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[shotinhead]

[ Right. These things can broadcast video and audio - thankfully, the Courier is keeping it on audio, but they're talking into it from near the farm entrances. So can be pestered in-person as well! They've removed their armour for once, and... are short for a Courier. ]

...What food isn't toxic here.

[ After a moment, they decide to add: ] And-- is this really the past?

[ They still don't believe in dimensional travel - but the Courier does think that they could have been sent though time. There's a long amount of silence, before the audio ends. ]

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[alloutoflove]

Ehhhh... kinda opposite, then... but even if you're used to it! Have you been able to try other things? They might surprise you.

[ It's probably not the same thing as encouraging a picky kid to eat something new, but maybe it's the same principle? Switch up the diet little by little!

But their comment about followers gives her a longer pause. Followers, huh... ]

Mm, well, you could argue about that, I think! It is your present, because here you are! It's just not "home."

[shotinhead]

It's been mostly the plants, to be honest. Thanks for the advice.

[ They seem a little more comfortable, now - even if their voice doesn't seem that way. ]

The calendars are wrong - by a few century. I wouldn't call that my present.

[alloutoflove]

Ahhh, then maybe meat... though they'll eat the plants too... I could try cooking something! I'm pretty good at it.

[ And also, it'll help her get herself a little more known. Cooking is just one of the housekeeper's skills! And if she wants to build her reputation as the Ultimate Housekeeper again, she has to get started somewhere. ]

As for the rest, that's getting pretty philosophical, don't you think? To me, the important part is being in the here and now! That's the "present."