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[mypartnerintime]

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[tagartist]

[ The words actually get a small laugh out of her, even if it's only got the slightest humor attached to it. ] Just don't eat anything without watching someone else do it first and get home before dark, right? That should cover our bases.

[ She sighs, because it's messed up how normal it feels to say all that. To joke about the horrors in this place. A coping mechanism at its finest. ]

I'm... I'm okay. I need to text a couple people. I'll be home soon. I promise.

[ A beat. ]

Then maybe we could like... curl up on the couch and watch Ice Pirates or something? Might help me forget this bullshit week for a little while.

[mypartnerintime]

[She laughs softly too, more out of gladness at Chloe's reaction than anything else. It's not a completely heartfelt laugh, but it's getting there.

And she's worried. She's worried about Chloe being out on her own, especially after this fight they just had, no matter how well it's simmered down. She's allowed to worry, right? Chloe's not very forgiving of herself.

...But she needs space. She asked for space.]

Okay, Chloe, I'll get the movie set up. Just... be safe, okay? Don't do anything dangerous. Promise me.

[tagartist]

I'm just texting Shiro. [ This is obviously the least dangerous thing in the world. Not that that means that she couldn't do something else, she guesses. ]

I promise I'm not gonna do anything else but sit here for a little while.

[mypartnerintime]

Okay.

[She believes her. And yet she's having a hard time putting down the phone, lingering a little in her worry, and wanting to make sure Chloe's ready to hang up.]

...

[tagartist]

Okay.

I’ll see you when I get home.

[ She lingers for a second, like she might say something more - tell her how much she appreciates her or loves her or... something. But she feels too vulnerable as it is and eventually she just ends the feed. ]