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ANNIE CLARE SAWYER

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Anyway.

I've been looking for better pillows but so far all the rooms have the same pillows.

[humanistic]

[Anyway, she says, and thank God, he can shift back into something more normal, put away all those lingering feelings and hide in this again--]

Pillows? And just what are you going t' do with pillows, you've just told me you don't sleep.

[invisibilitea]

I'm bribing George. With pillows.

I might make him a poached egg, too, for tea.

[humanistic]

[oh....]

Nah, stick with pillows. And biscuits. You know how he is about eggs, he's totally mental. No, sorry, why are you bribing him?

[invisibilitea]

He is so particular-

Oh! Because then he'll spend time with me in the middle of the night when you're asleep. In the middle of the...day? Afternoon? Well, whatever, as there's no sun here.

[humanistic]

He'd spend time with you anyways, you know, you hardly need t' go around bribing people-- or just wake me up.

[invisibilitea]

I can't wake you up every time I'm bored, Mitchell, you'll get irritated.

[She walks into an empty room - through the door, naturally, and opens it from the inside]

Come on, then.

[humanistic]

I wouldn't get-- [well, hang on...] --that irritated.

[But he smiles fondly at that rentaghosting, and follows her in to the room.]

This makes you more of a pirate ghost, y'know. Space pirate ghost.

[invisibilitea]

We both know that's the very best kind of ghost.

[humanistic]

Ah, I dunno. I'm sort of fond of tea-serving ghosts.

[invisibilitea]

[She is tossing pillows about]

Are you really? I was starting to think that habit just got on people's nerves.

[humanistic]

[He steps back and leans against the wall, just watching for now.]

Are you joking? I never have to make tea, why would I have any complaints on that? [It's George that does all the complaining, but he doesn't bother pointing that out.] Anyway, you're the only tea-ghost, better not t' have the competition.

[invisibilitea]

What if Alex makes tea or-

[GASP]

No, no, what if Sally makes tea?

[humanistic]

[He laughs, because what even is that expression Annie it's like you've seen a ghost]

Annie, they don't make tea. Tea is your thing.

[invisibilitea]

I need to find Josh. I need to know-

[ANGRY ANNIE FACE GRR]

She can't make tea she's American if anything she has to make coffee it's the rules.

[humanistic]

Annie--

[Don't go and find Josh, he knows too much--but Mitchell can't even be paranoid about that right now. He shoves away from the wall to grab for her arm, as if that's going to ground her.]

Annie, she doesn't make tea. I'm nearly sure of it.

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[She goes still for a moment, but doesn't pull away]

Well she had best not.

[humanistic]

Even if she did, she's American. She probably can't do proper tea, not like you. And even if she could, she's not you, so you still end up superior t' her.

All right?

[He rubs at her arm, consolingly.]

[invisibilitea]

You're probably right-

[SHE'S STILL ASKING JOSH]

Here take this pillow.

[humanistic]

[BUT JOSH KNOWS TOO MUCH]

Ah, are these the better pillows that you were searching for? 'Cause they look about the same, to me-- [But he takes said pillow anyways.]

[invisibilitea]

At some point, Mitchell, I have to just take whatever's there.

[humanistic]

All right, all right, fair enough--

[He'll just take all of the pillows from the bed, then, thanks. The more the better!]

C'mon, let's get the next room as well.

[invisibilitea]

That's it, that's right right idea-

[She takes the sheets and lays them out-]

Here, set the pillows down, we'll make a bundle, you can be like he Irish Father Christmas-

[humanistic]

What, so-- Father Christmas? Because he is the Irish Father Christmas, it's not as if we've got our own--

[But he does as he's told anyways, stripping one of the beds of its blanket and piling the pillows into the middle, with something of a casually expert air, like he's done a lot of bundling in his time.]

[invisibilitea]

Well, no, I'm sure Americans think that he's American, what with Tim Allen playing him in those films-

[She is watching. Helping by watching]