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[bearpuns]

[ For some reason, there's an overly chipper voice over the connection. Teddie's not one to worry about if people can hear him or not; who wouldn't want to hear the dulcet tones of a bear on the prowl!? ]

Maybe not dulcet tones, more like the grizzly voice that will make the ladies swoon!

[ A laugh accompanies the voice, then a strange humming of a song. Teddie clearly doesn't seem bothered by the different surroundings; the TV world was the same to him, so it's pretty clear he hasn't noticed just yet.

However, the humming gets a little louder. ]

Everyday's great at your Junes...Everybear's great at your Junes! That's better. I should tell Yosuke's dad we should change it to that!

[ Another laugh accompanies it. Bless anyone who tries to talk to this bear, he's a mess. ]

Comments

[amadine]

Is this a scrap of idiom from home, or are we actually talking about furry wild animals?

[bearpuns]

From home? You're at my home!

[amadine]

Unless you're actually a wooden donkey, we're really not.

[bearpuns]

I'm not a donkey! I'm a bear!

[amadine]

You'd think a bear would stand out in the crowd.

Regardless, I doubt this is your home. You've found your way somewhere else.

[bearpuns]

But...I'm in a place that changes, right?

[amadine]

Yes. But the inhabitants, such as they are, aren't exactly capable of thought, let alone of joining our mental conversations.

[Probably. Maybe the gummy fish or paint rabbits or carousel creatures or other, stranger things had all been fully sentient, but she hasn't seen any evidence of that thus far.]

[bearpuns]

[ Teddie shook his head and frowned. He didn't know if he completely liked the sound of what everyone was telling him. ]

So I can only talk to a limited amount of people.

[amadine]

There are a few dozen of us who can share thoughts. But you can talk to anyone you want to, when we're actually somewhere solid. Just be careful what you say.

[bearpuns]

Oh...okay! I can be beary careful! My name is Teddie!

[amadine]

Call me Sabetha.

[There's a brief pause.]

And in case there's any question, I'm human.

[bearpuns]

Sabeartha! [ Teddie no. ]

Oh, why wouldn't you be human? Not that it matters anyway.

[amadine]

[The spike of aggravation is not unlike the telepathic equivalent of a twitch at the corner of her eye.]

Sabetha. Beth, if it's too much of a mouthful.

And I don't know how far your ursine obsession extends.

[bearpuns]

Beth! [ Teddie seems to be almost smiling in the mental link. ]

I don't have an ursa obsession!

[amadine]

The bear puns make me doubt that.