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[batricide]

Fine.

[ He's going to need a leash. Several, in fact. ]

[rehandle]

Good. [ thank you. hasn't this gone well.

with that said, Stephen gets up and heads for the kitchen. for the first aid kit. ]

[batricide]

[ Blugh.

He's staying, but only so he can fiddle around with the document himself. What is it with everybody and fixing his face? ]

[rehandle]

[ first, a sharp sound. what was this? gloves, applied before he even re-enters the room. at least this way they can bypass the extra complaint of activating the bond.

sensing resignation, Stephen approaches with the rest of his kit and without much caution. ]

How'd you get it?

[batricide]

Kicking ass.

[ An irritable grunt. ]

Someone wore a ring.

[rehandle]

Ouch.

[ the detail's the important part, less the circumstance. with that information in tow, it's on with the disinfectant swab. treatment all planned out. ]

They disqualify for that?

[ he's guessing this was the underground scene. ]

[batricide]

Might've if I didn't give them a concussion.

[ His nose wrinkles. He hasn't had somebody clean his wounds since he was thirteen. ]

[rehandle]

[ hahaha, jesus. ]

That'd do it.

[ conscious of the room for discomfort, Stephen's work is quick and efficient. stitches are one thing he's still not brought himself to do on actual skin since arriving here but this is a simple enough fix, a little medical glue and some suture strips to hold it in place ought to bypass the need, quality of resources here being what they are.

still requires precision, which takes time. more so with these hands and small wounds. it's as good an opportunity as any to ask a few more questions. ]

You there often?

[batricide]

Nightly.

[ He doesn't so much as flinch while Stephen does what he needs to do, but he looks annoyed at the fussing. ]

Where are you employed?

[rehandle]

[ welp ]

Currently? Nowhere.

[ just keep gluing, just keep glu~ing ]

[batricide]

And how are you paying for this place?

[rehandle]

Had a little put aside from my last job. I'll be moving out next month.

[batricide]

Wouldn't it make more sense to just get another job?

[rehandle]

I don't need this apartment, I do need flexibility. Once the safehouse is up and running, Markus and I intend to be a guaranteed presence.

[ so long as he's got his basic needs covered, he can do without spending money. and home comforts. and privacy. ]

[batricide]

[ Please. ]

Living in close quarters with your teammates is asking for disaster.

[rehandle]

Thanks, Pops.

[ a couple of seconds and another suture strip placed over a wound held firmly in place by two fingers of a lightly trembling hand later - ]

If it doesn't work, I'll get a job and I'll find somewhere else nearby. It'll be fine.

[batricide]

[ He scowls. Well, scowls harder.

But in close proximity, he's noting the unsteadiness of Stephen's hands. ]

Don't say I didn't warn you.

[rehandle]

Oh shoot. That was exactly what I was going to say if it didn’t work out.

[ 😏

and with that, he’s finished the patch up job, stepping out of Hafid’s personal space without so much as a pat on the shoulder. wouldn’t want to push too far. ]

[batricide]

[ ROLLING HIS EYES. look at how grateful for the help he is. ]

What did you do before you got here?

[rehandle]

[ ... ha. that's a question.

but it's not as though he's been keeping it a secret, it just doesn't tend to come up. so. ]

Defend Earth from extra-dimensional threat.

[ as he wanders off to the kitchen to remove his gloves and put the kit away. ]

[batricide]

So all of this is familiar territory for you then.

[ He figured as much. ]

[rehandle]

Almost all of it. The power loss is new but otherwise it's not as much of a shock to me as it has been for others.

[ running water hitting glass, and the soft clunk of metal on metal. ]

The situation itself is outside of my usual remit. I don't tend to work on a human level - guns and abductions and political intrigue aren't my usual wheelhouse.

[ but the general skills have proven largely transferable. ]

[batricide]

[ Welcome to superheroing, where your life is basically a nightmare and you pick up the skills as you go. ]

Heroes need to politicize eventually.

[rehandle]

[ he's got an undue number of issues with that word, but sooner or later it's going to have to be a case of "if the shoe fits" ]

Here, sure.

[ not so much at home where his work is only tangentially related to world affairs, but he can agree on this score.

ah, hark. bubbling water. ]

[batricide]

Here, there. Any world. People like to know they're being taken care of by the right people.

[ Tilting his head back to see what he's even doing. ]