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Connor laughed, there was a good feeling in knowing that a friend, someone he was helping, had succeeded. "And this is why I wanted you to do it yourself" he said, taking out two paint brushes "there is nothing like the feeling of creating something and succeeding"He now just could help but smile. He just couldn't stop it. Not that he wanted to. "And now we paint the paper, both sides. Then hang it to dry carefully. Once we have done the paper, we can have some dinner while it dries" 

"What do you mean?" Kalinda asked curiously
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Kijani carefully took the paintbrush from him. "Alright. Painting. I'm not much of an artist, but I think I can handle this." She went and got several sheets of paper for each of them and set them in reach. "So... I guess I just coat it completely, then? Like a thin layer of stuff?" She was wondering why she'd never noticed him smile before. Maybe he hadn't. Or maybe it hadn't been so... warm and easy. A smile like that, she had learned, meant someone was completely at ease, and ripe for manipulation because they had their guard down. She was surprised. Connor trusted her, or at least he was very good at pretending to. She didn't know what to do with that.

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Devika shook her head at Estella. "My barriers aren't the problem. I can block my mind pretty well, but it goes both ways. I cut myself off from my own emotions as well as everyone else's. But I can feel them, through my skin... they just seep in." Then she turned to Kalinda, sighing before flopping back in the grass. Her hair billowed out behind her like a fluffy dark cloud. "I guess I might as well tell you. I don't know who my parents are. I mean, my birth parents. My real parents, the ones who raised me, they're amazing. But... I've always had that mystery ini the back of my mind."