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[she only shifts uncomfortably to his human-eating comment; she has to remind herself that... that's the way of life here. she'll delay thinking about it as much as possible; it helps that she has a lot of experience with running away. turning her attention back to the conversation at hand, she clasps her hands behind her back with a smile.]

Well... what would you like to know about me? I can't think of myself as very interesting—but you're never interesting to yourself, right?

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[Vanille pauses before answering. how much should she share with the others she's met here?]

I'm actually in a similar situation. [she looks down briefly, before turning her attention back to Rita. staying vague while sympathizing seems to be the best choice of action.] I wonder how many others are, too?

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Well... think about what we must look like to them! It must be nothing to how we see them; just imagine if they were giants to us!

[she laughs as she finally starts hauling some cleaning supplies over to the coop, hoping Mari can take the joke... she puts her hands on the latch, calling over:]

All right, I'm about to let them out. Are you ready?

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You...

[it's the way he says it that, finally, strikes some actual fear into her. she almost, almost says "you're a monster." but she realizes that the best case scenario, had she said it, would be that he'd maybe laugh and threaten her to scare her. worst case scenario... well, she'd rather not find out if he's one of the people he warned her about, if he's someone whose angry side she'd rather not cross. so instead, her voice a little quieter than normal, her expression almost blank, she says:]

You enjoy killing, don't you?

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[she merely looks at him for that first comment, not sure how to take the expression on his face. she doesn't respond to it herself, though... surely if it was something more important, he would have gone into deeper detail about it?]

That isn't exactly what I meant... [she not-so-subtly glances at his wing again] ... but since you've mentioned it, which would be the safest? Not here, I'm guessing.

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It's all right—it's not like you had anything to do with it. None of us did, and we're all in the same boat, right? Besides, this isn't the first time it's happened to me.

[his words resonate with her deeply, hitting very close to home... more than he might be aware of. but he doesn't know, of course, so she can't fault him (not that she would to begin with). she grasps his hand firmly, giving him a kind smile.]

It's very nice to meet you, Leonard. My name is Vanille.

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[she breathes in sharply when he steps into the light. from how they'd been described, she'd expected the other monsters to be more...well, monstrous. if it wasn't for him revealing his form in the light, she wouldn't have been able to tell. after a moment of stunned, poignant silence, she slowly says:]

Is this... what you've changed into?

[she does not speak with fear of his eerie form, but rather with curiosity. she figures the other changed non-natives have experienced their unfair share of revulsion from the locals; she does not plan on contributing to that.]

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