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[animator]

Considering current events, I'd just like to make a quick PSA encouraging everyone to invest in some breath mints if they're going to be out and about. Because some people really need it. That's all.

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[alwaysimpure]

There's a blow to the self-esteem.

[animator]

It was especially pointed towards you. Technique was decent, though.

[alwaysimpure]

Thanks ever so, love.

You, however, might need practice.

[animator]

That stings, Pad. I gave you everything.

[alwaysimpure]

Bet you did. Was a 'Dear Diary' moment, wasn't it?

My friends say Pads, usually, actually.

[animator]

I'm going to have to dedicate the rest of my day to writing sad poetry.

That's not what you asked me to call you when you had amnesia. I might have to stick to my guns on that one, seeing as I'm not so much a friend as a girl whose heart you've trampled on, clearly.

[alwaysimpure]

Well.

If you want to join that club, they have much more creative names for me.

[animator]

Oh, I've got some creative names for you, but I'm too polite to say them in a public venue.

[alwaysimpure]

Sweet Nothings ought to be whispered under the sheets, anyway.

[animator]

Oh, don't you wish.

[alwaysimpure]

Don't hate me for not denying our love!

[animator]

I don't know, after the way you broke my heart, I'm not sure we can ever make things right between us again.

[alwaysimpure]

You lied about my breath, I think we're even.

[animator]

Touché. Shall we call a truce?

[alwaysimpure]

Since you admitted you were lying, all is forgiven.

How many did you kiss?

[animator]

Hm. Let's see.

... at least seven. Some weirder than others. What about you?

[alwaysimpure]

Five, I think. Though I guess six, since I kissed the same person twice in one case.

[animator]

Oh really? Liked it enough to go back for seconds?

[alwaysimpure]

Wouldn't put it quite like that.

Do you know Remus?

[animator]

Not personally, but I know of him.

I don't get to read much, but there are some things even I haven't missed out on.

[alwaysimpure]

You...

Wow. Um. Didn't realize that.

[So there is that awkward pause during which he realizes that the person he's talking to knows more about his life than he does.

It's become astonishingly common-place around here.]

Those books seem to be bloody popular, that's for sure.

[animator]

They're kind of an incredibly widespread cultural phenomenon.

[alwaysimpure]

Heh.

Just like I told his parents, 'Your son is going to grow up to be the hero in a book series, so let me teach him how to ride a broom already.'

[animator]

Did it actually make your argument any more convincing?

[alwaysimpure]

Alas, his mother was always so damnably sensible.