Christmas Eve, Second Floor Common Room

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Sam sat in the common room, idly flipping through channels. No specials were on, and there was only so long she could watch the Yule log. She sipped occasionally from a glass of red wine.

She was trying very, very hard not to think of her father.

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"Okay, so we're a little limited," Sam smiled. "But we smell good."

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Aeryn has to laugh. "I don't think I've ever purposely smelled any of you."

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"I don't know that I've purposely smelled any of us either, but it happens," she grinned.

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She pauses, not at all sniffing anything. Even subconsciously. Really. "Our conversations have gotten strange lately, have you noticed that?" she grins.

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"I have," Sam smiled. "I'm just not sure whether or not to be concerned by it."

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Aeryn shakes her head. "Neither am I. Which concerns me in itself..."

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"I don't think we need to worry too much." She glanced over at the purple frog. "I mean, as long as we're both still verbal, we're fine, right?"

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"If I wake up as some sort of animal tomorrow, I'm blaming you."

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"Me???" Sam started laughing. "I have yet to turn anyone into an animal."

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"I haven't seen evidence of this," she says.

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Sam raised her right hand. "I solemnly swear I have never turned anyone into an animal." She couldn't believe she just said that.

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Aeryn shakes her head. "Yes, the conversations are definitely worrying me."

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She started laughing. "I blame the school."