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[64th]

[ Cashmere's curled up in her bed, wrapped in the blankets. her face has a little pink flush to her face gives away that she's a little chilly. ]

Given the weather, anybody want to cuddle?

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[whichend]

[ Cash. Cash what are you doing. ]

You're cold.

[ Arya says, very seriously, because that is unacceptable. Cash should not be cold. Cash should have all the nice things, all the time. ]

What's cuddling?

[64th]

[ Idk someone take her phone away from her. ]

A little cold. [ she's thrown by the question. ] People don't cuddle where you're from? It's kind of like a long hug. Sometimes it's romantic. Sometimes it's not.

[whichend]

[ She shakes her head no. Maybe older people do, or people in stupid storybooks for little girls. Romance has never interested Arya. Boys are gross. ]

I don't think I'd be very good at romantic cuddling.

[ She bites her lip. ]

I can warm you up though?

[64th]

[ boys are gross. but useful! ]

Sure. I could use some company.

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[whichend]

[ She cuts the feed, and then knocks on Cash's door, gently. It's one of the more gentler things she's done all week. ]

Will cuddling make you warm?

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[64th]

Come in! [ Cash hasn't moved far - or at all. she moves over to one side of the bed so Arya can sit if she'd like. ]

Yeah, it'll help. I used to cuddle with my brother all the time when we were little. Wherever he was I always wanted to be right next to him.

[whichend]

[ Arya places her sword by the side of the bed and climbs up, next to Cashmere. ]

Good. My brothers and I never cuddled, though. Mother wouldn't have of it.

[ Especially not if she cuddled with Jon. Starks made each other weapons instead, and promises. ]

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[vendetta]

[ Kaz has left most of his old self behind, abandoned in the ashes of that helicopter crash. But some habits die hard, and given that he's wrapped up in his own blanket burrito with a fire started off-screen, he's reached a point where he's just plain bored.

So why not enjoy himself a little? He's not planning to actually cuddle, that would require leaving his apartment, but a conversation is harmless enough. ]

A pretty girl like you should be careful about making such a broad offer.

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[unitas]

This is a joke, right? [ only mildly condescending! ]

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[64th]

Maybe a pretty woman like me knows exactly what she's getting into when she makes such a broad offer. [ she grins. ]

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[64th]

Do I sound like I'm joking? [ maybe people shouldn't leave her unsupervised. look what she gets into! ] I take cuddling very seriously.

[64th]

[ Cash offers Arya some of the blankets. ] My mom liked that we were close. She thought it would keep us safe. It did, for a while.

[whichend]

[ She burrows herself underneath the blankets, right up against Cashmere. ]

My brother gave me Needle.

[64th]

He sounds like a wonderful brother. [ Cash rests her head against Arya's shoulder as she fishes her necklace from under her shirt. it's a tiny emerald in a gold setting. ] This is from my brother. Where we're from, emeralds are for good luck. Kind of like magic.

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[unitas]

Maybe you should take the situation more seriously. [ there are abominable snowmen outside that want to eat her face, along with ice statue zombies, ain't nobody got time to deal with that for some cuddling action! ]

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[64th]

I am taking it seriously. I am seriously cold.

[ but she gets what Sharon means. ] I plan to stay here, nice and cozy, until all the insanity has passed.

[whichend]

[ She nods. ] He used to muss my hair and call me little sister.

[ She'll never hear that again.

Arya peers closely at the necklace. It's pretty, something Sansa would have liked. ]

Does it bring you luck?

[64th]

[ she's not sure how to answer that, actually. ]

For a while. [ when things were good, they were very good. when things were bad, they were very bad. ] But it makes me feel like he isn't far. And that's good.

[ she still tries to believe that she'll see him again. she tries not to linger on those thoughts. ] What's your home like? Is it ever cold like this?

[whichend]

He can be in your head, too. When you want him to be.

[ She chews on her lip and snuggles deeper into the blanket. She's not sure how to answer this question, either. ]

Yes, but -- it's not my home anymore.

[64th]

Mmhm. [ Arya's right - she won't feel distant from Gloss if she's mindful to keep him close. ]

This isn't your home either. [ she misunderstands, but she really doesn't want Arya to feel like this hellhole is the rest of their lives. ]

[whichend]

I know.

[ She says, sadly. Unlike Cash, Arya wants Hadriel to be her home. Winterfell is gone, and she couldn't live there anymore even if she wanted. There's scary gods and nasty monsters here, sure, and it's cold and she's mostly scavenging for food, but it's still an improvement from Westeros.

For some reason, she feels safer. She never got to 'cuddle' in Westeros, after all. ]

Are you going to go home, eventually?

[64th]

There's nothing left for me there, even if i wanted to. [ even if by some miracle Cashmere is still alive there, she's without her brother. she doesn't imagine that the rest of her family fared much better. ]

I don't know where I'll go. I haven't thought about it.

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[vendetta]

[ That's a little more forward than Miller would have expected, and he shifts up a little in his seat, his attention officially seized. ]

So it's like that, is it? Where are you staying?

[ Much as it might sound like he's interested in taking her up on her offer, at this point Kaz is just curious. ]

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[unitas]

But you're willing to let others risk themselves for a couple of hours of cuddling? [ you may stay safe, she thinks, but the ones coming to you likely won't. ]

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[64th]

They're adults. Mostly. If they want to take that risk, who am I to stop them?