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[ idk what day but evening! ]

Hey, Reilanin, this is Alex. Gimme a call when-- ah, well, I wanna talk to you about that, um, that memory we have-- just talk about it and the others I've gotten since we're, you know, I guess we're from the same 'place'...

So gimme a call when you have the chance, yeah? I'll be up til around seven or so. AM, I mean.

Bye-- oh! Use my network number. Okay, bye.

[ network number? like... punch it into her phone?

oh, wow, it's actually ringing. that's... that's really bizarre. she traces the face of the phone's cradle while it rings. what happens if he doesn't pick up? does it just... ring in his head? or can it leave a message on his phone, too? she has no idea how this is working. even suspension of belief isn't helping her out much right now. ]

[ he IS 'signed in' to the network, so he does receive her call -- a call without a name or a number (he still hasn't figured out how to get either to show up for him). ]

Hello?

Oh!

[ she had actually not expected it to pick up! there's a brief pause of wtf now before she reboots ]

Ah- ah, hello. Alexander. It's Reilanin, I'm just calling you back...

[ there is nothing about her tone of voice that indicates she thinks this is normal ]

Oh! Rei, hey, hi! How are you?

[ after the first few days of radio silence, he'd begun to worry she didn't want to speak with him at all. ]

Rei? Ah...

[ that catches her off guard, too, but she doesn't really know what to say to it, so she glosses over it instead ]

I'm... all right. Still getting used to the, ah, the nose... the smelling bit, you know. Or not, I guess.

Ah, and you?

[ 'rei?' oh, maybe he shouldn't-- too close? he doesn't want to scare her off. ]

Wait, what? Smelling bit?

Yes, I- oh, I didn't... sorry, I've been a little out of it. The water- it was a prank, I drank some. Ever since, I've been able to smell everything. I haven't gone to work for a few days- just going out and getting groceries and things is overwhelming.

[ and the conversation with lyall, the next echo- she sounds kind of out of it actually ]

There was another one- mm, but you weren't part of it.

[ 'werewolf.' a better nose made sense. lyall had one, too.

two werewolves and-- ]

Another one? What happened?

It was like when we were speaking, all of a sudden it just... it was like it reminded me of something, and I remembered.

[ there's a bit of a pause- she sounds weary when she continues ]

It's just going to keep happening, isn't it? If you can't even know what will trigger one of these things.

Ah, yeah... The element of uncertainty is pretty big with this. I dunno how you are with surprises, but it's probably a good idea to, well, to resign yourself to it.

Was it... more bad news?

[ there, the first acknowledgement of the information that Reilanin ate people -- and the first indication of how Alex feels about it. ]

I'm not... good with surprises, no...

[ another pause, longer this time. she's rubbing the spot between her eyes ]

It was another conversation. About... about differences. The one I remembered, not the one I had. Ah... I haven't contacted the man I was speaking with...

It was a reiteration.

Reiteration?

[ differences? man i was speaking with???

?????? one question at a time. ]

[ there's a brief noise of frustration before she forces herself to stop and think about it. no, she's bouncing around too much. it makes sense to her because she keeps thinking about it. he can't read minds, reilanin. calm down a sec. ]

There appears to be another on the system who is... who is also a werewolf. I mentioned that my sense of smell had changed- ah, that was after I saw you last... my sense of smell's become quite acute. I asked him some questions- er, about his being a werewolf- and they prompted another echo.

Oh, Randy! That's Randy. I think, anyway -- I mean, he's the only werewolf I know of -- other than you, I mean.

So you're... [ he breathes through his nose and lifts his hand to his mouth. ] So you got the super nose, too, huh...

You said something about differences?

It's taking some getting used to. I'm starting to- to be able to separate things. People. Work was too overwhelming, though, but another day or so, maybe...

[ differences, yeah. she trailed off on the conversation with the other person on the network, lost track of it somehow, but she remembers the other conversation to its conclusion. ]

It was a written conversation. Like... writing in a diary, but to someone... and their responses popped up on the pages. It was very bizarre.

We talked about. Mm. Yes, differences. Two different kinds of werewolf. Appearance and, ah... full moon stuff. And eating habits. [ a bit of a deflation there, brisk tone faltering ]

[ a small noise of excitement escapes him -- and their responses popped up on the pages -- but he quickly smothers it and lets her continue uninterrupted beyond that. ]

Two kinds of werewolf, huh? I guess so. You might be a different one than Randy. Are you worried about the full moon? Randy didn't... get that right away, so...

[ she hesitates a little at the noise he makes ] Everything, ah... everything all right?...

[ she makes another sound of frustration ] Of course I'm- ugh. [ she stops a moment to rub at her face ] ...as I understand it, control is not... at the top of the priority list. And I don't know how it is for, for Randy, but apparently eating people is always going to be in fashion.

[ oh british accent you make some things sound so wonderfully understated ]

[ silence....................... ]

Maybe it's... Do you have to? Eat... people?

No...

[ there's silence on her end as well ]

...but I'll want to.

I never seem... upset by it, either. Anytime I'm talking about it. It's just matter of fact.

What kind of person was I...?

[ the subsequent echo interrupts his dazzling reply, which was a big, fat blob of perturbed silence.

once it's over, he groans. ]

[ the line is silent even after his groan. she sighs finally. she takes it he got it, too, but- no, she doesn't want to discuss it in the least. ]

I think.... ahh... I think I'm done with these for now...

[ a confused ] What?

[ then, stronger ] You felt it again, [ wait a minute there, brain catching up to mouth. ] too?

[ she doesn't sound good. ]

Uhhh... You sure? You all right? Whatever you wanna talk about, you know, because you and I, we're- we're in this together, so...

[ she feels terrible, actually. it's not even just the dietary issues, now, but that sense of futility too, and it makes her feel a little sick to think about it.

not nonchalance, then. resignation. maybe even- maybe even a little enjoyment. a repressed sort of reveling. a sort of i'm not alone has made its way into her words.

'randy' said that the transformation makes him go crazy. will the same happen to her? will it shed that repression?

there's silence. she wasn't listening. there was a lot to take in with that echo ]

......h-huh? What do you- sorry, I wasn't. I didn't hear.

Are you okay?

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