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[Nick's voice is raspier than usual, the way voices get when their owners have been screaming, or crying, or possibly both.]

You know what, you motherfucker? I'm coming back to haunt your ass after I'm dead. See how you like it.

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yea

[Though now that she's thinking about it, she wonders what kind of effect a cave echo might have on amplifying her Morphus scream. She files that thought away to think on more when and if she doesn't die here under the ground.]

what kinda music do u like?

Going with the standard boring answer of anything but country. Electronica's extra cool though.

[He really likes the unusual effects that can be added with computer, and the different types of processing.]

u got a fave band? fave song?

I'm not sure I could just pick one, though I guess I've got awhile to think about it and get back to you.

How about you?

lots of fave songs. fave band the stones. was my dad's fave 2.

Yeah? My dad's favorite is Pink Floyd so I've heard like, everything of theirs but not much of the Stones.

we gotta fix that if we ever get back 2 civilization

Yeah, definitely. It's a deal.

maybe i can sing something 4 u

That'd be awesome. I'd say I'd return the offer, but I sound like someone's dumped water on a cat that has the voice of a preteen girl.

[He's not nearly that bad--he's actually somewhat decent and can at least carry a tune--but considering the situation they're in anything to lighten the mood is the way to go.]

[Good job, Chris - Nick actually does laugh over that, even if it's not audible from underground.]

so ur sayin ur beyonce basicly

[Mission accomplished, even if he's not aware of it.]

I'm pretty sure I'd get a one way ticket to hell for blasphemy if I agreed with that.

[But the silliness of this conversation is making him feel a bit better too.]

hell might b a nice vacation frm this place

Maybe but since I can think of worse than this I don't want to tempt fate too much

where cld possibly b worse?

I think a list would probably be kind of depressing.

i aint goin anywhere 4 a while

[There's a delay before he replies because he's trying to figure out what to say; he's not sure talking about horrible things is the best way to make this situation better, but maybe.]

A lot of what happened on the mountain was worse. So far, anyway.

[But he's not sure he wants to talk about it, even if she for some reason wants to hear about it.]

[WELP. Now Nick feels like an asshole.]

sorry.

[She just honestly doesn't know what else to say. She usually has some kind of snappy comeback for any comment, but sincerity is a lot harder for her to handle.]

It's okay. Kind of makes this all a little easier to deal with.

[He's naturally a calm person anyway, but it definitely helps stave off panic to know he's dealt with worse before.]

guess u can get used 2 anything huh

I guess so, yeah.

[It's so strange though, because his life had been really normal before everyone suddenly changed in one night. He'd always heard that yes, people can adapt quickly, but had never really understood the extent of it before.]

But hey, what doesn't kill you just makes you a badass, right?

[The joke is weak, but he's trying to steer back out of the somber tone just a little. And it is true that after this, it'll make a lot of other things seem even more easy to deal with in comparison.]

yea when i get back 2 chicago ill have so much street cred

[Actually, if Nick gets back to Chicago and ever breathes a word of any of this, she's pretty sure she'll be locked up in a nuthouse.]

fighting monsters and sickos who think theyre gods beats a barfight any day

Yeah, see, exactly. Just a couple of badasses here.

I've never been in a barfight so I'll just have to take your word for it.

Actually I'm sure it's like a huge surprise but I'd never been in any sort of fight before everything that went down.

[Maybe an elementary school tussle here and there but nothing worse than a shoving match while everyone involved cried. Chris is totally hardcore.]

barfights r lame usualy.

[Nick, on the other hand, has been fighting in some way since she was a small child - against her mother, against other children, against the world at large.]

used 2 get in fights a lot when i was a kid.

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