season two: in which the council notices our heroes
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After a long moment, a teenage girl wearing the clothes of a teenage boy crawls out from under the display platform.

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Hey. It's us. We're just in the suits in case you mummify everyone who you touch, okay? This is Alex, waving at you. Are you okay? Thirsty? Hungry?

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"...I don't want to stay here," says the girl, very quietly.

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We can take you back to my friend's house.  

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And we can try to learn what ways for you to interact with the world are safe, so you can lead a normal life.

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She looks really hopeful about this.

I'd like that.

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Okay. Let's head back, then. 

 

And to Karen, this is going to be a hassle to check, because even if she's safe to touch animals we won't know for sure about humans, but - the Ronnie thing really wasn't her fault -

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She nods seriously and brings up the rear on the way back to the car.

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They head to Michael's. Michael and the live-in human have been warned out of the way. He shows the girl to a bedroom. "Is this okay?"

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"It's very nice. - it's wonderful."

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"Okay. Lemme show you how the sinks work -" he does this - "and then I'll get some food, okay?"

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Nod nod nod.

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He demonstrates sinks, locks her in, goes to get pizza. 

To Karen: Did you know Ronnie?

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Not well. Met him in detention a couple times. 

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Oh, okay.

 

He puts the pizza in the oven.

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She hugs herself and bounces while they wait for the pizza to cook. It's not happy bouncing.

 

"At some point I do have to pick up Ampata. Not now, but - in a bit."

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"Yeah. Are you okay?"

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"Yeah."

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"M'fine. It'd just suck, being human sacrificed and then - waking up somehow in a weird place and immediately killing someone before you know what's going on. I dunno."

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"Yeah. - it's weird that she speaks English."

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"Could've gotten it from Ronnie somehow?"

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Nod. "We're stretched thinner than I like. Drusilla's still out there, you're supposed to be picking up the exchange student who might be an evil plot, we need someone here to help this girl acclimate and they might die if she touches them - do you mind if I call Melissa at the Bureau and ask her to escort you and Ampata home -"

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"That's fine."

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