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[darkov]

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latest status update 3/6/2018

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[h2no]

That's good! I'm good. I managed to record something rare today for work, so that'll be a fun episode on TV. Also saw an animatronic Tyrantrum, so that was cool.

[as someone used to actual dinosaurs being pretty common, he was disappointed to hear it was fake.]

What've you been up to?

[darkov]

O-oh... [?? ? ?? ? ? record?? animatronic what??

1. he doesn't know what Archie does

2. animatronic???????????????????????????????????

how nice that the topic doesn't linger and expose his ignorance!]

Um. Uh, today I...I folded clothes and...cleaned the fish bowl. And put away dishes... Um. And...right now, I'm just...knitting something. That's all.

[h2no]

[one day he'll explain all that. not today.]

Hey-- that's good! I can't fold clothes properly... I just roll them up. How's Rex? The fish.

[darkov]

Oh--the, the fish? Um... [slightly off-speaker as he looks over toward it.] I...think it's fine? I mean, I...forgot to feed it, uh. Ye-yesterday? I think, but...it's still...just swimming around like it always does.

...I can't really tell if it's happy or not.

[h2no]

He's always happy, unless he's floating upside down and not moving. Then maybe call me?

[a beat. he's not sure how to do this and he's not sure if andy has made contact yet?]

How's Rex the human?

[darkov]

[there's a significant pause.]

I...I wish I could tell better...without asking.

[h2no]

Hmm... how do Darkovs behave when emotions are involved? I guess you're seein' a big difference in human behavior, at least.

[darkov]

...

[another pause.

quieter:] Not...not entirely, no. Some of them, though...

[h2no]

Are you... alright to talk about it? We don't have to if you don't want to.

[darkov]

[uneasily:] I...I don't mind, I guess, it's just... I don't know how to explain things. It doesn't make sense in my head.

[h2no]

That's alright. It's hard to understand and explain other people's behaviors.

--Ah, I found some new books for you. I'll bring them over tomorrow if that's alright?

[darkov]

Yes, that's-- [ah.] I mean...I, I still have books...from Dee-thirty-three I have to read...I forgot.

[h2no]

[record scratch]

--Dee? He gave you books?

[darkov]

Ye-yes. [beat.] O-on the, uh, this. The device, I mean. Sorry. It's on the screen...

[h2no]

N... no, that's fine. Why did... he give you books? What ones?

[darkov]

U-um...they're... [UHHHHHHHHHH....... it's been a while, hang on.] They're like, uh, fair-fairy stories? I think? He said something like that... Made-up stories.

[h2no]

...Huh.

[he's not surprised at the selection, but rather that dee would even share them. it's... nice?]

Well, let me know how you felt about 'em when you get around to readin' them, yeah?

[darkov]

I'll try... I mean. They looked really...big. Long, I mean. Lots of letters.

[h2no]

[oh. he thought dee would've given martin smaller ones.]

That's fair. Do you want help with them?

[darkov]

Ye-yes, please. [no hesitations there.] If that's alright, I mean.

[h2no]

'Course it is. I haven't actually read any fairytales from this world, so it'll all be new to me too.

[darkov]

...Really? [but don't you know like everything about reading.]

[h2no]

[martin.....]

Uh-huh. The culture here is different from my own home, so the fairytales would be too.

[darkov]

Oh...

[file that under: things Martin doesn't really think about, because he doesn't think hard enough about where other people come from.

beat.]

...Is that bad? I mean. To not...have the ones you know?

[h2no]

It was... hard to adjust, at first.

[he raises a shoulder in a shrug.]

I got over it, though. This place is similar enough.