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[neversmall]

"You've reached Nina."

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text, during critter crisis

[trassel]

[ He's been busy, since the critters arrived, but at some point every morning without fail, ]

🌹 🌹 🐦

[neversmall]

[ He is a Menace. Just when she'd begin to fall into a pattern with her day - this. Who would have thought that Matthias Helvar would be so... sweet. Every morning, without fail when she receives this, Nina's breath catches and her heart skips in a brief adrenaline spike.

Apparently, things really were Different now that they were officially courting. He really was trying to... well, get her attention. And as she loved his attention, it was working. ]

🐺🌻

[trassel]

[ She has been so pleased lately. It's fine. (It's mutual.) ]

🌻🌹🌹🍒

🐺🐌

[ And indeed, Trass is waiting for her outside the cafeteria. ]

[neversmall]

[ ...heh. ]

🌘🌈

[ And then, yes.

But, hello Trassel. ]

🐺🌄

[ She scratches around his ears while he looks at her balefully. Matthias is not letting him hunt! Again! ]

How long should I keep him with me?

[trassel]

[ Promises, promises. Now they can be made. He smiles, at the rainbow. Yes. ]

🌘💐

[ And, ]

Nina,

He may stay with you. He is not happy about the creatures, and does not see why we should not eat them.

Matthias

[neversmall]

[ She spends a moment allowing her insides to hum with his promise in return. Yes. ]

Surely he could eat one of them. 😏

Are there many more today?

[trassel]

[ He types, "Nina," and then backspaces. Types again, and frowns at it. It's a compromise between him and the machines, he writes properly and it looks better, but for Nina, it's now insufficient. ]

[ She did complain about ceremony. But Matthias can no sooner change who he is than a stone can change. So she will just have to DEAL. ]

Dearest Nina,

That is what I thought you would say. He has ambushed you successfully. Be a little more careful today.

Yours,
Matthias

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[neversmall]

[ Dearest.

Well.

That's new.

Dearest.

She'd just been on the verge of telling him that he didn't need to be so formal in these notes to her. That's not... going to happen now.

Dearest Nina. ]

[neversmall]

Dear, dear Matthias,

We will be careful. Please be careful too.

🍒

[trassel]

[ Dear, and dear, one bright burst after another. He realises he's smiling helplessly at the watch, and quickly schools his expression. ]

🐦🍒🌹