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[installing]

[Voice]
Hello? I'd like to personally speak with all the friends and "guardians" of Elicia Hughes. It's very important, and I would rather speak in person. Meet me on the bridge passed houses thirty one and thirty three.

Everyone else? What are your favorite dinner recipes? I need to spice up my cooking, and sometimes cookbooks just won't do it.


[Action]
[And those who will come to meet her shall see her standing in the middle of the bridge looking over the side. She's not alone, though. Not too far off will be one alchemist around to make sure everything is okay.

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[herotypical]

Tacos. Liberally spiced.

Is something up, Win?

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[installing]

Just... making sure I know all of Elicia's "friends."

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[herotypical]

I've only met her the once. Jack knows her better, but...

[ he gave the girl his compass just to find her parents. ]

I don't think you gotta worry about him. Not really. I know he's not the best of influences but -- he means well.

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[installing]

Jack isn't one of the ones I'm worried about.

[But he's still on her list as a semi-bad influence.]

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[herotypical]

So -- who is? I can keep an eye out. Don't get me wrong, I won't interfere unless you want me to but...

My eyes are your eyes. My ears, too. And if you ever need it? My fist.

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[installing]

Some guy named Loki. Tony Stark and his friends. I don't want them near her if they're going to fight in front of her.

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[herotypical]

Wait. Wait wait wait. Tony did that?

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[installing]

Maybe not personally, but I know that a person he is associated with was. I think he knows the other guy too.

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[herotypical]

How is she? Elicia? Is she okay?

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[installing]

Shaken up, but... I really wish this hadn't happened. She doesn't need people screwing up her childhood more than this place already has.

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[herotypical]

It's certainly no place for kids.

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[installing]

No place for anyone.

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[herotypical]

As ever, I think that depends on the anyone.

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[installing]

[She'll make a sound of acknowledgment - not that she agrees with Buffy, just that she heard her. They'll just have to disagree for now. Winry isn't in the mood to get into this.]

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[herotypical]

[ she only meant those people who were dead at home -- not herself -- and those specifically who chose to make a life here. archie kennedy's wedding had altered a few of her inklings on what this place could be. who was she to say he had no place here? ]

Philosophical differences aside? You're doing the right thing. I think.

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[installing]

[To Winry, who has had Haruhi and Haruki's ideals of a world where people from different worlds could come together without experimentation or war told to her hundreds of times, there is always somewhere better than here for people.]

I hope I am. I just wish I knew what Gracia would do.

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[herotypical]

I remember asking the same question about what mom'd do -- y'know, after I got custody of my sister. It drove me a little crazy, sometimes. I don't think it's a good idea to try and be someone else's choices.

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[installing]

Then maybe I just hope I'm doing a good enough job.

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[herotypical]

I think that's the most any of us can do. Surrogate guardians and actual parents alike.

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[installing]

I don't even know what I'm supposed to do if she becomes a teenager.

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[herotypical]

Invest in some locks.

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[installing]

That's far away, let's- let's not think about it.

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[herotypical]

That's a long way off. Let's both hope she's found her way home by then.

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[installing]

Yeah. That would be the best for her.

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[herotypical]

Until then, you're in charge of what's best for her. I know it sucks to inherit responsibility from someone else, but...

But you can handle it. I've got faith in that fact.