyone still asks about skills anyways and it feels weird not to respond.

I get why. It can be important.

[ Like telling someone you have mind reading and buffing powers. Just as a random example. Unrelated to anything. ]

But some people're also just nosy.

[i resent that example]

It can be important to tell them and they can be nosy.

If I can ask more about a card you've already chosen to play, though . . .

This buff. Say you used it in a situation more hostile than Perci's -- could it help prevent psychic fatigue?

"Psychic" specifically? We'd have to test it if there's a specific situation you have in mind, but it should. It boosts mental, physical, and special abilities.

There aren't many good ways of testing it without just doing the thing, unfortunately . . .

It's about the birds.

[sits up straighter]

The ones that hurt Perci? They called themselves Teleute.

Yeah.

[ He leans against the tree, tipping his head back to watch the branches sway in the artificial wind ]

They're a hivemind, but there's another personality in there that's separate. I've been calling her Hope. Seems like Hope and her sisters had a disagreement, so they locked her away. She's at the bottom of a void like Perci was.

I wanna help get her out.

[...???

his heart rate spikes]

She's not a white bird, by chance, is she?

[ Noticing it, since it's his head and all ]

. . . ? No, not that I'm aware of. Why?

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