[not again] catchall for percy

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[fishingforcompliments]

[A hundred times bigger... Flayn's eyes widen as she tries to imagine it, and she gives Mrs. O'Leary another pat.]

She must be a most reliable comrade!

[hydrogenetic]

She is. She knows better than to let our enemies win and she's one of the most faithful friends I've got.

[fishingforcompliments]

Then you are both very lucky to have each other.

[hydrogenetic]

I think so, too. [He loves a good girl.] What about you, Flayn? Got anybody here that you can count on?

[fishingforcompliments]

Yes. There are people I was with in the place I was before this that I know I can trust with my life.

[hydrogenetic]

That's good to know. I was sort of hoping that'd be the answer anyway considering...well, everything.

[Weird camp, weird NPCs, all that.]

[fishingforcompliments]

All of this is a little disconcerting... I do hope that our hosts are telling the truth. I cannot blame anyone who disbelieves them, and to be honest I am... having a little trouble believing them, myself. But I would like to.

[hydrogenetic]

You and me both. Our last host wasn't exactly the most helpful guy around...and these ones seem almost too nice. I don't blame anybody who's suspicious of them.

[fishingforcompliments]

We had no host, so I am afraid those of us from the island have nothing to compare it to. ...I am sure many of us will be relying on your experience.

[hydrogenetic]

Our host was a robot, so I wouldn't rely too heavily on us. [...] If you didn't have hosts though, how did you guys handle your trials and stuff?

[fishingforcompliments]

A voice told us when to begin and when it was over, but we had to figure everything else out for ourselves.

[hydrogenetic]

Did you ever find the source of the voice?

[fishingforcompliments]

No... we never did see who was speaking.

[hydrogenetic]

Somehow that makes it even worse. Were they always telling the truth, you think?

[fishingforcompliments]

Well... none of what they told us proved false, except perhaps when they threw a tantrum about the curse having been broken. Being here instead of home, it does not feel as though we have truly escaped it.

[hydrogenetic]

It's like it was just a preview of what was coming...you guys were only on the island for a short time, weren't you?

[fishingforcompliments]

Yes, only for two weeks.

[A preview... that gives her pause, and her expression becomes a little distressed.]

⁠—do you think what happened on the island and what may be happening here share the same cause?

[hydrogenetic]

There's a few too many coincidences for me to think it's not possible. But we don't have any proof yet either, so...it's hard to say. I really, really hope not though.

[fishingforcompliments]

...with a little luck, we shall not find out the hard way.

[They have no luck. They're going to find out the hard way.]

[hydrogenetic]

I hope you're right. [There's a slight grin.] But let's keep an eye out for anything that seems off, okay? The sooner we know, the better we can plan for whatever happens.

[fishingforcompliments]

Yes.

[she smiles back at him]

This is not new to any of us. We know what we need to do.

[hydrogenetic]

Let me know if you hear of anything unusual, alright? And I'll do the same for you.

[fishingforcompliments]

Certainly.

[teamwork makes the dream work, etc]