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[negativegate]

[Rita is clearly at the Hall of the Missing, as the screen shows the portrait of one Yuri Lowell. And then that portrait gets splattered with a water balloon, to the accompaniment of a fond farewell...]

Jerk!

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[negativegate]

Well, it felt good.

[Yuri had been here from the moment Rita first arrived. It's weird not having him around anymore.]

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[firstaid]

[She gives a bit of a forced smile knowing Rita must have been getting a lot of her frustrations out.]

Well if that's the case, then... I suppose... I don't know what I suppose. [She gives an empty chuckle.]

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[negativegate]

[She frowns at that response.]

Suppose you come over here and try it, too.

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[firstaid]

I honestly don't want to. It... wouldn't make me feel better.

[And there's the truth that everyone knows but she's been hiding for a few days.]

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[negativegate]

Estelle...

You need to do something, you know.

[Some kind of distraction--though Rita can't say she's surprised that Estelle isn't so into throwing water balloons.]

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[firstaid]

I might go to the library later.

[It's something, right?]

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[negativegate]

[That sounds like something to Rita. Books are always a good answer.]

All right. If you find anything interesting, bring it back for me, too, okay?