whately twins land on valdemar
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"...Well, what about breakfast? I'm hungry." 

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Lucy picks up one of the cups of tea Tylendel brought in and drains it faster than its temperature would render wise for a normal human. 

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Vanyel carries his out into the living room. "Mardic?" Lucy will be able to hear him call out. "Any idea when Savil's getting back?" 

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Lucy pads out after him, absently rubbing residual drool off her cheek. 

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"Half a candlemark," Mardic says cheerfully. "And she's got it! The coffin, I mean."

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"I've never seen a real coffin," Donni says almost dreamily. "I wonder if she'll let me lie down it in just to see what it's like." 

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"...'Kay, so, I've led an extremely unusual life, but that's Donni being Donni, that's not a normal thing to say, right, I don't have the usual instincts for this kind of thing and like to practice remembering which things that sound reasonable to me sound reasonable to the kind of person who's going to look at me with horror if I talk about hiding people by putting them in my mouth or comparing magic to mosquitos." 

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Mardic chuckles and hugs his lifebonded. "No, that's just Donni being herself, but we're all used to her." 

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"Oh, I know I don't need to self-censor in here."

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"I would say you could sleep in the coffin on your trip but you don't need to sleep and you'll probably do it all in a day anyway," Donni quips.  

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"...I need to sleep ever," she says, her cheeks heating up, "just not often, I'm good for about a month."

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Suspicious look. "What's got you so embarrassed about it?" 

(Tylendel and Vanyel both put on blank expressions and do not say anything.) 

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"...Lost track of when I had last slept and accidentally fell asleep last night. Apparently I drool."

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Donni giggles. 

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"She drools sometimes too," Mardic says, elbowing her. 

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Vanyel is at the sideboard, stacking up his plate with toast and fruit. "I have no idea why I'm so hungry," he complains. "It's distracting." 

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Eeeeee Vanyel is eating better of his own accord and he has healthier plumage eeeeeee. 

"Probably it's your body playing catch-up and you'd be even hungrier if we hadn't been prodding you to eat even when you weren't."

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"I hope so - you're too thin, ashke. That tunic is lovely but it'll look even better once you fill out again." A sly smile. "Or, well, on the floor–"

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"Ew, hey, you have a bedroom," Donni says, rolling her eyes. 

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"Look, you and Mardic spent the last three years being gross at each other in front of me, it's only fair Van and I get our chance too."  

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Vanyel goes very still. 

"...Not the last three years," he says faintly after a moment. "Been another year in the middle, 'Lendel." 

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"Oh. Right."

Awkward silence. 

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Lucy DESPERATELY wants to do something to break the awkward silence but cannot think of anything REMOTELY appropriate. Since she is not Donni, she stuffs a forkful of breakfast in her mouth instead and thinks furiously while chewing. Nothing comes to mind but at least the food is tasty enough to be SLIGHTLY distracting. 

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Mardic starts a slightly strained conversation with Tylendel about their mage-studies. 

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And then Savil gets back, thankfully. "Lucy, we have it!" 

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