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[stefanged]

"It's Stefan. Leave a message and I'll get back to you when I can."

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[delincuente]

if they did then they left out all the weird stuff
we communicated by talking fish
not owls

[stefanged]

[There's a semi-lengthy pause, because he's half-tempted to take her at her word, but also because that can't be true. He has heard a lot of strange, out there stuff. THIS CAN'T BE TRUE.]

Publisher must've asked them to take it out.
People like cute, fuzzy owls. Talking fish? Not so much.

[delincuente]

[She doesn't even catch onto his disbelief. She's just used to this stuff.]

they're really creepy
one of them totally called me out when i tried to ditch
they just float up behind you and start shouting
like one of those singing fish souvenir shop things

[stefanged]

Wait so your world had real talking fish?
How do you figure out which ones you eat versus which ones send you messages?

[Because this is the real takeaway message here.]

Sorry, I thought this was one of your "we worship Bill Murray on Earth" moments.

[delincuente]

[Ye of little faith!]

if it's floating and can talk to you
then you don't eat it
it's as simple as that
and bill murray was one of my best moments here
don't even deny it

[stefanged]

Fair enough.

Oh, I'm not denying it. I'm also not letting people worship him in the interfaith center.
If the confused masses love him that much, they've got impromptu basketball courts.

[delincuente]

it's okay they can find their own worship space
never thought i'd be a leader of an imaginary cult
it's kind of a powerful feeling

[stefanged]

I bet. Just make sure it stays in the realm of our imaginations.
I broke up a real cult once.
Still one of the strangest experiences I've ever had.

[delincuente]

hey it's all cool
you know me, i'm so unreligious it's a total shock you even talk to me

[stefanged]

Really? I thought it was pretty obvious why.
I know I can be pretty devout, but I wouldn't dream of pushing my faith on other people.
Besides, if I were only friends with religious people, the world would be a boring place.

[delincuente]

yeah i mean what would you talk about
if we all already knew everything
we'd just all sit here thinking about religion
this giant righteous hivemind

[stefanged]

AKA the worst thing I could ever imagine.
Half the fun of working in interfaith is hearing how different people's beliefs can get.

You know I don't care about your lack of faith, right? I [like you too much] trust your opinion on things.
Except the cult. Everything else though...

[delincuente]

i'm glad
because i gotta say it was hella awkward back in elementary school when all the religious parents wouldn't let their kids read books about people like me

[stefanged]

LOL I'd believe it.
They wouldn't let the kids read any books about people like me either.

On the bright side, those people also aren't here.

[delincuente]

yeah
it's just us cool kids now