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[tongueamok]

Hello, this is Carlisle. I mean, it's not Carlisle as in I'm actually answering you right now, so if you're trying to reply to me at the second, you should probably save your breath because I'm not really here. This is some kind of a recording of my voice, but this is my communicator. I'm going to assume these devices are as common here as they are in other places — not my world, but others, ones more technologically advanced than where I come from— so if you'd like to leave me a message, then you may do so here, or er... Right. Here is fine. So just leave yo— [beep]

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[voice]

[tongueamok]

Oh. Um.

[That'd be a yes, this is another thing I haven't been forthcoming about with anyone else, perhaps even Glacius, who certainly would like to know such things, but I may have skimped on the details when relating this to him for fear of what he may do or what may be done to him. While Carlisle wouldn't consider Rey much more than a friendly acquaintance, it is admittedly easier to tell such things to an unrelated party, especially one who has no need to fear repercussions from a magic-wielding Forest Folk.]

[voice]

[circumitus]

[Takes that as a "yes", she indeed does.]

Look, you shouldn't have to be forced to do fuck all for this guy if you really don't want to. Am not going to just do nothing if he tries.

[Rey hasn't worked out the "what" and "how" parts of that yet, but she'll come up with something.]

[voice]

[tongueamok]

[There's something in what she says that gives him pause.]

I'm- I'm sorry, what?

[voice]

[circumitus]

Didn't stutter.

[Ha ha. But really, she's being dead serious about this.]

If he continues pulling that shit on you, will deal with him. Am not going to let that fly. [Rey might be a lot of bad things herself, but inaction is not part of her vocabulary.]

[voice]

[tongueamok]

Miss Rey, you can't. I- I mean, you could, but you shouldn't.

[voice]

[circumitus]

And he shouldn't be pushing people around like that.

[voice]

[tongueamok]

He's my friend.

[voice]

[circumitus]

[CARLISLE R U FUKKIN SRS?]

No offense, but if he's threatening bodily harm in order to coerce you into doing shit for him, he's not your friend.

[voice]

[tongueamok]

[Friends are a complicated and delicate subject for a man who so rarely has them. He sighs.]

So I have been told, but... hm.

[voice]

[circumitus]

[SIGH.]

Am just saying, either he needs to get his collective shit together or he fucks off. If he's going to threaten you and beat some other guy to a bloody pulp, it's only a matter of time before he goes even further, whether it's on you or someone else.

[After all, Rey knows the type when she sees one. She is that type.]

[voice]

[tongueamok]

I... I suppose.

[His tone is quiet agreement rather than deflection. He seems to be considering this.]

I will do some thinking and inform him of my decision. Thank you, Miss Rey. Truly.

[voice]

[circumitus]

Don't mention it.

[Seriously, don't. She'd rather see how this pans out.]

If he gives you shit, just say so. That way you can keep people you like out of it. [Since she's assuming that he didn't explain all this to her because they're friends.]

[voice]

[tongueamok]

Right. Of course. I will keep you abreast of any aggression on his part.

[Not that he doesn't like Miss Rey -- he always found her company to be fairly interesting back in the jungle, actually -- but he knows she'd be safer handling a fire-conjuring Forest Folk than his ice-covered partner.]