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I was thinking that I wanted licorice. And I got distracted.

Father doesn't need to know about Impertinence.

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He most certainly does not.

﴾ and with a little hocus pocus (which he's still totally sworn off of, promise), master asim never, ever will. ﴿

I need the names of everyone you saw at the market today.

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Everyone??

I don't know everyone's names! There were a lot of people there!

[cursing]

Tell me where you found this vendor then.

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He was next to the pet store!

[cursing]

Next... to the pet store?

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Yeah! On that smaller street, you know?

[cursing]

The alley, you mean???

We cannot keep this bird, Kalim.

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What! Why not? He's been singing The Winner Takes It All for me this morning!

[cursing]

That's one reason. We also do not know if he's been implanted with something.

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But I love him!

[cursing]

You just met him.

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I loved you two seconds after meeting you, too!

[cursing]

NOT IN FRONT OF THE BIRD KALIM

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Perty can't read. Don't be embarrassed.

[cursing]

Are you sleeping through Technical Cantrips again? There are spells to use these animals as sentries!! That bastard could be watching your every move right now.

Lock it in the closet.

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A closet?! That's too small!

If it'll make you feel better, I'll take him out to meet his new cocktiel friends.

[cursing]

You can't do that either! Didn't you read about quarantine periods in your research? He could have parasites or some sort of explosive embedded in his gut.

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You should meet him before you accuse him of parasites and implants and explosives, you know!

[cursing]

There's not enough time. I'm going to have to spend the evening tracking down your conman friend.

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Can I come with you?

[cursing]

Absolutely not!!

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I'll meet you in the lounge! We can get more licorice while we're out.

OH! Let's have a date night!

[cursing]

This isn't a DATE situation, Kalim, this is serious!!

And NO MORE LICORICE

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Yeah! We'll just stop for licorice, go have a nice dinner, wander around town hunting for a smuggler. It'll be romantic!