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 [There's a quiet shout in the library this morning; please ignore it. It's just some kid waking up.

The feed clicks on to some kid who clearly just woke up. The angle's a little weird, like he's still flopped over on whatever he slept on (not bedding, by the looks of it; faint red imprints on his cheek suggest books).]

're there any ways to fight Shadows and stuff that aren't too reliant on muscles or supplies? I don't wanna be limited by how much of my formulas I have on me. [And, as an alchemist, he's kind of a squishy noodle-type. So anything that takes much strength won't go too well.

He's a bit sluggish to turn off the feed, but stops for a moment. Maybe if he were less just-woke-up-ish, he'd try to filter this or something. Who knows. Technology is still mysterious.]

Oh and, uh, if you know what happened to me back in winter or on my first day here, can you do me a favor and not tell Simon? I dunno how many people know. Maybe not about the cages, either.

[That's descriptive enough, right? Yeah, totally. Okay, off goes the feed.]

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[Arthur, what are you doing? Simon will come back to helping with the combat part, but first...]

Not tell me what, Arthur?

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[Oh. Oh crap. This is why we don't do stuff like this when drowsy.]

Waaah! N-Nothing! You weren't supposed to see that!

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Well, I did. [Arthur can probably sense him tapping his fingers.]

Now. What happened?

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[He cringes a little. This is the opposite of what he wanted. But... But it's fine, right? Simon can know he's hiding something. It's just what he's hiding.]

Nothing...nothing you need to know about. It's all in the past, right?

[Totally. He's always been good at putting the past behind him, considering for a long time he didn't really have one. Perks of amnesia.]

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[There's a sigh. Arthur has probably heard that sigh before.]

If you want that.

Just, promise me that if you need or want to talk about it, you'll track me down?

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[Sorry, Simon. He just doesn't want his history here to weigh on his family.

There's a puff of laughter that's only a little bit awkward.] Me? I'm fine!

Some bad stuff happened, that's all. You...don't need to know the details.

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Ok, I'll take your word for it.

Just... Let me know if you need help in the future.

[Oh, is that a feeling of watching his little bro grow up? Maybe. Possibly. Yeah.]

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Yeah, of course. [Family is family.]

And same goes for you. If you get in trouble, I'll come running!