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[psychedelica]

[ dryly: ] Hopefully more than your number of limbs.

[ a beat; then, scratching at his head a bit bashfully, he continues. ]

... But I do know. Without you, we probably would have died there.

[vigilantics]

[ there's a pause. ]

Okay, no more compliments.

[ she was offended but now she's just embarrassed. ]

[psychedelica]

I'm not complimenting you. It's just the truth.

[ he feels a little victorious whenever he can actually make her embarrassed and not the other way around, though. ]

[vigilantics]

-- anyway, we're here now, so let's focus on that.

[ it's a topic change but it's fine. ]