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crystal | letter | cease and desist notices slipped under her door | action

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[champions]

You don't know them at all, do you? ( Especially not Nikos. ) That's your loss. They are good men, though they do their utmost to convince people otherwise.

( With a quiet laugh, ) They are both far better people than me, just don't ever tell them that you know they're decent. They'd be horrified.

[rathercommon]

I don't think I've said a single thing to either of them that hasn't horrified them. Or, well - [ A shrug - ] Annoyed them, at least. But I don't think they're bad; I just know that people can be - complicated.

[champions]

Start talking to them about flamingoes if you really want to see them sigh the sigh of the long-suffering.

[rathercommon]

Flamingoes?

[champions]

I have some as pets. The boys pretend to hate them.

[rathercommon]

Don't they make dreadful pets?

[champions]

They are a joy. If they were in the house— yes, they would be terrible.

[rathercommon]

So as long as you don't have to deal with them, they're good?

[champions]

Oh, no. I love spending time with them. I just don't want their waste, shall we say, in the house. Flamingoes are not so easy to house train.

[rathercommon]

Mm. Well, I'd like a bit more out of them than simply sighing.

[champions]

Sighing? Are flamingoes famous for that in your world?

[rathercommon]

Nikos and Kostos.

[champions]

They do sigh more than most people, but it has so much feeling. Disgust, often, sometimes other things.

[rathercommon]

Well, it doesn't make for very good conversation, though. Just having them heaving sighs and rolling their eyes and all that.