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august

[shivving]

Katana, huh?

[ He's been talking to Michonne. ]

[backpacking]

[ Hello to you, too, dude. ]

wha?

[shivving]

[ ellie were you asleep it's 11 am ]

Heard you wanted to learn how to use one.

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doesn't sound like something i'd say

[ Michonne!! You tattled!! ]

[shivving]

[ Oh is that how this is gonna go. ]

really? you didn't go and talk to her about it? tell her you wanted training?

[backpacking]

okay MAYBE i just mentioned that it could be good to know how to use something that doesn't need ammo or arrows or something

[shivving]

uh huh

[ Aw Ellie you broke too soon. ]

and you didn't think to maybe mention this earlier?

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i thought you'd react like you did with the tattoo

[shivving]

[ Okay, that...kind of stings, actually.

This attempt to tease Ellie is not going according to plan. ]

woulda liked it if you told me

[ About the katana training. Or the tattoo. Either one. ]

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if i told you all that stuff, you'd never let me do anything!





not that there's any more secrets, but still!

[shivving]

is that so

[ Sure there aren't. ]

guess i better tell michonne never mind then

about letting you train with her

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aw come on!! that's not fair!

you're not really going to do that, right?

[shivving]

[ There's a longish pause, before Joel remembers that he is in fact an adult, and some kind of an authority figure, and isn't going to get into a stupid text argument with a kid. With Ellie. ]

no, i ain't gonna do that


but i'm serious, ellie. wish you'd talk to me about stuff like this.

[backpacking]

okay, okay. next time i can possibly get a tattoo or sword lessons, i'll come to you. alright?

[shivving]

alright

there ain't anything else you wanna tell me now, is there

[ Since they're talking about it. ]

[backpacking]

PROMISE there isn't. it was just that one thing.

[shivving]

okay then.

[ "Okay." ]

you train hard with michonne, alright? no slacking.

[backpacking]

will do. it's gonna be AWESOME