[voice | private to breakdown]

[10_20_15_5_50]

Hey, Breakdown. D'you have a minute to talk...?

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Re: [Voice]

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

........I destroyed it.

[Only now there was doubt...what if he’d made the wrong choice? What if it was Knock Out, just...acting weird because of the Miasma? Seriously? He’s acted strange since getting here, so...]

[Voice]

[10_20_15_5_50]

What tipped the scales with it?

I don't mean to pry, man, and I'm sorry t'salt a wound, but... if dopplegangers are a thing happening here the red flags are important.

Re: [Voice]

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

[She’ll hear him transform, wherever he is, he’s come to a stop.]

...Have you ever known someone so well you could tell when something was off with them? No matter how well they hid it you knew without a doubt when they were upset, or tired, or ill, excited...anything. You just knew them that well they couldn’t hide it from you?

[Voice]

[10_20_15_5_50]

[A pause, and then,]

Yeah.

[Leprechauns and the like were said to be capricious, but this was more than an unkindness---it was cruel. Breakdown had been so happy to have his partner in Haven, and then...]

Re: [Voice]

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

...This was so blatantly off I knew it wasn't just him in a mood of some sort...it wasn't him...

[Voice]

[10_20_15_5_50]

I'm sorry. I...

...I am kicking myself for not coming to say hey in person. [There's a sharp little exhalation from her.] Mighta been to get a word of warning in. Ah, off its aura.

Guess I ought to explain...?

Re: [Voice]

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

...aura? [this some kind of hippie, crap?]

[Voice]

[10_20_15_5_50]

Aura, yeah.

[There's the thinnest suggestion of a smile at his tone. Did she somehow strike you as impractical, Breakdown?]

I can see auras coming off people, always been able to, though I've improved on actually picking up on the stuff showing as I've gotten older. The stuff that shows is mostly mood stuff. If I'm looking at another organic, I can usually get a rough read on their physical health, but you guys? You guys show emotion the same way anybody else would. Big reason I first went to talk to you was seeing you'd suffered some kind of bad upset, but the thing is the fake probably didn't read like a real person. If I had seen it in person, and picked up on an abnormality, it... I don't know, it would've made the wish-granting seem as suspicious as it should've.

Re: [Voice]

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

[He's having troubles accepting anything right now, about anyone. Sorry, Sam.]

...If anyone I know shows up again, you'll have to make sure to get a look at them.

[Voice]

[10_20_15_5_50]

[That's alright.]

I will. You can count on it.

Re: [Voice]

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

[He nods, even though she won't see it.]

Good.

............Thanks, Sam.

[Voice]

[10_20_15_5_50]

Man, you're welcome. And anytime.

Re: [Voice]

[a_little_red_in_the_face]

[He'll hesitate a moment, and if she doesn't say more, he'll hang up.]