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[backpacking]

Okay, short and sweet. I've got some questions. ... And one comment, which is fuck that last trip. You think you're home free from whatever crap you've got back home, and then... bam. It's in your face. What's that about?

[ huff ]

Name's Ellie. I spent a lot of time reading back home and now that we're not in the trenches anymore, I need some reading material. Suggestions? The library's huge here and I don't even know where to start!

Uh... [ What else... She scrunches up her nose, thinking. ] Anyone up to teaching a kid to swim? Because that's something long overdue that I haven't gotten around to. And -

[ She looks a little more meekly at the camera, then glances away, chewing on the inside of her cheek. ]

There any way to get in touch with someone back home? Like... I dunno, a magic mirror so we can see they're okay? It's important. Thanks.

Comments

[krmvgivv]

Yeah, it has them. I'm just saying, I've done some comparisons with Wirt, and everything's just... weirdly different, but still similar. Like a bunch of places call Slightly Above Average Man Superman.

[backpacking]

You know Wirt?

[ She shouldn't be surprised; there are only a handful of kids around. ]

Uh, yeah, that's what he's called. [ Is that insensitive? She blinks, then adds: ] I mean, in my world. Now it makes more sense.

[krmvgivv]

Everywhere! [Dipper raises his hands and rolls his eyes.] I don't understand what it is that makes my world's titles so different?

[backpacking]

Maybe you're special? Seriously, yours could be the... alpha world. The One True World. Who says it isn't?

[krmvgivv]

[That gets a grin.]

I mean that's been my running theory, but Wirt doesn't believe me.

[backpacking]

What, Wirt's the world expert now?

[ She grins. ]

It could be true. Maybe.