[Val's staring numbly at the river in front of her, dark and sluggish and illuminated by all those lanterns, when she hears a voice, sees a shadow cross her vision. She blinks, raises both eyebrows up at the stranger, and for a split second she hesitates before an easy smile crosses her face. It's hard to tell in the dark that it doesn't reach her eyes.]
Only if you can promise me you don't have cooties.
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Only if you can promise me you don't have cooties.