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[hostage]

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[hostage]

[Calling back...]

[inthejunk]

Uh. Hey.

[This is a bad idea, bad idea, bad idea.]

[hostage]

Hey. What's going on?

[inthejunk]

You read the news, right?

[hostage]

Yeah.

[inthejunk]

Yeah. So, uh...so, I'm going to- I mean, even if you don't help I'll do it.

But you owe me from before. Last time. No, I mean the time before. The one where I wasn't...uh.

The deer. I'm not going to let them do that again. To anyone. Ever.

[hostage]

What do you need?

[inthejunk]

Something better than magical wind. Just for a day, I mean. Blinking in and out of places would be good. Or something stealthy. Unless you have a magic box or something, that could work too. It's kind of a tall order.

[hostage]

And something that don't just affect you, since it's a rescue mission...

[He's going to have to think about this for a minute.]

[inthejunk]

Something distracting would work in a punch, but I don't want to ask anyone else to, uh...I mean I was just there earlier to try and see where they-its hard enough not to freeze up even when you're prepared for it. You know?

And I don't think I can control them if they...stampede? Do reindeer stampede? Anyway, I need to try not to scare them. Maybe if I cut the wire somehow they can fly away...

[Oh okay. Have some nervous babble in the meantime.]

[hostage]

I'm out of teleportation. And you don't even have like a plan? You're just gonna bust in there on your own and... whatever?

[inthejunk]

I have a plan. Get the deer out, and try not to get caught. There's no one left here that...you know. It's a plan. I know the grounds there.

[hostage]

But you're still freezing up. You still got like... like shellshock. So what happens when you get there and you freeze up and you're caught?

[inthejunk]

I do not! And I won't freeze. I said it's hard not to, but lots of things are hard. I learned long division, right? So I can do this. I just have to stay out of my head.

Besides, I won't be there for myself. It's different if you're doing it for someone else.

[hostage]

[There's a long pause while Jesse debates internally.]



...I got something. But I need it back when you're done.

[inthejunk]

Then I'll try not to die.

[Duh, dude. Borrow means you give it back. No worries.]

[hostage]

You won't be able to die.

Where should I meet you?

[inthejunk]

...Wait, what?

Uh! L- the library. It just takes a touch, right? We can reach for the same magazine.

[hostage]

Are you being followed or something?

[inthejunk]

No. Who would bother?

[Though that's an oddly uncomfortable thought.]

[hostage]

Then we'll just meet like normal people. Don't get all weird about it.

McDonald's. I need lunch, anyway.

[inthejunk]

So we'll accidentally bump into each other? ...I guess that works. It's not as good as the library stacks but I am kind of pressed for time anyway.

[hostage]

Whatever. I'm gonna eat. You come and sit with me whenever you get there.

[inthejunk]

I can be there in 20 minutes, give or take a late train.