Third Floor Common Room, Lunchtime

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After a handwavey walk into town for supplies, Dawn set out a bunch of sandwich fixings, pretzels, chips of various descriptions, cookies, fruit, lemonade, iced tea, and soda.

A small handwritten sign told people to help themselves, so she didn't have to keep repeating herself.

As for Dawn, she sat down with a book to enjoy her hummus with cheese, sprouts, carrots and sweet pickles. Occasionally she sipped from her lemonade.


[ooc: Open to all, mod any sandwich fixings or side items you'd like.]

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"I got to take him to Isabel. His wee feeties are so cute!" There was a definite 'eeeeee!' quality to her tone of voice.

"Cam did have fun in DC. He got to go to the Air & Space museum. I'm actually surprised he went anywhere else."

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"I like the little quills on his head," Dawn giggled, "like he slept on it wrong."

"He's into flying, huh?" She shrugged, "not really my thing, but I can see that other people might like it."

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Molly giggled too. "If I hadn't known it was Greg, but had to guess it was a student, he would have been my first guess."

She nodded. "Cam wants to be a pilot. Like, fighter planes, not airliners."

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"Wow. That's kind of...wow." Dawn didn't know what to say to that, really, especially given the distrust of the Army, after the Initiative went blooey. "Does that scare you?"

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Molly had never really thought about the danger of it before. "No. Why should it?" she asked.

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"Um...don't fighter pilots have to be fighting...something?" Dawn asked, wondering if she'd misunderstood something essential.

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"He's not a pilot yet though," Molly pointed out. "Why worry about something that hasn't happened yet?"

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"That's a good point," Dawn nodded, even though she'd be a little worried anyway.

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"It'll be years before he even gets into a fighter jet and who knows what will happen between now and then," Molly said. I might not even be in this dimension anymore. But she couldn't actually bring herself to say that part.

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"True. And extra pointy. Okay, I'll stop worrying." She smiled at Molly. "How do you do that? Just let stuff go and not get all melodramaticy about it?"

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Molly shrugged. "I don't know. I guess it's because I've seen enough stuff that I know it's pointless to worry about what might happen. If I spend all my time worrying about possibilities, I won't be ready for the stuff I haven't thought of," she said.

"I also know from first hand experience that the future is changeable. So, even if you know something is going to happen, there is always a chance, no matter how small, that it won't."

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Dawn nodded. "Yeah, that's why I don't tell Xander, Willow, and Buffy what's coming. Because maybe for them it won't."

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"Exactly," Molly said. "So, it makes no sense to worry about it." She grinned. "Also, worrying too much just leads to stress and I'm too lazy for stress."

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There was giggling. "You're too lazy for stress? How does that work?"

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"Stress takes effort! I'd rather read a comic book or take a nap."

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"Really? What comic books?" Dawn knew a little bit about them, but most of the old ones, since she'd learned about them during her mad crush on Xander phase.

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"Oh, a lot of them!" Molly said enthusiastically. "All of the ones here are different than the ones I read at home, so I've been catching up since I got here." She went on to babble about her favorite for a bit.

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Dawn's eyes may have glazed over just a bit, but she tried to look interested for Molly's sake. "That's great!"

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"Sorry," Molly said with a grin. "I really like comic books. Just tell me to shut up if I do that again."

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"No, it's okay," Dawn smiled, "but you probably want to talk to Xander about that, more than me."