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Tally's first clue that it hadn't been a dream was that she'd woken up alone in her room.

Nowadays, she and Gideon have been sharing a room, so that Tally can protect her from ever finding a body alone again--and maybe conspicuously leave out some clothes that fit Gideon but aren't, like, ratty black pants. That day, though, she'd woken in an empty room, gasping from something that felt like a nightmare, but somehow more vivid than real life.

Without even getting dressed, she'd run for the woods to confirm what had happened. Horror had flooded her when she found the knife-mark, exactly where she remembered throwing it yesterday. It was true. She'd been Special. She'd been awful. She'd seen and felt the world with more harsh clarity than she'd ever thought possible. She'd hit Gideon.

Tally had collapsed onto the stump, gripping her own arms to make sure her familiar, average body was still there.

Over the next few days, Tally doesn't sleep well, and people getting swapped out for a second time doesn't help. People might find her wandering the mansion like a zombie, or in one of the kitchens, contemplating getting drunk. She's not as put together as usual, either, but of course on her even bedhead and sweats look beautiful.

Date: 2024-07-26 10:55 pm (UTC)
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"You're taller than me," Magnus says. "And Galahad. And Alex. And a lot of my friends back home." Besides Hearth, anyway. "Everyone else as tall as you that I hug has, like, dad vibes or whatever."

Date: 2024-07-26 11:54 pm (UTC)
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"How tall were you?"

Date: 2024-07-27 12:10 am (UTC)
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It takes Magnus a good minute or two to convert that to reasonable measurements. "How did they stretch you out that much?"

Date: 2024-07-27 12:19 am (UTC)
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"Oh, I feel that," Magnus says, looking down at himself. "I got the post-death einherjar glow-up when I got to Valhalla. None of this is the original goods."

Date: 2024-07-27 12:25 am (UTC)
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"Like, really scrawny. No muscles. I was this asthmatic street kid?" He gestures, vaguely, to indicate the total concaveness of his chest. "So, like, my only exercise was running and hiding from cops and I didn't have regularly reliable access to food. Do you know Captain America?"
Edited Date: 2024-07-27 12:30 am (UTC)

Date: 2024-07-27 01:15 am (UTC)
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"He's this comics superhero. You should look 'em up, there's a ton in the library. He gets this, like, serum, and it makes him super swole. I had that but, like, smaller."

Date: 2024-07-27 01:20 am (UTC)
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"Okay," says Magnus. "So we're both Captain America."

Date: 2024-07-27 01:38 am (UTC)
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"Depends on the run, yeah. Russia used something like it for the Black Widow program."

Date: 2024-07-27 01:48 am (UTC)
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"Like, yeah, sexism is a real problem, but there are tons of women in power too. Fictionally and, like, in real life."

Date: 2024-07-27 02:20 am (UTC)
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"Yeah, I totally agree," says Magnus. He squints at Tally for a moment. "You might dig America Chavez."

Date: 2024-07-27 04:43 am (UTC)
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"Nah, just a couple. There's like a million different superheroes."

Date: 2024-07-27 05:30 am (UTC)
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"Hey, recycling is important," Magnus says, half-teasing, half-earnest.

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