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It's Levi. Leave a message if you must.

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[ Luckily Finnick can't see the way Levi squints and frowns at all of the...extras in the message. He reads it five times at least, still not entirely sure he's getting everything he's meant to, but: ]

Glad you liked it.

Did your f get stuck or what

Can probably get a new device if it's fucking up

[ Sorry sir Levi does not understand casual texting speech patterns, he's an old grumpy man from a place with no tech.

another message follows a moment or two later ]

Hope you enjoyed your day

[odare]

[And luckily Levi can't see Finnick, laying on his stomach in his bed, quite literally kicking his feet and smiling at his phone. Dear lord.]

No I added them on purpose for emphasis, so you imagine me saying "off" for an annoyingly long time lol

I had a good day, I was very lazy :) how was urs? was the shop busy??

Oh and my roommate liked the tea too and he seems picky about food, he made us remake the pancake batter 4 times this morning until it was right

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[ u got it bad, sir ]

oh

glad you got some rest. shop went fine. steady.

[ there's definitely a sense that Levi tries to be as succinct as possible when writing out text messages. It takes him a long time. ]

annoying to waste that much food. make him do it next time.

glad he liked it.

wouldn't make tea four times for him though.

[odare]

[He sure does.

What a boomer. Jk, Finnick doesn't know what a boomer is.]

Good- I'm glad we have customers :)

Hahaha. He's a weird guy idk. I told him I would handle the baking from now on... I think he's a little too perfectionist.

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[ he wouldn't be wrong tho (about Levi's texting at least). ]

Me too.

Lucky for them you're around.

[odare]

Haha, have you even tasted my baking yet?

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The bread was pretty good.

[odare]

Thanks, I'm glad you liked it :)

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[ Ring ring Levi is CALLING YOU instead Finnick, pick up sir ]

[odare]

[Just as he thinks the conversation is over, his phone rings and almost gives him a heart attack. It's Levi. AAAHHHHHH]

Hello?

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[ very funny of Levi to call when he doesn't really have anything in particular to talk about but- ]

Hi. Sorry, got tired of the fucking buttons on this thing, just takes too damn long.

Would rather hear your voice anyway.

[odare]

Oh, yeah, I feel ya, no--

[Worries. Levi's second statement ties his tongue before he can finish.]

Oh.

[He laughs, quiet and sheepish. Lord, what is it with Levi that makes him feel like a schoolgirl?

Speak, Finnick, speak.]

It's-- it's good to hear yours too. What are you up to?

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[ The little stumble...endearing. (no he will not consciously think 'cute')

There's some muffled sounds from Levi's side as he shoves the device between his cheek and shoulder, holding it in place to leave both hands free. ]

Feeding the crabs.

[odare]

[He laughs, imagining Levi feeding hermit crabs. He turns to lay on his back, staring at the high ceiling.]

What do they even eat? This is where you know more about ocean critters than I do.

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Almost anything, really, but Hange said to give them different fruits and vegetables and this stuff called...'fish flakes.' Smells fucking terrible but they go nuts for it.

Giving them some apples now, though.

[odare]

[Another laugh.]

Yeah, come to think of it I have no idea what's in fish flakes, either, but fish do love it, whatever it is. I'd love to watch them eat sometime, sounds weird and cool.

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[ Finnick has a nice laugh; it makes pleasant little tingles go up the back of his neck. ]

Probably made out of fish. Smells bad enough.

[ Really, Levi could probably just give them bits of actual fish, but that would smell even worse. ]

It is weird, but then, they're just creepy little weirdos anyway. Next time you come by you can meet them.

[odare]

You're probably right. Most fish eat other fish. Or plankton.

I do need to meet these weird little guys. A key part of the Levi-Erwin household, along with kitty... What was kitty's name?

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Burnt Rice.

[ Totally normal name for a cat, right? ]

...what's plankton?

[odare]

Burnt Rice?!

[He bursts out laughing, pulling the phone away from his face so he can be a bit obnoxious without blasting Levi's ear off.]

That's an amazing name. I love it. Who named them?

Plankton is uh...

[What is plankton? We just don't know--]

It's a type of micro-organism. Really, really small sea bugs, I guess? They feed on the dead stuff in the ocean, and then fish eat them, and bigger fish eat those fish, until you're up to like... A shark at the top of the food chain.

[That's what he can vaguely remember of his science classes in school- what little there were of them in between all the training for the games.]

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My fault, I guess. [ He sounds a little grumbly about it. ] Called her that a couple times and then Erwin became convinced she wouldn't listen to anything else.

[ there's a little pause as he processes that new information, not entirely sure how he feels about it. Bugs in the air was one thing, but in the water?? That eat dead things? Levi's wrinkling his nose a bit on the other end, but he can at least recognize the concept of a food chain. Hange's ramblings were often along some kind of similar topics - although mostly to do with trying to figure out how Titans worked. ]

Sea bugs...right. What other kind of weird shit is hiding out there?

[ Alas documentaries probably don't exist in this world, someone really should just sit him down with a bunch of them. ]

[odare]

If I ever get a pet, you're naming it.

[He'd like a dog. He really enjoys Sky's dogs.]

Oh, so much weird shit, Levi. So much. 90% of the ocean was unexplored, 90% of the species undiscovered and unidentified. And the deep sea shit we did know about was really creepy. Fish that could survive in incredible darkness under the immense weight and pressure of a mile of water above them.... They aren't pretty.

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You people need to name your own animals.

[ Have you heard what he named his horse yet Finnick. ]

My imagination's running fucking wild. [ dryly. so dry. get this man some -- water. ]

Gross. Guess it's a good thing I can't swim, don't have to worry about finding one of those things trying to gnaw my ankles off.

[odare]

Okay but I want to at least HEAR what you'd name it.

[He has not heard what the horse's name is but please tell him.

A small giggle at his dryness.]

I think sea creatures should be more afraid of encountering you, Levi. Shame you can't swim though... I can't siren-lure you into skinny-dipping with me.

[Levi's one person he doesn't think that would work on even if he could swim. Wait, why the fuck did he just say that?]

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[ There's just a grumpy, noncommittal grunt from the other end. As for the horse's name - you'll just have to ask, Finnick!

He does snort then, much like a horse. ]

No fuckin chance with all those sea-bugs in there anyway.

[ That's not a 'no' to skinny dipping in general though- communal bathing was probably a thing in the Survey Corps at the very least. ]