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It's fine, we're fine, everything's fine here. Just gonna grab it and run right back out...
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Good evening, Annette.
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Erk!
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Ah! I am so sorry! I didn't mean to startle you.
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Oh, Ingrid! It's just you! Sorry about that. Guess I'm a little jumpy right now.
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Don't worry, it's fine. But if I may, what are you doing out here so late at night?
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I forgot my book in the mess hall and came back to grab it.
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What a coincidence. I was also headed to the mess hall to look for something.
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Oh, yay! Then we can go together! Seriously, I'd feel so much better if you were with me.
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Not entirely sure why that's the case, but OK.
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Oh gosh, it's so dark...
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Eek! Wh-what was that?! I think it came from the grass over there!
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Hm? Probably just another night owl. I wonder if it's...
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Annette, stop! You're going to run into that pile of—
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Oww! Who put these crates here?!
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Crates. Oh, Annette.
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Well, that was quite the ordeal, but we finally made it. Thanks, Ingrid.
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I'm glad nobody got hurt aside from you and those crates. But if I may, Annette, are you...afraid of the dark?
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Uh, yeah, actually—I've been afraid of it my whole life. I'd give anything not to be, but I just can't seem to shake it.
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What about you, Ingrid? Aren't you scared? I mean, a ghost could pop out of anywhere and ghost you!
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The dark does not really bother me, no. And as I have never seen a ghost, I'm not afraid of them.
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But doesn't it scare you to think about it? I mean, just imagine some icky dead person riiiising from the earth and coming at you with big, chattery teeth!
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Certainly we had such stories back home in Galatea. My brothers loved to tell them when I was a child.
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But if they were true, we would not be able to walk to breakfast without bumping into a horde of the dead.
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Huh. Yeah, I suppose that's true... But it's still hard to get the idea out of my head.
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I personally think it would be wonderful if the dead became ghosts and we could see them again.
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But when people die, that's it. We can't see or speak to them ever again.
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Yeah. When someone dies, they're gone forever.
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But that's all the more reason to treasure what little time we get, right?
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Agreed. We have only one life to live, after all.
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In that case, I'm going to walk back all by myself!
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Are you sure? We went through quite the struggle just to make it here.
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If I want to conquer my fears, I'd better do it while I'm alive!
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The dark is still pretty terrifying, but I'm going to push through it.
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Heh. I could learn a thing or two from her optimism. We only live once... Hm.