#anywhere

It's actually an epic tale, and second hand to be fair...

"And I wasn't there" GLadiola scowls "I Should have been"

"You seem super keen on Should-Haves, Dudley Do Right."

"What does beating yourself up accomplish? You can't be everywhere and see everything."

"Trolls are SUPPOSED to be perceptive, not up to sluagh level- but really keen"

"But I keep missing clues, and folks pay for it"

SNORT.

"Imma just carry the whole world on my shoulders, even though I'm, like, sixteen."

"C'mon, cut yourself a break."

"I'm also an immortal spirit whos supposed have done this sort of thing before I..." A pause "My.. her name... was Madigan. She died in the line of duty, ,saving the hounds and others... the fire caused the beams to collapse. SHE would have noticed this stuff"

"You're *&^%$(ing yourself."

"This Maddy chick, if I understand, was ALSO half regular-ass person."

"I bet she made mistakes, too."

"Well, she did die in a fire... saving people and dogs and LIVING Would be better.. but if she hadn't I would hanve THIS life"

"And then all my shit woulda been destroyed."

"mm... god, to think I thought at first you were after Chuck" A blush "Sorry about that. I mean, I wised up when you guys told me, but I got jealous for a bit"

"God, Chuck. No way. It'd be like dating my brother."

A look of relief escapes

"Kristina's a bitch, anyways."

"And my co captain" A nod "But yeah, she got under my skin with her lies. SHe's lucky trolls have codes about honorable behavior or I'd do something to pay her back" It's tempting, SO Tempting

"Well, that's a disappointment."

"Well, maybe it's more like a guideline" Grumble

"Don't kick her ass too hard. She won't learn from it."

"Now, kicking her ass a little bit..."

"If it comes to it, hate to get kicked off the team but man she's got it coming. Hope she doesn't try shit on Arthur.."A thought , imgagining 'lord arthur' with Kristen peeling him grapes "He might not take it well"

"Arthur kind of... he's NOT Arty. It's weird."

"I hope Arty's, like, on the Starship Enterprise or something."

"I wouldn't be surprised, he could name all the actors of like the old series.. really really old series"

"Hey, that series inspired a bunch of real tech! Cell phones and ipads and everything!"

"It did?" clearly she didn't watch much

"Oh yeah! That's the thing with sci-fi, people dream it up, then the nerds get to work making it real..."

"Sounds like you're a fan of some of it..."

"I like anime more, but yeah, sci-fi is cool."

"Huh" She realizes something "I guess I never got that much into tv shows. I watched some old ones, because reruns are cheap but.. "

"Yeah, you could come watch stuff. I use my Dad's netflix."

"Well, I've been catching up thanks to the baroness.. oh I LOVED Avatar"

"The last Airbender I mean"

"Oh YEAH! Have you seen Korra? It's.. like.. steampunk!"

"Korra's girlfriend's got this shock glove... so, lightning in the palm of her hand..."

"Saw it, liked the original one better, but the shock glove IS boss" a nod

"Yeah, I tried making one for a cosplay... got it to light up, at least."

"Nice.. you could probably do that more easily now. Nockers have a knacck for building."

"Mmph... anyways, netflix has a bunch of anime. I like Miyazaki..." at that, a few little stone creatures poke their heads out from their hidey-spot.

"I'll give it a look" She nods

She watches the little stone creatures "I'm still suprised how many Chimera you have around you in here"

"Why? They seem to be everywhere."

"That's why, it's not that typical... lots of houses are lucky to have even one." She scratches her chin

"Not what I've seen. There's less at school..."

"Huh" A look at her, "Maybe it's left over from your dream dance, instead of a big boom, a slow leak?"

"Maybe? I don't know how it works."