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[synanthrope]

[It's already dark, almost midnight when this video starts. There's a wire between the Warehouse and Building Three, suspended from the roof. Saya's boots are just visible in the video, high heeled and clearly belonging to no one else.

There's the sound of wind, too, as she steps out, heel on the wire. She doesn't step all the way so her weight is on it. Just part of the way.]

It's not enough.

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[intheblanks]

[You know, there's something about women videoing themselves preparing to jump from tall buildings that brings back a really weird memory for him.

Also, perhaps now a little worry is creeping in.]

Of course there's time.

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[synanthrope]

No.

I think I'll simply have to jump.

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Do you know how much longer a body attached to a parachute takes to hit the ground as compared to a body falling at terminal velocity?

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[synanthrope]

Better than most, but it doesn't feel right.

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Falling might not feel right, either.

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[synanthrope]

I was recommended a taller building.

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You won't find something tall enough for what you're looking for.

Of course, if you were smaller...

I mean, something a couple of centimetres high, jumping from up there. It would just float.

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[synanthrope]

[There's a clatter, like the sound of a device dropped. Then silence]

[intheblanks]

[God he hopes she can take a hint. Stepping outside is going to be risky if not.]

[synanthrope]

[There's a rain of small spiders, all releasing tiny, wispy threads of silk as they fall to the ground and then gather together. They make a shape, and then Saya is sitting on the ground, looking up at Chase.]

Hello.

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[He catches a straggler caught in the trickle of water that runs by the drain and takes it to her, crouching down. He's a little... oddly... charmed.]

Having fun?

[synanthrope]

[She takes it in her hands and cups it, and it disappears.]

Satisfying a compulsion.

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Really?

[He drops from ankle to knee, then sits.]

You just bungee jumped without the cord and that's all you've got?

[synanthrope]

It's midnight.

[She shrugs a bit.]

[intheblanks]

Still doesn't sound boring.

[synanthrope]

I should make it sound more exciting?

[intheblanks]

Not if you're not excited. [He leans back on his hands, glances up.] I haven't bungee jumped since Bali.

[synanthrope]

Do you want to?

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It's not an all-consuming compulsion. [Ahem.] One day, sure.

[synanthrope]

I can make you a rope.

[She leans over on him, just a little]

[intheblanks]

[Enough to hang himself with.]

Bungee cords are elastic. I didn't think synthetics were your thing.

[synanthrope]

I can produce an elastic silk.

[intheblanks]

Are you sure you don't just want to dangle me off a bridge?

[synanthrope]

For what purpose?

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[It's tongue-in-cheek but he's interested to see how much she notices.]

Power.