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Greetings. Leave your voice message and I will respond when I am able.

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voice; 1-27

[somethinghidden]

Uh... Hello, Croach? [ He ponders saying the whole thing out before deciding against it. ]

I have a question about your tracking abilities, if you have some time?

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What is it you wish to know, Simon Newton?

[somethinghidden]

I know I've asked about it quite a lot, but... how exactly does it work? Do I just tell you what to track, and you find it? Or do I have to... concentrate on it or think about it...?

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My twenty-eight senses allow me to be an extremely skilled tracker. What is it you wish to have tracked?

[somethinghidden]

I'm looking for a painting. [ A beat. ] Um, will I... have to be more specific?

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Yes. You have lost a piece of artwork?

[somethinghidden]

Yes— [ While it's true that he's lost a painting, he also isn't looking for that one. His wires cross for a moment. ] Umm, no. Actually. No, the one I'm looking for didn't get lost, really... It's been hidden.

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[andaway]

[ID reads as Superman]

Name is Superman. I'd like to speak with Croach the Tracker, whenever possible.

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I am Croach the Tracker. Are you in need of assistance?

[andaway]

Not really, no, though I appreciate you asking. I just wanted to apologize.

Would you happen to remember 'Paladin Kal'?

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I am familiar with this being.

[andaway]

This being is me. Or was me.

Something, I'm not sure what took over me and made me act differently than who I really am. And I wanted to apologize for that.

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I see. [Sort of.] Then you are no longer in need of a Rogue?

[He is either joking by playing it completely straight, or he's just that earnest. It may be impossible to tell.]

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[andaway]

Hello, Croach. I happen to remember everything that happened during the time we were kids.

I assume you do, as well?

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Greetings, Clark Kent. I do remember that time.

[Frankly, he found the eating of funnel cakes with The Red Plains Rider to be the most memorable. What is the big deal about being an alien?]

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[andaway]

[Clark closes and opens his mouth, unsure on how to word it. It's not that he doesn't trust Croach, it's that he isn't sure if the alien knows the kind of information he's got in his hands now.]

... Not many people know what I really am. And I'd like to keep it that way. Do you understand?

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[Sort of yes, sort of no.]

I will not reveal you to be an alien, but I do not understand why your planet of origin is a secret. There are numerous imported here.

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[andaway]

There are, I know. Some of them are my friends, so they are already aware of my alien heritage. But it's complicated.

Let's just say that if some people were to appear here, and me being alien was widely known... it would cause me a whole lot of trouble.

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I do not wish to cause you trouble. You have been a friend to me here. I will keep your secret.

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[redplainsrider]

[Ring, ring, ring...

When he answers, he'll see Red, obviously unharmed, praise Nah Notek, but her face is ashen and eyes worried. Probably a rare sight to see, a frightened Red Plains Rider.]

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[Bah gropa.]

The Red Plains Rider, what has happened?

[redplainsrider]

Oh, Croach! [She loses her composure for a moment, so relieved to see he wasn't dead in the city somewhere like her still-recovering psyche is trying to make her believe, that tears come to her eyes. She tries to talk like crying wass so not a thing that was happening.] Are--you're okay, right? You ain't hurt or-or, uhh, yer Nah Notek doesn't seem broke or nothin', right?

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[He blinks at her for a moment, then reaches to pinch his other arm, hard.]

It is functioning correctly. What has caused you to worry?

[redplainsrider]

Well, I, uh... [She tilts her face up as if to think of how to word it, but also as if to suck tears back into her eyeballs.] Somethin's happenin' here an', it's like . . . yanno the last trial of the Heero's K'west? Somethin'--somethin' like that just happened. To me.

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You were granted further Nah Notek?