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[hollowly]

Normally, I would think what I'm about to ask is an odd question, but given the location and the circumstances, maybe not so much.

( this is gonna make for a good first poke at the network, innit, sammy? )

How many of you actually know about monsters? Spirits, things that go bump in the night, that sort of thing? Because where I'm from, they're pretty common, and I've noticed from meeting others here that it isn't that way for everyone.

( which is how it should be, if you ask him. nobody should know that the thing in their closet is real. )

Next question. Would anyone be interested in learning about things like that, and how to protect yourself against them?

( there. it's out there. he's doing a good thing. )

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[hollowly]

I appreciate the offer - and I will, if anything comes up. Thanks, really.

text;

[unknowable]

[Belatedly realizing he never actually introduced himself...]

My name's Adam Parrish.

text;

[hollowly]

( you know what? whoops.

somehow, he forgets that names are a thing when he's talking research, and he'd gotten himself so caught up in this conversation that it had completely slipped his mind. )

Sam Winchester. It's nice to meet you.

( that's a hell of a lot more genuine than will come across in text, but there you go. )

text;

[unknowable]

[He tends to do the same thing, and it doesn't help that he's generally wary of most people and a little reluctant to give out too many personal details. But a name can't hurt, and Sam seems okay.]

Nice to meet you, too. I'm sure we'll see each other around.

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[hollowly]

( nothing wrong with that. being wary of people is a hell of a lot better than giving them the benefit of the doubt and trusting them outright - something he's been guilty of in the past, and still, somehow, hasn't quite learned his lesson all the way through. )

I'm sure. Especially if this whole thing takes off like I want it to.

text;

[unknowable]

Yeah. Good luck with everything.