The Park: Friday, around noon

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The park was somewhere Coraline had yet to explore, which was why she was there. She'd been hoping to find a squirrel or two to ask them about radio, but she'd been distracted by the sundial.

It was making some very odd chiming noises, so, of course, she had to go and find out why it was making those noises.

Coraline had very little warning when suddenly it exploded. She ducked down low, watching, eyes wide, as part of it went sailing over her head.

The explosion didn't seem to have harmed the sundial, and Coraline eyed it suspiciously, waiting to see what it was going to do next.

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Luke was out for a run when he saw a familiar figure.

"Coraline!" he called. "I need to apologize."

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Coraline glanced at him briefly, not wanting to take her eyes off the sundial for too long. "Why?" she asked. "Did you make the sundial explode?"

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"The sundial exploded?"

Easily distracted, that Luke.

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"Partly." She pointed at it, and then at the bit which had shot off of it. "I don't think it's a very happy sundial."

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"Happy sundials stay in one piece," Luke agreed, nodding. "Just when I think this place can't get stranger..."

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"The sundials explode," she finished. It seemed to be quiet for the moment, so she turned to look at Luke. "Why are you apologising?"

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"Because I was incredibly rude on Saturday," he said, cheeks turning pink. "I'm normally not that whiny and annoying, I promise."

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"Oh." Coraline considered that. He had been very unpleasant. "Are you sure?"

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That stopped Luke short. "Yes? Pretty sure, anyway. I'm never that short-tempered."

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"Well, you were at least once," Coraline pointed out. "So you can't sya you're never that short tempered."

Then she grinned, happy to put it behind them. "Did you get bitten by a gremlin?"

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"I wish," Luke said wryly. "I just felt terrible and I picked up on everyone else feeling terrible and I was just this giant...bitchy...emotional barometer."

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"Lucas was the same way." Coraline looked at him curiously. "How did you pick up on what other people were feeling?"

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"I'm a Jedi," Luke said. "It's kind of part of the package."