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[She holds out a glass to him, popping the cork off the wine and serving them both as Lup makes her way over to the nearby couch.]

Hell yes, who doesn't love pie?

[She sits and waves at him to join her.]

You're the guy he sent the picture to, right? The 'selfie' thing.

[signifies]

[ Is Lup very sure she wants a steady supply of apple pie?

Clark joins her on the couch. ]

He did. I can differentiate between you two, and I'm not an easy person to fool. Don't get any ideas.

[ This is cheating because he can tell their heartbeats are different. ]

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[Definitely. She's gonna gain like ten pounds in Riverview.

She takes a sip (yes, a sip, she's not that much of a savage) of the wine and listens to Clark with a curious expression that morphs into a faux frown.]

Well shit, that's no fun.

[signifies]

[ Clark grins. ]

I'm not telling you how I do it, either. Just in case.

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Dick.

[She rolls her eyes a little bit, but it's pretty light and friendly despite her insult.]

How did you come to know Taako?

[signifies]

He's my arch-nemesis.

[ He has a very straight face and sounds extremely serious. ]

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[She snorts at that, and it's really undignified but heartfelt.]

Right, because you always share selfies with your enemy.

[signifies]

I'm very serious.

[ He's not sure how he and Taako became friends. It feels like they were just meant to. ]

One day, there'll be a face-off, to decide once and for all.

[ Now he's just being silly. ]

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You understand that I can't let you leave this place alive, now?

[Lup gives him a pointed look over her glass of wine.]

[signifies]

Do you take bribes?

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I don't know, is it worth selling out my brother for...?

[signifies]

I make an excellent apple pie.

Taako says his cooking is better. I'll let you be the judge.

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Come on now, I know my brother's cooking. If you can beat that you deserve your just revenge.

[signifies]

I'll give it my best shot.

But I didn't come here to spend all my time talking about Taako. How are you? Are you settling in all right?

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[She leans back a bit, taking another sip of wine.]

It's... strange.

[...and also weird to talk about with someone she doesn't know.]

I'm living here, I'm going to be working with Taako - it's all perfect but feels so fragile. Like I'm about to wake up and it's not real.

[signifies]

[ It's all temporary, but that's hard to think about when he's been here for months. ]

It's real enough. Things do happen around here, but it's a quiet place.

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[Lup shrugs a bit, not about to let emotions show.]

I dunno, man. It's been pretty loud in party town.