RUBILYKSKOYE INBOX.

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ZOECHKA

ZOYA NAZYALENSKY

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I'm glad to see you're still not afraid of a challenge. I was worried you had gotten boring while I was gone.

[ Like she could care about anything while being dead. Let's pretend! ]

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i'm pretty sure i got even worse, actually
is that sexy of me

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That depends—were you sexy to begin with?

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and i know it

[ more references she'll never get. sad. ]

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[ weeps ]

Are you ever serious?

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only when they pay me extra
that reminds me I'm leaving the brothel

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Why? I thought you were in high demand.

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idk
just wanna try something else i guess
what do you do again?

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I work at the blacksmith and am part of the City Watch.

[ Fun stuff!!! Zoya's not used to not saying she's not the king's General and commands armies. ]

You're not going to leave the library next, are you?

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blacksmith?? that's pretty hardcore
i can dig it

nah i like it there

[ Well, he likes his coworker/boss/brother. U to the W to the U and stuff. ]

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[ Zoya, hardcore. Yeah!!! ]

Your boss is an idiot.

[ :) ]

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at least he's pretty
like me!

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I'll be nice and give you that because I'm feeling oddly generous.

[ Dying does not suit Zoya. She needs to remain mean! ]

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thank you so much, i'll treasure it forever

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Are you busy right now? Or are you too busy treasuring my kindness to come over?

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you home?

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I wouldn't invite you over if I wasn't.

Are you coming?

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of course i am

wes with you?

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[ Zoya doesn't answer immediately. ]

He's still missing.

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what
he is?

[ Fuck. Okay. He's not going to insist — not going back to that mind space. People are handling it, he keeps telling himself. ]

i'm on my way

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Swing by the brewery before you get here. I think I need something a little harder than wine.

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i don't need to

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[ She can't help her laugh. ]

Then hurry the fuck up. I didn't come back from the dead to be kept waiting.