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Do you want to play a game?

[Marley waits a while, letting the words sink in before she replies.]

I'll be careful.

well, careful's just a point of view.

Fine, then I won't be like those people in the movies. Is that better?

don't ask me about better. what you want to make of something as weird as this is up to you.

...Okay. I'm Marley, by the way.

I didn't ask. but I guess forgetting to play nice is another of those cliches, isn't it? the name's Edward, for the record.

It's nice talking to you, Edward, even if you didn't ask. I mean, it's nice meeting you, even if it's like this.

somehow I get the feeling you'd say that about meeting anyone.

Is that a bad thing? To like meeting new people?

depends. are we still talking about movies?

No. At least I'm not. Are you?

no. not while there's more pressing kinds of mystery to worry about.

Okay. I'll let you alone so you can work on finding some of those mysteries out. You be careful, okay?

[Heh.] same to you. don't get murdered out there.

I'll try not to.