klein had not had anywhere near his ability with languages, but boko had offered klein to translate for him. "i love translating," he'd told klein, "it's almost like alchemy, isn't it?
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Gently inserting it in klein's arm, the solution in it had felt weird to klein as it had made its way into his body.
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"i found it," he'd said, as if he'd hoped it'd be enough for klein not to ask more. so klein hadn't.
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klein looked him up and down. "how delightfully... predictable of you." klein had never seen a lobster smirk before.
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Bridges came and went, flitting about like a butterfly, but with klein around, he'd at least usually tried to let klein know what he'd been up to and where he'd be going, so that klein wouldn't worry too much. this time he had said nothing.
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klein's parents had taught him not to talk to strangers. "i'm klein." his parents had taught him a lot of things. "what brings you to the forest, klein?" klein had scratched his head.
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That night, driven wild by their life of crime, klein had finally made his move on boko, and boko had welcomed it.
klein had woken up to boko typing at his computer terminal. "ah, you're up!" he'd chirped.
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klein had been curious. "why?" boko had taken this tone he'd taken when he'd wanted klein to know he'd known what he'd been talking about.
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As they'd eaten their fill, klein had told boko some of the stories his storytelling teacher had taught him, boko had told klein about his experiences with some of the previous tribes he'd done participatory anthropological research with, klein had taken first
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klein was dumbstruck. "i just... took it for granted i would, i suppose. it was the whole reason i came. why didn't you come with me to north america?" klein asked him. "because what i was doing there was important to me, klein!
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klein stuck his tongue out as the therapist flowed back into his humanoid shape in front of him.
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