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[ Laurie shrugs. She doesn't know the answer to either of those questions, so far as specifics go. ] I don't think it was a fight, unless it was a really bad one. I don't think a split lip would bleed that much.

I thought maybe it was a nosebleed, at first. Like, and epically gushing sort of nosebleed.

No way a nosebleed does that...

[ She gulps a little nervously. ]

If there was so much blood someone must have cut something major or was cut and not treated for a very long.

He just said it was an accident, so... Maybe somebody should've gone to the doctor and they didn't?

Either way... I doubt it was at our house, right? So why did he bother taking their clothes to be washed?

That's still weird... blood is never good...

Tobias is very mysterious.

[ And not in a good way, apparently. ]

Yeah, well, I don't know if it's a mystery I want to solve. [ But she already said something like that, right? Might not fly, though. ] Still, if we don't figure him out... Do you think it's unsafe?

[ Sasha isn't sure she wants to live under a roof with someone who gets into bizarre accidents and isn't forthright about the details. ]

I don't know...

[ A beat. ]

I wonder if I could sneak into his room when he's not home. We could look around and make sure he's not hiding anything.

Maybe. [ This sounds potentially terrifying, but it might be better than not knowing at all. ] Do you think he'd do anything bad if he found out, though?

[ It grows into a more and more tempting idea. Is Tobias hiding something after all? Sasha doesn't want to get caught up in something when she could have done something about it in the first place. ]

He might get mad... but if there's nothing then there's no reason to, right?

Well. Intruding on somebody's personal space is kind of a thing for some people. He might get mad about that.

And if he is hiding stuff, he might get really mad.

[ Like, it's hard to imagine Tobias as anything beyond reasonably annoyed, judging by what she knows so far, but she's well aware that people are capable of some unexpected extremes. ]

Though... Maybe that doesn't matter. If he tries anything, we'll stop him.

[ Her eyebrows tug toward one another. ]

I could teleport us away. I've gotten better at directing myself to places I want to go to. We could run away if it got dangerous...

We wouldn't have to run. I can take care of him. [ Temporarily, at least, though a voice in the back of her mind reminds her that it could be permanently, if she wanted. ] If anything happens, I'll just put him to sleep. Or make him run away.

[ They're coming up on the convenience store, which may or may not stall the conversation. That, or the conversation's going to stall movie night. Are they talking about this only to go home and act like there's no suspicion? How hypothetical is all of this? ]

Hopefully it won't be an issue.

[ Sasha picks up the pace so she can go ahead and grab the door for Laurie, pulling it open and allowing her to step inside first before she follows. ][ She glances around the store for the machine Laurie told her about. ]

Ahh, it's so nice and cool in here. Maybe we should hang out a bit here.

Thanks. [ For the door opening, that is! The machine's along the back wall, by the ATM, and Laurie heads there first. ] Yeah. We can pick the movie first, and then look around for snacks. Maybe we should have an ice cream while we're here.

I hope the clerk's open to loiterers.

[ Sasha is scoping out the shelves in the back, suddenly bending over and peeking through the lower shelves at random before she gestures for Laurie to come over. ]

If we sit down here the clerk won't spot us!

[ The shelf is high enough to keep them covered and there's a blind spot on the mirror above that doesn't catch them seated on the floor of the aisle. ]

[ Laurie steps forward from the rental machine to scope Sash'a hiding place. It would definitely keep them concealed, but... ] Do you think she'd be suspicious if we didn't come up to the counter for a while?

And we'll have to pay first anyway, right?

She might not notice for a while.

[ A mischievous grin. ]

As long as we don't take anything out of the store... we can say we were weak and famished.

[ ... Well, sure, if they just make sure to pay for whatever they open, maybe that's not totally against the rules. And if it becomes an issue, there are certain ways that she can earn sympathy in their favor. Finally, she gives the whole thing a 'what the heck' shrug. ]

Right. Let's grab what we want, then.

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