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This fog is really quite pervasive, isn't it? Seems as though it's been here forever. In your lungs every time you breathe. Hulking and lingering and always there, even if you don't think about it. Off there in the distance, worrying everyone, as it's where we've come from, and that makes it quite important. I'm fairly sure its name is Salvation. Isn't that interesting? I wonder what it's Salvation from.

Speaking of, we could probably use some salvation from the fog. How long has it been here? I've forgotten. It's very hard to hold onto details in the fog, and it's very hard to hold onto sights. It's like all the buildings have grown farther apart.

Where is everyone? Have you noticed there's an awful lot of fog?

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[Raven's been listening to this the whole time, not really aware he was broadcasting the message until about halfway through the ramble, but she's not about to stop him. Nope! She's enjoying his rambling too much. And she's not sure why she finds it so interesting, but she can't shake the smile that's plastered across her face. So no, she'll just stay right there laying on her cot, sideways, head tipped over the side so that the world is in reverse. Which she also finds terribly interesting.]

The fog is fine, Charles, it's just the weather. Just the weather being the weather.

It's an awful lot of weather. Quite a lot of it. Very weather-y.

[ Yeah he's forgotten he's broadcasting. And so he's still broadcasting, as he sets the device down.

-- Oh wait, no, there he sees it. ]

Oh, look, I'm speaking to the, whatsit. Raven, come say hello.

Oh! Hello.

[Waving from where she's sprawled out. Does she have to get up? Alright, she'll get up. She rolls herself off the cot, moves to sit next to him. Her arm links through his and she thinks nothing of it.]

... hello!

And so we're saying hello to everyone. There could be countless numbers of people on the other end, you know. In fact, there could...

[ He stops.

And suddenly slams the OFF button.

Beat.

Another beat. ]

You know, I feel a bit panicked, but I can't quite remember why.

{ He hugs her arm. ]

[Raven turns to look at him, her eyes still bright with whatever's got her in such a great mood, but she's frowning a little tiny bit.]

I don't know why either. You're okay. [then she's smiling again] We're fine! [She'll even nudge him a bit with that same arm, rocking into him sideways with a short laugh.]

If either of us is fine, it would certainly be you, my dear.

[ Don't mind the compliments, Raven, he's feeling a little flirty. ]

[Raven just rolls her eyes, rests her chin on his shoulder, squints a bit, then turns her head so it's her cheek resting there instead.]

Has that line ever actually worked on anyone before?

No; the only one that's ever worked is "oh, yes, I am a war hero, and did I mention I haven't the faintest idea what to do near girls...?" -- and that one didn't work very well.

In my defense, I was a rash young lad of sixteen.

[ his hand lifts, stroking her hair down, smoothing out little tangles, abstractly. ]

You mean you can't just.. peek around someone's mind and see what they'd like to hear you say, or have you do? [llllike a cat, this one, she's not gonna move as long as he's petting her.] You should have stopped right at war hero, by the way. That's a good one.

Is it? I'll remember that.

Anyhow, people's minds don't really work that way. They might think oh, I'd really like them to say this but then you say it and they find their emotional reaction isn't what they were expecting. Like, they may be unnerved or disappointed.

It's much more subtle trying to find out what a person really wants.