maddeninghatter | IC Contact

[ Thirty seconds of tuneless humming--beeeeeeeeep! ]

Are you worried he won't accept you, if you do tell him?

No, that's not any part of it. Listen, can you just promise not to tell him? I don't want to talk about it, I just want to know he won't find out.

[ He makes a short noise of impatience, and then: ]

I promise, Ahiru. I won't tell him the truth about you.

[A sigh of relief, and there's gratefulness in her voice.]

Thank you. Really.

[ Kids. It's too easy sometimes... ]

Was there anything else?

No, I think that's it.

Well then--

[ He'd actually been behaving himself somewhat, but now it's time for a creepy, horrible: ]

Bye-byyyyyyye!

[Rather than responding, she switches the feed off at the sound of that goodbye.]