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A complication how?

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My wife is here.

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[Clarke thinks of five ways that could be a complication but doesn't know if any of them are right because of cultural differences.]

I don't want to make any assumptions, so ... how is it a complication?

[kleptocratic]

Well, I can't let her just live in the safehouse.

1/2

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She can live with us.

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[Wait. Queen. Royalty.]

Unless she's opposed to the idea.

[kleptocratic]

It's a complication.

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I can talk to her.

[Clarke overrating her diplomatic skills part 34924982349823423.]

[kleptocratic]

Obviously. But what will you say?

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I'm guessing, "Would you like to share Eugenides' room with him from now on because husbands and wives rarely live separately here?" won't cut it?

[kleptocratic]

I thought marriage was a fixed term contract to ensure a union of common property.

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Isn't that just fancy wording for, "You have to share a room?"

[kleptocratic]

Only if you don't have a bigger apartment.

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We're not getting a bigger apartment unless you both get a job.

[kleptocratic]

I could steal one.

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I'm not climbing through a window to our stolen apartment every day.

[kleptocratic]

I would steal it better than that.

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We still need keys.

[kleptocratic]

I could steal those, too.

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One question: how?

[kleptocratic]

Oh, lying, probably.

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Good luck with that.

For now, you two can share a room.

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[ That is… a somewhat frightening thought. ]

If she doesn't want to I'll go back to the safehouse.

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There is the more reasonable response of sleeping on the couch in the meantime.

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Oh, yes, that's a thing people do, isn't it.