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[ Ariadne looked tired. It had been a long day, and it showed on her face.
She was sitting in the cafe, by herself, half asleep, half people watching. If she went home, she’d just sleep, and it was too early for that just yet. So croissants and humanity it would be, for the meantime. ]

[ She doesn’t ask, merely seats herself at the table. Her gaze hazy with distractions. Tune and melodies the other cannot hear but she is used to such things. It is difficult to focus on the particular tune before her.
It is calm – almost lazy. The notes played slowly and far apart. There is little urgency in her song at the moment. Cara herself simply sought a moment or two of interaction. This stranger, she assumed, knew nothing of her bad luck streak. Her words are clumsy, but her smile is lopsided and genuine. ]
« If you’re that tired perhaps you really should go to sleep.
Not here, of course.. »
[ She doesn’t ask, merely seats herself at the table. Her gaze hazy with distractions. Tune and melodies the other...