dendroculi | [homophonic] catchall for simon

I was just looking around. You don't need to move.

[she watches money playing around in the little circus tent, and her expression softens. aww...]

It's a lot to get used to, isn't it? Are the two of you holding up alright?

Y-yeah, it's... definitely a lot...

[ glancing down at his phone, which is currently displaying an adorable monkey picture instead of murder profiles ]

I guess I'm, uh, kind of trying not to think too hard about it right now...

That's okay. It's still early enough that you can afford to take your time.

[team formation crunch time won't really be until tuesday morning anyway.]

Umm... what's his name? [she gestures at the monkey. hello, money.] Have you two been friends for a long time?

Oh, that's Money. I've been with him for... um, like, half a year, I guess? It was a few months after I started working at the circus.

He's really cute!

[she smiles]

I've never been to a circus before. Do you like working there?

Thanks!

[ not that he can really take credit for that since he did not create this monkey, but ]

It's, um... kind of scary sometimes, honestly? Some of the animals have really big teeth and claws and everything, a-and I get pretty bad stage fright too... But most of the people there are nice, so it's pretty okay overall.

...hehe. That just makes it even more impressive, that you keep working there even if it's a little scary. A lot of people run away from their fears instead of facing them.

W-well... thanks, but that's mostly just because I don't really have a lot of other skills...

[ and because he loves not having a permanent address ]