In Which Pearl Lies

[opalescents]

Welcome BACK EVERYONE! We MISSED you!!!!!!!

Soooooooo in some uuuh oopsies business???
I wanted to say.
I accidentally let some Stuff about Finchwood slip in a PHONE CALL to my [...] FRIEND from home named [...] Nadia yesterday a few days ago and I got a SUUUUPER bad headache? Like. The more I tried to say, the more my HEAD felt like it was closing in and I just had to stop.

So I guess just.

Careful around the contract, you guys. It'll come for your BRAINS.

[Warded to Francesca]
And you!

Comments

[opalescents]

[...] YEAHHHH I mean we probably could if we pushed through the Magic Headache but at LEAST it'd be a conscious choice.
A vvvv painful conscious choice.

[highercalling]

I'm sure we could, but at this point, it's hard for me to imagine a scenario where we'd need to. It's the accidents I've been concerned about. It [...] can be hard to perfectly edit the details out of our lives.

Although, to be honest, I've gotten very fairly good at talking about nothing.

[opalescents]

It REALLY can.
I mean I don't ACTUALLY talk to a lot of people outside of here. So that makes it easy, too? And talking about nothing is ALSO much more fun anyway.

[highercalling]

Now that you mention it, I don't really keep in touch with anyone from [...] before. Except my mother. And the version she hears is [...] highly edited.

[opalescents]

Huh. What do YOU say happens here?

[highercalling]

[........................] I [...] don't say much at all. My mom knows the school has a good reputation. And that it's much less expensive than my last one. I told her that I was happy, and that I thought this was where I was supposed to be. Beyond that, she's not really one to ask questions. [...] She puts a lot of faith in me. Maybe I shouldn't be taking advantage of it

Do you say much? To your parents, when you're home?

[opalescents]

Awwwwww that's good though. Those aren't even lies and I bet she's proud anyway?

And no. They don't ask a lot. I thiiink they're mostly grateful for a QUIET HOUSE so LIMITED QUESTIONS. It works out.

[highercalling]

Well, I try to be honest where I can. Mostly.

Oh. That's good. [...] Actually, I I don't think I'd describe either of you as rowdy.

[opalescents]

I thought so.
I'm NOT great at lying soooo this is a MINEFIELD.

Atticus isn't. But apparently you've NEVER met me three hours into a car trip or snow day???

[highercalling]

Oh, you've trapped me. I want to pay you a compliment, but "good at lying" isn't fantastic.

You're energetic. There's an [...] admittedly-subtle difference.