4 Truffula Seeds

[findatree]

I'm still kinda new around here, so sorry for asking about this, but... This whole "loss" thing. Some of them are only temporary, right? And then people go back to normal?

How long do you have to wait for that?

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[savors]

It depends. Some last for a few days, but some have lasted weeks.

[findatree]

No, it can't be weeks!!

[savors]

It might not be. One of your friends?

[findatree]

[he's not sure how to classify the Once-ler]

Kind of.

[whichwayyoulean]

This again? Don't worry, it's just a little glitch in the memory or something, I'll be fine.

[findatree]

I'm just asking. It might happen to me next and I want to be ready.

[whichwayyoulean]

[ Suspicions mounting. YOU ARE STRANGE FUTURE BOY AND YOU SPEAK OF THINGS THAT CAN NOT BE]

Uh huh. Anyway, they can last anything from a few days to a few months.

[findatree]

[he lets out a groan] That long?

dictated

[kungfuwitch]

They're all temporary. Well, except for our permanent losses. As far as how long? Well... that really depends. Some last a day some last a month or more.

dictated

[findatree]

But a month is too long! [typical kid]

[whichwayyoulean]

Oh come on, it's not even that bad.

[findatree]

How can something called a "loss" not be bad?

[whichwayyoulean]

Well, I don't feel all that bad?

[findatree]

But you still lost your memory.

[whichwayyoulean]

Only a little part. [He still doesn't REALLY believe Ted about all the tree destruction. That's just silly] Hardly anything.

[findatree]

But doesn't losing your memory bother you at all? [says the kid who forgot a girl, but doesn't realize it]

[whichwayyoulean]

It can't be all that important.

...Even if the word thing is super weird.

[One day, Audrey will show up here and neither of them will know who she is and she will be mad as hell]

[findatree]

Word thing?

[oh that would be awkward]

[whichwayyoulean]

This unless thing. It follows me around everywhere. I mean, I know it's my loss and all, but it doesn't make any sense.

Oooooooooh unless. Spooky.

[So awkward]

[findatree]

That's your loss? The word "unless" follows you around? [he remembers the stone, and what the old Once-ler told him]

Maybe you'll figure it out one day.

[whichwayyoulean]

Seriously like everywhere. It's on the ceiling and the walls and on my stuff.

[Scoff] Sounds like a dumb loss if you ask me. Not even knowing what it means.

[findatree]

[oh but he knows what it means... Not that he is telling Once-ler when he's like this] Maybe the point is just to be annoying.

[whichwayyoulean]

[Good plan, Ted. He won't believe you anyway]

Well, it's sure managed that.

[findatree]

Does it get on your clothes, too?

[whichwayyoulean]

Nope, just surfaces, generally.