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Teja is sitting in a booth, having waffles for breakfast.

Somebody had been killed last night, in the woods; Teja had been out there, and seen it in passing: upset people, security, blood, the like. It was an unpleasant somebody, and it had not been the night of the full moon. So, Teja ponders, the somebody had, most likely, been murdered and butchered by one that was extremely angry.

If someone was going around killing those that were unpleasant in a bloody manner, could they not have tried their luck on Ramon Salazar?

Also, he is keeping an eye on the door, wondering if the influx of people from Jason's world will continue. Perhaps some barrier has broken, and they all can come in now? Hopefully, Milliways will at least be spared the unpleasant woman that some of them have spoken about. But if someone is going around killing those that are unpleasant...

"You don't like waffles!" Teja says, startled out of his thoughts by a pink feline nose sniffing his breakfast. Count looks at him, innocent as only a cat may look.

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Carlotta remains silent.

"Carlotta!" Teja says. "I cannot go to your world without you taking me, so you need not fear me going there and splitting him in two with my axe. Who was he?"

Well she now has two options; either to tell the truth, that it was here, and risk him wrangling more information out of her that would lead to her telling the full truth - that it was Charlie. Or, she can lie, and say it was someone at home, but then he might be suspicious of why she wanted to keep it secret.

Actually there's a third one, which is to burst into tears and try to embarrass Teja into not asking more questions. She suspects that might not work.

She tries it anyway. She feels like crying right now and it's not too hard to grab a cushion and sob into it.

"I don't want to talk about it! I didn't even mean to mention it, it was a slip of the tongue."

Teja pats her shoulder.

"If it was so bad to still make you cry," he says, "then you should tell!"

"I just don't want to talk about it." Carlotta says. "I have enough to think about already."

"What else is there?" Teja asks, following her argumentative jinking with ease.

"The horse show was... informative." Carlotta says, moving closer to lean on Teja and look snivelly and vulnerable.

"Apparently I have an uncle I never even knew about, and Harris was the one who kept an eye on my mother but not the one who helped her escape."

"An uncle?" Teja says, distracted from the former trouble. "Your mother's brother, or your father's?"

"My father's. A twin brother, no less. But he's never mentioned, and there's no photos of them both together at home, or I'd have noticed."

"Did he die?" Teja asks.

It is the obvious explanation.

"That was my initial thought." Carlotta says. "But I asked Harris; my uncle Michael still owns 49% of my grandfather's business, and has a wife and two children."

"And is never spoken of?" Teja says, amazed.

"Never. Or at least, not that I've noticed. I suppose the name Michael wouldn't have meant anything to me up until now. I don't think Grandma has ever mentioned him either."

"And you have no idea what happened to estrange him so?" Teja asks.

Carlotta shakes her head.

"He was living with my father and grandmother at the time my mother lived there." she says. "I did a little exploring and found a locked room next to my father's bedroom."

"So do you think he might have made trouble for your mother?" Teja asks.

"I don't know." Carlotta says. "I suppose if they are identical twins he may have decieved her in some way. He's apparently a bit of a rogue."

"That sounds very bad!" Teja says. "Very, very bad!"

Carlotta nods.

"I'm going to do some snooping."

"Yes; you would wish to find out about that," Teja says.

Carlotta nods.

Then of course there's the Other Matter, but she doesn't even know where to start on that.

"I feel stressed." she just says, sighing and leaning on him.

"Of course you do," Teja says, putting his arm around her.

"Sorry for blubbing on you."

"That is what friends like me are for," Teja assures her.

[ooc: Fade here? Thanks for the thread]