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[alwaysroomforhope]

Steph's in the Bar again, sprawled across a couch, reading.

It's a book on Arthurian History, and her eyes are a little glazed, but she's determined to get through it.

Don't ask why.

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"Fresh starts are one thing this place does really well," Steph says cheerfully. "I mean, even dead girls get another chance here. It's pretty awesome."

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"It is. I even have a job as one of Lilly's delicate Flowers," she says as a smile breaks again. It's hard to stay grave when Steph is so damn chipper and bubbly. And that's really okay.

"You say that like you might be one of those dead girls yourself," she points out warmly.

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"That's me. There's a few of us around, isn't there? Like, blonde dead teenagers. Gotta wonder if the Landlord's got an agenda or anything."

Bright and bubbly is Steph's default, really.

"You're one of the Flowers? That's awesome. Is it, like, really seedy? I can't imagine Lilly doing anything dodgy, she's pretty cool."

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Eyebrow.

"Do I look like the kind of girl who would be suited to a seedy brothel? It's actually very posh and exclusive. Lilly did things right."

She crosses her legs demurely and inclines her head to one side.

"Enough about me though. I'm a curious girl, if you remember. So tell me what you did before you came to be here."

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"I was a Robin," Steph says, and then proceeds to explain, at great length, with excessive amounts of bubbly and cheerful.

[3rdtimelucky.livejournal.com]

And Goldy does her usual trick of asking questions at all the right points. Steph's story is interesting—she's only really met Barry and the X-crew who have similar lifestyles—and her demeanor is delightfully intoxicating. And they both lived happily ever.

One can only hope that Miho was not waiting up.