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[flaredo]

"Heeey, you've reached Yang! Well, actually, you didn't reach far enough, 'cause I'm not here right now! But don't yang up! Just leave a message on this baby, and I'll get back to you soon enough, okay?"

[ Please specify VOICEMAIL, TEXT or CALL. ]

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[flaredo]

She's also our team leader. I wouldn't worry.

[kaba]

That good, huh? [ BUT ]

[flaredo]

And she's got me to look after her.

[ NO BUTS. ]

[kaba]

And I feel a lot better about it, but… [ there he goes again ]

…Shouldn't she be in school?

[ THERE. HE SAID IT. ]

[flaredo]

... Hmmmm. Well, our school's a little different from the school here.

[ And so of course Yang doesn't go, either. ]

[kaba]

[ Yes, but you're practically a grownup while Ruby…drinks…milk… ]

Yeah, I guess, but…I dunno. There were dead bodies in there, y'know? [ In Recreare's feed, that is. ]

I don't like the idea of you guys seeing more of that.

[flaredo]

Koujakuuuuu. You're starting to sound like my dad.

[kaba]

[ …Is this another old man joke he's twenty-seven for the love of Buddha— ]

Least your dad sounds like a good guy.

[flaredo]

He is! He just tends to fuss, but then he's okay sending our dog in the mail, so...

[ SHRUG. ]

[kaba]

[ Shockingly, that last part doesn't weird him out so much. People totally get their robot dogs from the mail all the time, after all… ]

Yang Xiao Long, are ya calling me fussy? [ This is his best dad voice now. Be afraid. ]

[flaredo]

Sure am!

[ BRIGHTLY. ]

[kaba]

Hey. [ Laughing. ] Now you're just embarrassing me. Ruby isn't hearing this, is she?

[ Don't harsh up the Reds' funky flow, man… ]

[flaredo]

Lucky for you, it's just me and Zwei in the room right now. Buuuut I might consider warning her that you're a fusser.

[kaba]

I think she found that out already.

[ Not that that was hard. ]