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[coercive]

[Good luck knowing whether or not you're actually contacting her, because there's just silence on her end of things. She's able to receive voice, video, and text messages; but she may or may not respond.]

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[coercive]

But it would be something to do.

[She's internally debating on what kind of argument this would be if she decided to be a stubborn little shit.]

[el_paso]

You can find something that isn't being that creep's convenient...henchkid.

[coercive]

So you think you are telling me what to do?

[el_paso]

That's what it sounds like, yep.

[coercive]

No. [Wait. Maybe that's not the right thing to say.] What other something is there to do?

[el_paso]

Yes. Not getting wound up in Erik's bullshit.

[coercive]

[A thirty second rant in Spanish follows, but she eventually controls her temper and actually talks to him instead of at him.]

There is nothing to do but go outside. I need a...mission. A direction.

[el_paso]

[ A rant he tunes out, holding the TAB away from his ear. Logan goes right back to listening when she scales down the decibels and starts again in English. A direction?

He's so shit at this... ]

Is that what this is all about?

[coercive]

I want to help Erik.

[She's not about to say that yes, this is all about finding a way to productively fill her time. She likes running around outside but even she needs tasks and a job to do on occasion.]

[el_paso]

[ It's his turn to approach the end of his fuse, a note of warning in his voice, ]

You're not going to help Erik.

[coercive]

[A stretch of silence follows. She hears the warning there.]

Then you will help me find something I can do.

[el_paso]

Fine. I'm looking at a few places in R2 this week. You're coming with me.

[coercive]

We are leaving the mansion?

[She sounds surprised. But she doesn't fight him on tagging along]

[el_paso]

Not yet. You're not the only one with fuck-all to do, kid.

[coercive]

No. We are...moving? Leaving it forever.

I can bring my unicorn?

[She loves that thing he brought back for her.]

[el_paso]

Not forever; I don't know. It depends on how things go this week.

And yes. It's yours, Laura. [ They should, he knows, go shopping for them both while they're out. More clothes for her... ]

[coercive]

Mine.

[The word is said with such novelty and excitement. She's not used to things that are just hers.]

Then we can go. I like the farmland. Will it be just us? No one else?

[el_paso]

[ A stretch of silence follows. Would he like to be alone? You bet your ass. The need to get the fuck out of Dodge and out of this nest of old memories is driving him up the wall, but Laura will need more than just him for company, even if she'll have things to do. ]

We'll figure that out along the way.

[coercive]

[There's the sound of rustling, a zipper being unzipped, then zipped back up again. She's packing up her few things in her backpack.]

Can we also figure out how to grow things? And how to have horses. Like Nate and his family.

[el_paso]

I don't know about horses, kiddo, they're a lotta work.

[ What is he getting himself into. ]

We can grow things though. That's kinda the whole idea.

[coercive]

[She makes a noise of approval.]

I will learn to take care of horses. I met a man in region two who I will make teach me.

[el_paso]

Who?

[coercive]

His name is Alexander. I think.

[el_paso]

You think? How did you meet this guy?

[coercive]

[She hesitates. He probably won't like her answer.]

When there were fires, I went to the farms to help them. I did not want the animals to be hurt.