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[Christmastime alone hits Fujiko a little hard. Not that she'd necessarily want the company even if she was back in her world, but even if she did want to, she can't even make up some sort of extravagant gig or excuse to call up Lupin and check in on him. Which leads her to taking advantage of the new coastline and exploring down in it in the cold and singing Love Squall to herself. Of course, she fidgets a bit too much with the journal so it carries over, complete with the bitter sound of her chucking rocks into the ocean.]
Stupid Lupin. The one time you don't chase me down...
Stupid Lupin. The one time you don't chase me down...

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Che... I'll save it for New Years.
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[A small tinkling bell-like laugh.] I suppose you'd rather be left alone then.
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And stay warm!
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You know my brother?
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[Fujiko, you make him so freakin' paranoid.]
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You were both out in the snow when you were little -- one of the Malnosso things. It worried me. I mean I know you're more human than just turtle, but still, cold and reptiles, you know? Only if anything I scared you more. So I'm just glad to know you two are okay, yes?
Stay warm Raphael, and thanks.
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His voice is low, nearly a growl.]
Whatever you're tryin' to pull, it ain't gonna work.
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I ain't stupid. I saw how you were lookin' at me. Wanna play fillet the turtle, don'tcha? I gotta tell you, sister, I've had enough of that crap for one lifetime, and I don't go down easy. I ain't nobody's science project.
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Wait. You think I want to...? No. [Jeez she's glad this is voice given that she's currently bright red.] I have to work with -- usually against mad scientists. I'll leave that kind of freaky shit to them.
Back in my world -- well, I just like animals, okay? I didn't want to... cut you up. If anything I was worried about your injuries. I mean, I guess I'm a bit of a legend chaser, but I helped Nessie get away, not lock her up.
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You helped Nessie. As in the Lockness Monster?
[And yeah, he actually thinks it's "Lockness".]
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But I'm not about to go enslaving anyone or anything. It grates on me to see things locked up in cages. Bad enough this place is just one big giant cage. It's big, there's free stuff, and it's still a cage.
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[He grunts.]
And it ain't that. I'm a giant talkin' turtle, for cripes sake. I just got plenty of reasons not to trust nobody.
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I don't trust either. I just like animals and rare things. The rarer the better. It's not like I want to keep you or anything, just curious. And like I said, I got worried that you were out in the cold.
Not that a big guy like you can't take care of yourself, but sometimes it's the tough guys who always run headlong into battle and pretend they're fine when they're not, hm?
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Nothing wrong with liking excitement. You've survived this far so you can't be too stupid.
Or so I assume. Sometimes the dumb ones are shockingly tenacious.
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