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[ Much like Nigel's first post, there is only silence when the device first clicks on. Eventually, though, the young man on the other end of the connection clears his throat. His tone is politely curious. ]
I've been told that the dead do not stay dead here and in ways much more involved than the occasional curse. Which leaves me wondering, City: is there no need for undertakers here?
[ There's a pause and then Nigel adds: ] I had hoped to make myself useful.
I've been told that the dead do not stay dead here and in ways much more involved than the occasional curse. Which leaves me wondering, City: is there no need for undertakers here?
[ There's a pause and then Nigel adds: ] I had hoped to make myself useful.
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[Still better than undertaking, in her opinion.]
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Makes me rethink all the stories my mother told me when I was a child.
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If we actually remembered what went on here, you could probably go back and argue that they're all real. Except The Little Mermaid. That one's not real.
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...why isn't it?
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Because it just can't be. If it was real I'd be horribly bitter it wasn't happening to me.
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Out of all the fairy stories you could choose, you choose the Little Mermaid?
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Out of all the jobs to ask after, you asked about undertaking. We've all got our own personality quirks.
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Fair enough, Claire. But something tells me there's an anecdote in there somewhere.
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Well... I wanted to be a mermaid.
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Sorry, my brain just isn't wired to go there first.
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One would think being English would qualify me much for the same.
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