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[rehandle]

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[klepto]

you gonna be back tonight or should i grab dinner solo

[rehandle]

I'll be back in an hour, but I won't be in tonight

[klepto]

hot date?

[rehandle]

With me, myself and I.

[klepto]

i'd offer to make myself scarce while you jack off, but all night?

[rehandle]

Don't worry, I'm finding alternative accommodation

Heading out of town for a few days.

[klepto]

why?

[rehandle]

I need to clear my head.

[klepto]

if you're turning into a fucking monster again

[rehandle]

No. I'd have told you.

Seeing Quentin yesterday brought up some things, that's all.

[ And now he needs to go and put them back in their box. ]

[klepto]

it's not your job to save everyone, strange.

[rehandle]

Actually...

[ That's pretty much the exact job description. But this isn't the time to be flippant. ]

It wasn't duty. He needed help I could give.

[klepto]

if there's one thing i know about you, it's that if you could have given it, you would have.

[rehandle]

[ Oh. It warms him, instantly. Then the words themselves catch up, and he realises what he suspects she thought he'd meant: that he should have stopped it.

But it's like she said. It's not his job to save everyone. He can only do what he can do. ]

I did. Yesterday.

I'm visiting again now to take them some breakfast. I'll be back for a while after that if you want to get some too before I go

[klepto]

worried i'll get lonely?
it's fine.

[rehandle]

I'm inviting you to breakfast, Nami

[klepto]

sure.

[rehandle]

Good. I'll let you know when I'm on my way back. It might be sooner than planned if I don't make it past Quentin's doorman.

[ A fond, familiar sort of resonance to that last. Light humour at somebody else's expense tangible in spite of the lack of tone. ]

[klepto]

who's the doorman?
just so i know where i'm placing my bets

[rehandle]

Kovacs.

[klepto]

small town

[rehandle]

Yeah. Tell me about it.

He was worried about you.

[ Now's as good a time as any to bring this up. ]

[klepto]

you talked about me

[rehandle]

You were asleep for two weeks. Yes I talked about you.

[klepto]

was he the one who told you how to wake me up