Room 204 [morning]

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Prom had been fun and the evening after prom had been even more fun (Ben liked Ender in uniform, so sue him), but being fairly bright Fandom students who had been at the school for four years, both guys had remembered to put some clothing back on before falling asleep just in case.

Ben was curled into Ender now, sleeping in for once (so...past sun-up) and enjoying a weekend where he had nothing planned.

[OOC: You know the drill by now, folks! For the boy, then the visitor.]

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"I'm not hiding under it!" Ben insisted, climbing out of it and trying to straighten it a bit.

It would still be pretty obvious only the one was being used to sleep in. "Hey, Val. Welcome back?"

[endsthegame]

Ender shot him an amused glance and stepped out of Val's way. "Welcome back," he echoed. "Try not to take the fumbling personally."

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"I never do," Val assured him as she stepped into the room. Her eyes flicked briefly towards the bed, and she relaxed more, a smile tugging at her face. "Hi, Ben," she added.

And now he was going to get hugged.

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Ben hugged her back hard. "Hi, kid."

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"I knew you'd figure it out," she whispered in his ear, then gave him a squeeze. "Sorry about dropping in like this, but I didn't really get to choose."

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"Portal thing?" Ben guessed. "You're a lot older than last time."

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"Portal thing," she agreed, finally letting go.

She sat down on the spare bed.

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"As long as we're being scientific about it," Ender said, shutting the door behind him.

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Val snorted. "Well, from my end, it's likely philotic entanglement is involved," she said. "Naturally, our portals are an anomaly - as tied to the philotic web as they are to the multiversal portal network at large. So maybe we had a malfunction. It's more likely that it's your island flaring up again, though - it's more unpredictable."

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"I'd blame Fandom," Ben agreed, sitting on Ender's bed. "So you're...how old now?"

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"Sixteen," Valentine volunteered. "It's been a few years since the last time I saw either of you this little."

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"So I get taller?"

No, Ben.

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Val laughed. "Not more than an inch," she said. "Sorry."

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Ben sighed. "He doesn't get any taller either, right?" he asked, pointing at Ender with a fond smile.

The room was notably less tense than her last visit.

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"He also gets another inch," Val said, a smile playing on her lips. "You're relaxed."

Well, as relaxed as she could ever expect him to get.

[endsthegame]

"Still a little jumpy," Ender said, sitting down next to him. "But that can't be helped."

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Ben poked him in the shoulder. "Being faced with a potential future still takes a bit of getting used to."

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"Imagine how I feel," Val said dryly.

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"But you're hiding it well," Ben said with a smile. "I can hardly feel it. I must be a good teacher."

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"Just a little bit," Val said. "But then you've only got a couple of students to focus on, so that ought to help."

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Ben blinked. "A couple? Is this philotic thing? Can other people be trained like Jedi now in Ender's universe?"

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Valentine contemplated giving up more details. Then again, that wasn't really necessary, was it? "No," she settled on, and tried very hard to keep her face straight.

[endsthegame]

Ender's eyebrows climbed up towards his hairline.

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"She's trying to be sneaky," Ben said, thinking quickly.

It clicked.

"Kuso."

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Val's mouth curved. "I'll let my brothers know you said a bad word," she said.