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[furgood]

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[furgood]

Well that's what we call it. [She smiles a little uncertainly ] It probably means nothing. I've learned plenty about the odditys of the worlds. There's a dozen places all somewhat alike. People with the same faces or names from vastly different places.

[devoutish]

Have you met anyone like yourself?

[furgood]

What do you mean?

[devoutish]

Anyone with your name, your face...?

[furgood]

A troll who lives here has my face. My name, though she goes by something else here. It's...odd. I was called her name once before when I was in Panem. I knew versions of my friends existed as trolls but meeting my own face to face was. Different.

Have you met another one like that?

[devoutish]

Never, no. Odd that you're connected to the trolls, though. Have you got any idea why that is?

[furgood]

I'm not entirely sure. They claim I'm a copy, an echo of a life lived there. And it sort of...fits. The people that were--are important to me, they're all there. The main strokes of my life are there. The other one here, she's an echo too, a rewrite, of that life. It's--complicated. Remember I told you I'm a copy of a copy of a troll, the one who invented signing?

[devoutish]

Yeah. I wouldn't just take their word for it, though, if that's what you're doing. If they're uncomfortable with the idea of this doubling, of course they'd claim that you're less legitimate somehow.

[furgood]

I don't think it's--that I'm less legitimate. It just feels like they make assumptions. Like they feel like they already know me because they knew someone else who was like me.

[devoutish]

Mm. I'm not sure what else calling you a copy or an echo would mean, if not illegitimate.

[furgood]

[She smiles and shrugs ]

I don't think about it much. I know who I am. And they don't know all of me. They just feel like they do.

[devoutish]

Do you get on well with them?

[furgood]

Fairly well? They don't try to push me as much here.

[devoutish]

Ah, it's the trolls here as well?

[furgood]

Well, one of the trolls here is one I knew in Panem. The same one--same instance as the one I met there. But he is from a time before he knew me. But he doesn't try to push me as much to do things here. It's all a bit different.

[devoutish]

What does he push you to do there?

[furgood]

[She shifts uncomfortably, taking a long sip of tea ]

It was just--talking about things I would rather not, really. It wasn't awful, I just--It's nothing really. [Deep breath and a smile ]

[devoutish]

Right, well.

[His brow is furrowed, concerned.]

I won't ask. I do hope you told him off for it, though.

[furgood]

No, it wasn't like that. I was in a bad place at the time--honestly it's alright.

She sets down her cup and waves her hands vaguely

In less awkward topics, this tea is very nice. It reminds me of some of the stronger blends I've had.

[devoutish]

It reminds me of home.

[He swishes his own cup around, then takes a sip.]

We very much enjoy tea, us Brits.

[furgood]

I didn't realize a beverage could be quite so universal. I like it. It feels...restorative. Some teas are light.

[She fiddles with the cup, tapping her nails on it and then smiling up at him. ]

Did you wish for it or did it come stocked for you? I had a few things come with my place.

[devoutish]

The makings for tea came with the place, yeah. Other things we've had to wish for. I got wine for Royce; I wished for that.

[furgood]

How sweet of you. I haven't wished for anything quite yet but I have a few ideas. A few things I might like. I'm still working out what I can find here, it's so diverse for such a small place.

[devoutish]

I wasn't expecting all the stuff on the trees, myself. That sort of thing's unnatural, where I come from - fruits and vegetables aside, of course.

[furgood]

No--neither was I. It seems like something the Capitol might do for a party, but not...real? Something they might make up, the idea of things dangling on trees to pick. Very silly and amusing but they wouldn't make real trees like that.

Probably.