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[guppy_sandhu]

It really shouldn't be possible to sleep in the position Guppy is in right now.
Large stack of done paperwork on the right, larger stack of undone paperwork on the left. Head neatly balanced in the middle with his nose between the two piles.
The slightest breeze would probably send the two piles of paper scattering all over the floor and mixing up.

Be nice to him, he's been up since four.

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[necessary_child]

"Well, no. That's why you should eat as much pizza as possible, in order to practise not getting it over the table," Sam says knowledgeably. "Or, in my case, clean it off with magic."

[guppy_sandhu]

"Still a waste of pizza if you have to magic it off."

He munches a slice.

"Besides, if I eat pizza all the time I'll get fat."

[necessary_child]

"Point."

Sam snickers. "At least then your boss definitely wouldn't fancy you." Oh come on, he had to take the mick sooner or later.

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy... goes bright red. And just sort of squeaks.

[necessary_child]

Sam laughs. "Only joking, Guppy."

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy splutters and still manages to choke on his pizza.

[necessary_child]

Sam's still laughing. "That's a fine way to waste your food, mate. I'm paying for that pizza!"

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy coughs for a minute or so before his airway is sufficently clear.

"Oh yes, go ahead and laugh. First you make me choke and then you don't even bother to supply a whack on the back."

[necessary_child]

Sam grins. "Okay then. Would have done if you were going to continue."

[guppy_sandhu]

"What, when I was blue?"

[necessary_child]

"Well, it's such an interesting colour..." He raises his hands apologetically. "All right, I'm sorry."

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy smiles a little.

"That's okay."

He eats his pizza. "Ta for the pizza."

[necessary_child]

Sam grins. "You're welcome. And yeah, next time I take the mick I'll check you're not eating or drinking anything first."

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy grins. "Thanks. Normally my reaction would take the form of snarfing, but the cheese wasn't liquid enough."

[necessary_child]

"Oh well, can't have everything. Speaking of which, need another drink?"

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy shakes his head.

"No thanks, I'm trying to stay off the alcohol."

He yawns. "And I think I've already reached maximum caffeine saturation."

[necessary_child]

"Wasn't offering you it."

Sam matches the yawn. "Time to go, d'you reckon?"

[guppy_sandhu]

Guppy nods and gets up.

"Yeah, I should probably sleep. Haven't seen bed since four this morning holbytime." He grins tiredly. "Night Sam."

He heads upstairs.

[necessary_child]

"And I was up all night working on this." He incidcates the book with one hand. "Night, Guppy."

He returns to his own table to collect the book, then vanishes through his home portal.