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[Chris smiles and gives a small wave at the camera when the feed starts, then turns his hand to show Hope's blessing on the back of it.]

So uh, who else got one? And are they all from Hope, or...?

[This is so cool you guys he wants to see who else got what. And for something else slightly less important by still cool--]

Oh, also, my iPhone was up and working for a bit thanks to Pell, and I managed to get some music off it. I'll share on the condition no one makes fun of my taste.

[The last comment is a joke--he's really not going to be too hurt by jabs about his choice in music--but the offer is serious, and attached is a download of the music he's copied off so far. It's kind of a slow process, so there's still more on the phone that he can transfer later.]

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[He smiles, and even though it can't be seen it can probably be heard in his tone.]

Yeah, no problem, you're welcome. Being without music's kind of sucked, so I'm glad you liked it.

[Making someone's day better is nice to be able to do here.]

[ It's one of the things you never quite notice until it's not actively there. ]

How long have you been here?

[Music is definitely one of those things that's so familiar to him that he really hadn't thought about ever being without it until he arrived here.]

Almost nine months. Did you um, get here recently or have we just not met yet?

[ Nine months. Same as Noah -- her face pulls into a scowl. It is not a short period of time. ]

No, I'm new. My name is Wanda.

[It's pretty weird to think it's been that long.]

Ah, okay. Well, nice to meet you even though the situation kind of sucks. I'm Chris.

Nice to meet you too. Did you come alone from your world?

No, I've got some friends here too. There were more that were here before, but they've left.

How about you?

A few. From different times. That is hard to get used to.

Yeah. Some of my friends are from different times; it's um... Definitely weird.

[Most of them are from the same night, but considering everything that happened a few hours can be an enormous difference. And then there's Hannah.]

They say people can get used to anything, I never thought we'd be testing that.

Yeah. I've um, heard that a few times here, actually.

[But when he stops to think about it everything is still so strange.]

I mean, I never thought I'd get used to living in a cave full of monsters, but I guess I was wrong there.

[ Wanda huffs a laugh. ]

I never thought I would be living in a cave full of monsters. I'm sorry you have been trapped here for so long.

Well, okay, true.

[There's some humor in his tone; it's a good point. Then again, the night before he'd gotten here he was introduced to the whole idea of a cave full of monsters, so maybe it just wasn't as much of a shock when he arrived here.]

And um, thanks. I mean, a lot of it's sucked--some of it's really sucked--but other times it isn't so bad here.

Like when there's music.

[ She reflects the humor in his voice. It carries, spreads. Then, ]

The mark you have. What is it?

Yeah.

[He really hadn't expected anyone, let alone multiple people, to be this happy about him pulling some of his weird music collection from his phone, but he's really glad they are.]

It's um, a blessing from Hope. The god blessings, or at least his anyway, give you like, supernatural powers; I know this one can be used to heal people.

[And that's pretty much the best power he could ever ask for here.]

Is it permanent?

I don't think so. Other people who've had it says it wore off for them after awhile.

I did not know they offered these abilities to us.

[ It doesn't temper her view of them, but it rounds out her understanding. ]

There are no side effects?

Yeah, it's pretty uncommon, but it does happen.

[And her question gives him pause a moment.]

I uh... I actually don't know. I mean, I've never heard anything about side effects but I also don't know a ton about the blessing, so...

[So good question.]

Well, we will know if you start feeling strange... when we are not actively being influenced by the gods.

Yeah, and if uh, I notice anything I'll definitely let people know. I would think Hope would kind of warn us about that though.

[Probably. Maybe.]

[ Aware of the irony in the words, Wanda says them anyway. ]

I would hope so.

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