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Summary
The cryo chamber opened. The pseudo-Dipper dropped to its knees as it thawed, shuddering from the cold.
"Careful." Ford knelt next to the shapeshifter and tentatively touched its shoulder. "Are you alright?"
"I'm..." Its voice was rough and guttural; it feigned clearing its throat and said, "I'm—fine now. Thanks for letting me out, man. I guess I must've fallen in and got stuck." It was trying to sound like Dipper. Someone a kindly human rescuer wouldn't think twice about helping get outside.
"You can drop the act," Ford said, then forced himself to soften his voice; he was giving the shapeshifter permission, not a command. "I know you're Shifty."
Shifty jerked its head up. It gave Ford a nervous smile. "I don't know what you're talking about."
Ford sighed. "You insist you're a normal teenage human boy?" he asked. At Shifty's emphatic nod, he said, "Well, that's unfortunate, because I came down here to set a shapeshifter free."
(Ford, the shapeshifter, and a long-overdue apology.)
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