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[It's video. On purpose. Charlie's making sure it's done on purpose. She's on the roof of her building and she's filming a row of large, white buckets with dirt in them. And there are green things poking out of the dirt. Some of the buckets have green sticks poking out and with the way the green plants are carefully tied to the green sticks, they're for support.

There's a row of smaller bucket with the same dirt-and-plant combination, some of the plants with small flowers on them.]

This took way too long to do. But, thank God my landlady was cool with this. I have to share some of the strawberries when they grow and some of the tomatoes, too but that's fine. Haven't had a garden in forever and figured I needed one.

[There's more shots of the rooftop garden, even a brief glimpse of a few big coffee cans on a table, again plants-and-dirt and they're labeled things like 'chives', 'oregano', 'parsley', 'thyme' and 'dill'. Someone's been having fun on the roof.] Oh! Also...

[And then the camera is pointing at strands of various lights hung on a frame. The sun is setting so the effect of the white lights on the sky is pretty neat.] These were so cheap to by after Christmas and the frame was already up here. What it was before, I don't know. I just saw the frame and suddenly wanted lights.

[And the camera turns again and there is Charlie on a long, cloth lawn chair. There's an old looking bedside table next to her. It has a couple books and a soda on it. There's a blanket on the back of the chair and the flicker-glow of a nearby fire. And Charlie is grinning.]

Worth every second of work.

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[She grins, watching Merlin.] It gets just the right amount of sun. How are you, Merlin?

I'm good! But I've found it a little hard to figure out what to do with all this time I suddenly have.

[He waves his hands for a moment, before he steps closer to the edge of the roof.]

You could try getting a job. It helps. I work at the Jasmine Dragon and the school. It's helpful.

Yeah, I suppose I ought to.

[He chuckles silently and steps away from the edge to head over to Charlie.]

I'm used to always having something to do, back home. Arthur and Gaius were very good at keeping me constantly busy.

[She's busy turning a marshmallow very slowly over the fire, trying to get it an even brown. Some people like theirs singed. Charlie doesn't. She nods, smiling slightly.]

It'll help with ticking, getting a job. And help pass the time. People usually post over the networking device what skills they had, what they're used to doing and what they're interested in and people usually offer them jobs.

That sounds like a good idea if I can't find any from looking around.

[He sits down on the floor next to the fire and tilts his head at the marshmallow.]

What is that?