[Ordinarily this would get a mocking look and a smart-ass response. It's Ed, after all, that's his defense mechanism and pretty much his solution to everything. But this is McGee, and he's grown a little. Sort of. So instead he watches her thoughtfully. And actually listens.]
...Well shit. So is that what landed you here, or...?
[In which Charlie cracks a half-hearted joke in three...two..] No, a possibly sentient multi-universe pocket dimension City run by douche bags is what got me here. All this stuff happened when I was younger.
[And she turns, finally looking at him and smiling slightly.] The Shop had to shoot me with a tranq while they hid in trees.
[If that doesn't tell Ed how seriously afraid of her they were when she wasn't even in her teens...] They brought me to one of their facilities. Kept me from my dad. The last person I had left in the world and I wasn't allowed to see him. So, me and another person who I thought was my friend came up with this idea.
The Shop wanted demonstrations? Okay. I could do that. They had to do something for me first. I asked for things. A new doll. Clothes. Kept building to bigger things the bigger the fire they wanted me to make. My ultimate goal was to see my father. I couldn't get them past letting me ride this horse named Necromancer.
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...Well shit. So is that what landed you here, or...?
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[And she turns, finally looking at him and smiling slightly.] The Shop had to shoot me with a tranq while they hid in trees.
[If that doesn't tell Ed how seriously afraid of her they were when she wasn't even in her teens...] They brought me to one of their facilities. Kept me from my dad. The last person I had left in the world and I wasn't allowed to see him. So, me and another person who I thought was my friend came up with this idea.
The Shop wanted demonstrations? Okay. I could do that. They had to do something for me first. I asked for things. A new doll. Clothes. Kept building to bigger things the bigger the fire they wanted me to make. My ultimate goal was to see my father. I couldn't get them past letting me ride this horse named Necromancer.