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esper bell drops onto cape lucien (post "ward of the state")
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Yes! He is, after a moment to collect himself, possibly more with it than he was before he did so much of the best activity. 

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That's one of the things that makes it such a great activity, all the sanity.

What is there to eat in here.

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In addition to the pasta, beans, chilli, and canned oysters they found before, they find some salt, pepper, cream of mushroom soup, and some sort of hard tack bread that is labeled as having a decade long shelf life.

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She opens a can of chili. Any joy on spoons?

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There are four spoons, four forks, and a single knife.

"I think I saw a burner in the other drawer, if we wanted to heat them up?"

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"Yeah, why not. Are we gonna be able to do dishes, I don't know how that works on a boat."

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"I'm not sure, maybe there's something in the cleaning supplies?" 

Indeed he can find a kit for dish washing at sea under the Clorox.

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"Looks like a lot of effort for two insane people, I'm honestly okay with cold chili out of a can on a temporary basis."

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"Works for me."

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Cold chili cuddles.

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It turns out Lucien was really hungry after all. Eventually this is remedied.

"I should call my parents, I think. If uh, that wouldn't be terrible for you?"

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"...I'm probably down to a low enough backlash that I can put up with it but if I'm wrong I'll just like, yell hi to them through the phone or something."

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"Hrm, I could wait till you're sleeping and talk quietly if that works better?"

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"Yeah that probably works better, sorry."

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"It's not a problem, I'll be awake anyways."

Lucien will quickly text his parents to let them know that some difficult things came up and he'd like to chat with them during the night but not to worry too much in the meantime, it's under control.

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May cuddles up and shuts up for as long as she can. Which is longer than it would be without any guiding but then she's piping up, "So do your parents know I exist?"

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Lucien finishes up texting pretty quick.

"Yeah, they know the basics. I asked them if I seemed to be making reasonable choices after you arrived and they told me that wasn't a script for what I should do but I wasn't making obvious mistakes and would have to deal with non-obvious ones as they came up."

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"What did you tell them about me - it's maybe a little late to complain about this but I am actually kind of embarrassed about my backlash -"

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"Oh. I told them you were an alternate version of Lorica and what espers were and why this meant you needed to be around someone. Which included your backlash, sorry, I didn't know that would be sensitive."

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"I can't realistically keep it secret like some espers do because of... what it is... but I could have used more practice handling it and deciding with my entire brain how to handle that. I'll live."

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"My parents won't tell other people - I can make sure they know it's particularly sensitive when I talk to them later."

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"Okay, thanks."

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"I'm sorry for telling other people in the first place,"

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"You got a really confusing situation dropped on you and it makes sense you asked for advice, it's just, I don't really like myself this way much."

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"Why?"

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