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...That’s not really the vibe I get from you, somehow.

[After a moment, though, she shrugs.]

We don’t have to not talk about it either.

[Because it being off limits makes it seem like it matters even more to her, and even if she couldn’t make herself say it wasn’t a big deal... She doesn’t quite want the vulnerability that comes packaged with the reality of how much it still hurts.]

[Yeah he gets the feeling it's something like that, which is why he just offers her a somewhat wryly amused smile.]

Is it something you want to talk about now? You don't want to rest a little, after that trial?

I mean - no, but...

[No to wanting to talk about it, that is, but she feels like there’s at least one point she should make about it. Given how insistent he was on that apology:]

I know it wasn’t my fault, or because I was stupid or anything. I know it’s on the person who did it. So - you don’t have to worry that you upset me.

[There's a quiet second or two when he's just giving her a look, like he's deciding what he wants to say next. Eventually, though - he just nods.]

I did upset you. [THAT MUCH WAS CLEAR.] But I'm glad you know that.

[Even if it's hard to reconcile what you know with how you feel, sometimes.]

I was surprised, not upset.

[Incredibly untrue, but it’s fine.]

[INCREDIBLY UNTRUE but he won't press, he just laughs a little.]

The apology still stands, mm.

...Fine. I accept your apology, or whatever.

[But she doesn't look happy about it, because she's a loser.]

[That just earns her a little quirk of a smile and a grateful dip of his head. He won't drag it out any longer than that.]

--Are you looking for anything particular in here?

[She shakes her head.]

Nah. Just trying to take stock of what's in here. You?

I was just looking for you.

[SIMPLY. Sometimes you just go hunt down a Natalie to apologize.]

Have you found anything interesting?

[She tilts her head.]

In here, or in general?

In here!

[He says, and steps up to poke around some of the shelves.]

Though if you've found anything interesting in general, I wouldn't mind hearing about that, either.

Not in here, really, no. But - did you see the letter box in the arts and crafts cabin?

I did, I did! Next to the noodle table?

[He has no idea what a fuckin maraconi art is.]

Think we might be able to contact our dearly deceased through that?

That's what I'm guessing, at least. Back in the town, we couldn't send mail to them until we found the area that had mailboxes, so... Maybe it's the same here.

We should give it a try! I wonder if you have to send them with the noodles, though...

[Do they need to be. Macaroni arted.]

Postcards are kind of small for that, aren't they...?

[God, she hopes.]

...Only one way to find out, I suppose!

[Try to send one without macaroni and see if it gets spat back up???]

Maybe save that for when you don't need to say something important.

I don't think I have anything important to say now...

[The most he'd do is just maybe like check on Evan, who is the person he's 100% most concerned about out of this motley graveyard crew.]

[Evan's fine. :)]

Well, conduct your macaroni experiments to your heart's delight, then.

[i don't like this]

Do you think we can take the noodles here for eating, if we wanted?

[THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT KIND OF MACARONI EXPERIMENT.]

Please don't waste our message macaroni.

[He looks forlornly at the macaroni...]

I suppose I can conserve, if need be.

You know that there's macaroni in the kitchen, right...

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