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/F has entered the chatroom./ 19:51

F: <<Are you on yet?>>

                Sent at 19:53.

F: <<I guess not.>>

                Sent at 20:10.

/R has entered the chatroom./ 20:35

R: <<Reporting for duty~>>

F: <<Finally! I thought you’d just forgotten about it altogether.>>

R: <<That’s kind of hard to do.>>

                Sent at 20:36.

R: <<Anyways, what’s up? Has something happened?>>

F: <<Kind of.>>

R: <<Clarify, please.>>

F: <<Remember the radio?>>

R: <<Yeah.>>

                Sent at 20:42.

R: <<Are you still here?>>

F: <<Sorry, my phone’s on silent.>>

R: <<I guessed.>>

F: <<Well, I got some static on it a few days ago.>>

R: <<?>>

F: <<You told me you remembered.>>

                Sent at 20:53.

F: <<Is yours on silent, too?>>

R: <<No, I just got distracted. What?>>

F: <<The static.>>

R: <<Radios get static sometimes.>>

F: <<You don’t remember, do you?>>

R: <<Well, I remember snippets. Look, you made the thing ages ago.

      <<How do you expect me to remember all the details?>>

F: <<I remember everything.>>

R: <<Yeah, whatever. So shoot me.>>

F: <<Don’t jinx yourself.

     <<Would a refresher help your case?>>

R: <<Yes.>>

F: <<Static = bad. You know. Phasing.>>

R: <<Oh, yeah, phasing.

      <<So the static means….>>

F: <<Bulls-eye.>>

R: <<Nobody even says that anymore.>>

F: <<What people say and don’t say is irrelevant.

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