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[Athena]

“Do you want a corn muffin.”
Snow started, blinked, opened his eyes, and stared at the corn muffin in front of him. Fingers, all ten, still there. All ten toes. Good. Wait. Corn muffin?
“What the fuck?”
“Do you want a corn muffin,” repeated Scout..
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“Uh. Sure.” He unwrapped it from its cupcake wrapper. “Thanks.” It was scary how he could repeat a phrase with the exact same voice inflection...
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“He will live. There will be some scarring, but it will hardly be noticeable.”
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“Er. Thanks. For. You know.”
“Yes. I know.”