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[redwinekindofgirl]

Sooooo, guys, girls, others. What's the grossest thing you've ever eaten?

[Don't mistake this for her not being concerned about Caedra, and not being concerned about generally everything, but a recent conversation and a recent find has piqued her curiosity enough to ask the question.

For her own answer, she holds up a small, white, chalky-looking cube.]

This one's mine. It's called 'carbtien', and it's basically what we live on back home, because we can't grow enough food for everyone. It's military rations, and I don't know what they put in it, but it doesn't taste of anything and when you try to swallow it, it's like your brain forgets how swallowing works.

[Julie snorts softly and drops the cube down out of sight.]

I found a big bag of them just lying around a couple of weeks ago. Weird, right? I guess I'll keep it safe for if we ever end up starving or something. You might not thank me, though.

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[redwinekindofgirl]

Okay, gonna stop you right there. I didn't find the thing you hadn't even told me yet funny.

[Seriously.]

Not actually psychic, cool as that sounds.

[am_i_a_monster]

You knew it was bad enough for me to warn you.

[redwinekindofgirl]

Nah, warning me is 'this is really terrible' and then actually telling me without acting like you need it to be coaxed out of you.

[A shrug.]

I mean, come on. A 'dangerous question'? What did you think I was gonna do, faint? Barf?

[am_i_a_monster]

[She shakes her head.]

No, I thought you might trigger bad memories, flashbacks, nightmares, that kind of stuff.

[redwinekindofgirl]

This whole place is a living trigger warning.

[Especially lately, but given that Julie herself is something of a walking trigger warning and one might think that 'eating human flesh' would be a bad one for her.]

But sure, I'll buy that.

[am_i_a_monster]

Not the whole place, at least not for me. We have freedom here and can make friends.

[She watches her for a moment.]

Does this whole place trigger bad stuff for you? There's a tea that can help with nightmares and sleep if you need it. And Dr. Sweets.

[redwinekindofgirl]

[Julie makes a face.] Oh, pft, you meant me? God, no, I'm fine.

["Fine".]

The shrink doesn't really do it for me. Tried talking to him once but it felt too weird.

[am_i_a_monster]

Try talking to someone else.   It's got to be the right person, you know?   I had shrinks and support groups back home that sucked.  But Hannibal was good.

[redwinekindofgirl]

Yeah... I'll pass.

[She's not big on talking. There are people she talks to here, but she's not going into that with a girl she doesn't know.]

This really isn't about me, anyway.