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[...] What is an unexpected skill or special interest in your repertoire.

And why did someone add a ferret stampede to Temporal Puzzle 5146.b.

BRIONY, CONSTANCE, MALLORY, THEUN, TEDDY

Is anyone a proficient driver of [...] station wagons. I have to go into Stamford this weekend and the agency burdened me with a freighter.

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I can read Liturgical Latin?

BCMTTS
That was related to your public small talk attempt. I was being thoughtful and putting it in a more private space because I'm a wonderful friend.

Did you think that out of this list, you'd find the best drivers the base has to offer? Isn't your sister a professional driver?

I'll accept it if you elaborate.

[BCMTTS]
That was also for my benefit, now I look more like a "team" "player."

Yes and she needs to stay here and [...] bond with her cohort. I simply don't care to drive.

What needs elaboration?

BCMTTS
The first step to being a team player is pretending to be a team player. I'm so proud.

I wonder why they assigned you a station wagon? Were you not able to put in a request?

Your skill.

[BCMTTS]
No, the first step is a traumatic brain injury or a concussion at the very least.

I may need boot space on the way back. [...] And I may have had a miscommunication with the young man at the front desk.

You're being very particular about what skills you're allowing.

BCMTTS
That does explain much.

What are we picking up? And what did you do to the poor man simply doing his job?

I'm inviting you to share more about your skill.

[BCMTTS]
An office chair for Simone if she stops fighting me. We're going to an estate sale.

Allegedly, I paused too long after he asked what I thought about his new haircut.

What more needs to be said?? I can read it. That's about as much detail as I can provide.

BCMTTS
Oh, I love estate sales!!! [...] If need be I'll see what it would cost for shipping.

Sébastien! How could you?

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Let the record show that I tried.

[BCMTTS]
~~Me to~~ I used to go to them more often. I've been assigned the "1970 Buick Estate Wagon", which is said to be [...] spacious.

It makes him look like a shag rug and I was trying to decide on a diplomatic response.

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You did a very good job. What's your special skill?

BCMTTS
If nothing else, we'll have room for the treasures we find. It's very sweet of you to get your sister a welcome gift!

It would appear your face didn't get the memo to err on the diplomatic side.

Asking others about theirs.

[BCMTTS]
She doesn't currently agree ~~so maybe I should get her an armchair instead or a~~.

No, it had just discovered what the child of a bowl cut and a mullet looks like and it was horrified.

Your special interest is interpersonal skills?

BCMTTS
Why not?

Oh... oh no, poor Ivan.

Yes. Isn't it fascinating.

BCMTTS
She believes the living room will be more than adequate when she needs to study. I disagree.

While I now believe he needs a stronger support group around him, I am not them.

I've forwarded along your resume to HR.

BCMTTS
Oh, then we absolutely should surprise her with a chair! She needs a dedicated study space!

But your interpersonal skills!

They'll feed it to their hellhounds before they even begin round one, and I will be grateful.

[BCMTTS]
Would it be a [...] burden?

But Ivan's haircut.

I suppose we'll have to see.

BCMTTS
To gift a chair? Do you think she'll feel beholden to keep it if she hates it?

I'll work on the haircut.

I wouldn't want her to have to throw it out either.

No, it's the sort of thing we should leave alone lest we wake some horrible, ancient power.

Then if she hates it you can haul it back off.

It's hair, Sébastien. It'll be fine.

That's not a gift.

It's a crime.

Yes, it is. It's two gifts: the physical and the emotional of her knowing you support her choices.

I said I was working on it.

It's two burdens: the physical that, as you say, she can haul back off, and the emotional that I don't know what ~~her life is like any~~ she [...] would enjoy.

You already have one full-time job, you don't need the equivalent of six.

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