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      CORALINE.      

coraline.
alex.

❝ "Because," she said, "When you're scared but you still do it anyway, that's brave." ❞

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[camena]

[ she. pauses, like it is just occurring to her that she will need to share a secret too. ]

Um. Scandalous sounds more fun. But my secret won't be very exciting, I think, so—whichever.

[metacognition]

That's alright - mine either. My life's not exactly that thrilling!

[ he thinks about it for a moment, thoughtful.... ]

Let's see... every time I've spilled wine on Luo Wenzhou's carpet, I've blamed it on the cat and successfully gotten away with it.

[camena]

[ pfft ]

What, like saying the cat knocked your glass off the table or something? Actually—how often is this happening?

[metacognition]

Two or three times, I think - and exactly that.

[ wehehe. there's a little Victory in that phrase that suggests perhaps he's in a battle of wits with the cat. ] Luo Yiguo tends to lash out at things as much as you'd expect a cat to. Wenzhou believes it without me having to explain any further.

[camena]

Well, I'm gonna tell him now.

[metacognition]

He would never believe you.

[ wehe ]

Your turn.

[camena]

Whenever I sleep over at my friend's house and he falls asleep first, I steal all his lighters.

[metacognition]

[ help he laughs immediately because that's his kind of gremlin behavior ]

Not Jonas'?

[camena]

Oh, uh, no.

Ren. I've known him since we were, like, tiny.

[metacognition]

[ a nod. ]

And you've never been caught? What does he usually say?

[camena]

He just thinks he's misplacing them. I have like a drawer full of lighters and I haven't been caught yet.

[metacognition]

[ this is exactly his brand of mischief he looks delighted. ]

Incredibly well played. [ and then, a little playfully dramatic, he puts his hand to his heart. ] Your secret's safe with me.

[camena]

Well yours isn't safe with me.

[ it is, but, she said she was telling. ]