have the light of day obscured

[msglam]

You guys captured Purity?

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[first_and_final]

"Are you sure?"

[msglam]

"I haven't been able to."

[first_and_final]

"How hard have you tried? I mean, I don't necessarily want you making real people, but fake or decoy people seem like a useful resource. And you can already make objects that do things. Propellers that propel, that sort of thing. I bet you could make a copy of your suit that behaved in a plausibly you-like way without a you actually in it."

[msglam]

"...maybe. I hadn't thought of the suit idea."

[first_and_final]

"Let's see if it works! It's going to work."

[msglam]

She grins and kisses him. "There's no reason why I could conjure my suit on me and not not on me. So I'm gonna conjure it not on me," she reasons, and-

[mxglam]

-there it is!

[first_and_final]

"Adorable," pronounces Ashras, gazing at the suit, which is obviously going to behave just as Sadde does when Ashras calls them adorable.

[msglam]

"You're adorable," Sadde and suit say at the same time, then look at each other and blink. "Whoa," they say at the same time.

[first_and_final]

"Did I not say it would work? I definitely remember saying it would work," says Ashras.

[msglam]

They eye each other and the original says, "You don't do anything," to the suit before pouncing on Ashras.

[first_and_final]

Ooh. Pounces. Ashras approves!

[msglam]

"You're great. Do you have any other amazing ideas hiding in your sleeves?"

[first_and_final]

"...Well, I know what I'd do if I suddenly discovered I could duplicate myself..."

[msglam]

"Do tell."

[first_and_final]

"I and my copy would make out. While plotting how best to use this ability to become unstoppably powerful and save the world. Naturally."

[msglam]

"...that's a very good idea, but what sounds like an even better idea is making a copy of you and watching you two make out."

[first_and_final]

...Ashras laughs. "You're right, that does sound like a good idea."

[msglam]

So Sadde looks at where she expects there to be another Ashras.

There is not another Ashras there.

[first_and_final]

"Are you insufficiently convinced?" he wonders. "Should I make out with your copy as an intermediary step?"

[msglam]

"My copy's just a personless suit," she points out- "Oh. Um. I suppose that's not the correct frame of mind."

[first_and_final]

"I haven't been thinking of it as a personless suit since you made it. Want to find out who's right?" He pauses just a moment, then adds, "It's me. I am the one who's right."

[msglam]

She giggles. "You can make out with my copy but I want to make out with you first," she points out, and proceeds to do just that.

[first_and_final]

Entirely reasonable of her.

[msglam]

She pulls away and says, "I think this will work better if I close my eyes."