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[secretlabtech]

[ He's not believing any of this. Any of it. Either everyone's cuckoo or he's on some kind of drugs, and Dexter isn't certain which of those sounds more plausible. ]

Someone mind telling me where I can get a plane ticket back to Miami? I'll settle for a freighter at this point. A helicopter? Seaplane? [ Pause. ] A yacht?

I get it. First thing everyone asks is how to get home, but I'm not the kind of guy to kick up my heels and take it all for granted. Crime scenes to get to, work to do, and there's my son--he needs me.

...

How about a kayak?

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audio;

[reginagloriae]

Ahh. You're welcome.

audio;

[secretlabtech]

Didn't catch your name?

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[reginagloriae]

Huh? I'm sorry. I'm Youko, sir.

audio;

[secretlabtech]

Youko? Is that Japanese?

audio;

[reginagloriae]

Yes, I'm Japanese. [ not really, but she doesn't know that. ]

audio;

[secretlabtech]

One of my... [ Best friends? ] ...Colleagues is Japanese. Vince Masuka. He's--

[ What are you thinking, Dexter? Just because someone is from the same country as Masuka doesn't mean that they automatically know each other. There are time for these kinds of rituals, and this isn't one of them. ]

--The best forensic analyst I know. Other than myself, of course. You been here long?

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[reginagloriae]

You are?

[ huh? what is she supposed to say. Sometimes talking to people is so hard. What do they expect her to answer? Ahh. He is latching to something he knows. Maybe it's like that, when she arrived to that other world, she tried to look for similitude with Japan to feel better about her situation. ]

I'm afraid that I've never heard of him, sir. Even in the Port. I'm just a high school student, so someone like him wouldn't talk to me.
[ A beat. Quieter. This depresses her. ] Since November last year.