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seven | never wanted to grow up

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Requesting advice...

About teeth. [He may be sounding a bit worried.]

Specifically, how do I... reattach one?

[Oh, the horrors of dental maturation. Slugger doesn't understand and suspects this is some unnatural and cruel act of nature.

ALSO, if you are one Edward Nigma, there may be something (not a tooth) hidden beneath your pillow. That something would happen to be a sheep's liver stolen from the local butcher shop. Consider it a "welcoming gift" from your new "son". Note that he has been courteous enough to wait only two days before stuffing it under there instead of the intended seven because he just couldn't contain his excitement.]

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How long has it been out?

A couple days. [Fix it, Susan!]

Too late. The wound will have begun to close already.

What happened?

[Too late??? He's getting worked up now. What disease is this?]

It was loose, then it got looser, and then it fell out.

[Actually, he has the tooth right here, in the back of his mouth where he's been keeping it in the gap with hopes of it reattaching itself. He takes it out to show her.

It's... a baby tooth.]

...What's happening?

. . . Oh. You had me thinking someone had gone and knocked it out of your head.

No, this happens with human children about your age. A new one will grow in soon.

[What.]

...

What?

So it's not a disease?

Would you feel better if it was? I could invent something for you if you'd like.

[Shaking his head. He prefers the truth, but thanks anyway.]

Invent something...?

Make sure you dispose of it properly. And don't put it under your pillow.

Why would I put it there?

[Under a pillow... Does this mean she knows about the liver?]

You wouldn't. And you shouldn't. Actually, it would be best if I held onto it, I think.

[This is a... strange request. He doesn't know what to say and simply hands over the tooth.]

...

[What's going on? Won't somebody explain?]

[Susan takes it with a nod. If it was left up to her, it would be ground to fine powder before the day was up.]

I'll give you some pocket change later.

. . .

It's a tradition in some worlds for children. When they lose their teeth, the Tooth Fairies come around and swap it for money when they leave it under the pillow at night

[Slugger has already met one faerie while he's been here so he can't be sure there isn't a tooth faerie in Mayfield.

However, nothing that's been said explains why Susan would take the tooth.]

You want them to come to you, instead?

The other thing people can do with teeth is mind control.

[Shock. As if by a face full of ice water.]

That's possible?? ...Is it like being droned?

. . . It's old magic. So old that it can't even properly be called magic anymore. When you get ahold of a part of somebody, you can make them think and do whatever you want.

I don't think it's like being droned, no.

...

What are you going to do with the tooth?

Force you to wake up on time, of course.

[Just. A LOOK.]

Hilarious.

I'll see about destroying it.

Thanks, Miss Susan.

Keep that in mind if any other parts of your body start to fall off.

What about hair?

You'd need a good chunk of it. No one's insane enough to go around collecting enough hair for something like that.

. . .

[Actually, Teatime would.]

Well. Clean up the shower drain, anyway.

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