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That makes sense.

[A pause before he adds:]

What, like hangman?

[It's always struck him as a morbid game, but he's not inclined to turn these girls down, either.]

How did you know? :o Can you read minds, Danny?

[ A game of hangman can only end well. ]

[Well that's... Hm.

He doesn't want to lie to them, but he doesn't want to go advertising it where other people can see either.]

Might have been a lucky guess. Can you?

Not one bit! I don't want to know what others are thinking, that would be

[ Pause here while he thinks of the right adjective/description. He hasn't ever really needed to read minds to know what people are thinking but he has no interest in knowing specific thoughts. ]

not very nice. Sometimes people think cruel things. :(

Some people can be cruel.

[He's got first hand experience with cruel actions and thoughts, not that Dan himself is any kind of saint. More importantly, this goes toward the girls not being like him, after all.

But he's still curious about them. And he doesn't want to provoke or upset them, so:]

How much do you remember? About before?

We remember a lot of things. You need to be more specific!

[ Kaito's not sure if this person is asking him in-character or out of it. ]

[If only Dan realized that those were two separate lines of inquiry.]

The hotel, I guess. If you're okay with talking about that.

[ It's at this point Kaito is starting to realise he may have misinterpreted something somewhere. This guy apparently thinks he really is the Grady twins.

...Is there even a world where the twins of a horror movie exist? Ah well, it's fun pretending. ]

The hotel wasn't very nice. I like this place better. There are more people to play with!
Like you. :)

[There's a long pause where there aren't any words--just... dottings, tiny ink blots, where Dan taps the pen against the paper a few times.]

I know. I hated it there. I hope this place is better.

I'm sorry to say I'm not counting on it, though.

[ 'I hated it there'? This is starting to sound less like a joke and more like they believe it... But there's no way, right? Haha...ha. ]

It'll be better!
There's nice guards who'll keep us safe this time.

[ Short pause before he adds this line: ]

I'll be here as well.

[Oh. Is that...]

Is that an offer?

[There's a pause on his end to before he writes, in very clear and crisp writing:]

I'm not going to let anything else happen to you.

Aww, that's sweet of you <3 [ No really, he means it. ] You'll have to find me first though!

That can be our first game! Hide-and-seek~

[Dan is SO UNSURE about this, okay.

Does he really want to go looking for ghosts?]

You sure about that?

Very sure. I'm good at hiding. I wonder if you're good at seeking~
You can take as long as you want because I'm not going anywhere!

I'm pretty good at finding things. Not necessarily the same as seeking, but it helps.

But alright. You really want me to find you?

[Dan, this is a terrible idea.]

^_^

[ That's all he draws in response, a little cartoon happy face. Presumably that means 'yes'. ]

[squints

Whatever, he's seen smiley faces and the like from his niece, so he gets the gist of it. It seems a bit strange, but what isn't?]

Right. Just don't go anywhere, I guess.

[Once again: this is a terrible idea, isn't it?]

I won't!

[ And to be a good sport, he's going to wait right here in the common room. See who comes by looking for a pair of girls. Heh. ]

['I'? Maybe it's just one of the girls writing for both her and her sister.

Either way, he'll be on his way]