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I have my credit card information entered on the airline’s website. I just haven’t hit enter yet.

And you took your work laptop with you to the lake house.

What if you flipped a coin?

I take my work laptop everywhere. Going by that incredibly strict definition of a vacation, it was [...] last year, around this time. I was trapped in a log cabin without internet access. I did not relax.

I’m gonna go. I’m just pretending I might not.

I remember. [...] So what would it take for you to relax on a vacation?

If there isn't enough drama while you're there, text me and I'll provide a running count of how many lives I ruin at the Waldinger Family & Friends Thanksgiving Party.

An impossible question. [...] I wouldn't not find it relaxing to watch you swim.

Are you and Crysta competing?

I can’t even really imagine you on a beach.

Sadly, she's supposed to be on her best behaviour for this. So should I, really, but I'll be surrounded by non-Liminals who are unwise to my tricks.

I can buy a pair of shorts. I might even get ones that aren't black.

I also can’t imagine Crysta on her best behavior, but I bet you’ll be able to do plenty of damage on your own. I’m secondhand embarrassed for anyone who sets off your lie detection abilities already.

I’ll believe it when I see it.

It'll be my very first Truth Thanksgiving. My parents have no idea what I'm capable of now.

Take me to a beach, then.

Edited 2023-11-07 06:53 (UTC)

That does sound like a nightmare. [...] I'm sorry. At least it's only 48 hours.

Okay.

Who knows, maybe all they want is the support of their children during a difficult time. Even the Grinch grew a heart. [...] How long are you pretending you won't stay in Vegas for?

~~You don't have to, we're~~ [...] Okay.

~~I guess you'll find out either w~~ [...] Probably just for the day. I'm going to try to make it to my mom's for the rest of the weekend.

You'd like Manuel Antonio. You can see their rift from the beach. Maybe not the best for not thinking about work, but still.

From one den of chaos to another. But you do deserve to have some fun during Thanksgiving weekend.

That sounds nice. ~~I'd~~ [...] We should probably check the effects of prolonged time away from Enodia first, though.

[...] You're right. I'm getting ahead of myself.

I mean, I wouldn't mind just seeing what happens. But I'd rather you didn't regret it.

I wouldn't regret it.

How many illusions do you think you interacted with last week?

I was going to say one, but the way you're asking makes me feel like the number is higher than that.

Would it make you feel better or worse if I said I wasn't counting my personal appearance illusions?

I wasn't either. I know the coffee wasn't real.

Good catch. Taste and smell are trickier than the other senses. What I think a cup of coffee should smell like might not be the same as what you think the same cup should smell like.

I'm guessing there's a pretty big quality difference in the coffee I usually drink and the coffee you drink anyway.

What else have you been up to?

Oh, God. The next thing you're going to tell me is that you drink the coffee in the break room.

At least once, you talked to me and it wasn't me.

It's free.

In my defense when I'm talking to you I'm usually thinking about other things.

It's so horribly astringent. And you work for the government. You can afford coffee.

I see. You value me more for my body than my mind.

But if I don't drink the free break room coffee, who will?

I wouldn't say I value one over the other. It's just distracting.

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