052: A Comet Appears

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[Hei isn't hurt this time! ...Okay, fine, if you look closely enough you might see some new bruises, but that's all. He's out away from most of the Plane traffic with his scope set up, trying out the new eyepieces that Diva got him for his birthday. There's a small table covered with food nearby that Hei has been picking at, and a new comet in the Astral Sky. It's a bright blue and yellow streak with a long tail, rolling across the sky like the ball of ice and gas that it is. Hei has no idea which one it is, and there's really no hope of identifying it since the Sky changes all the time, but hey, it's a comet. Comets are important.]

[Hei looks preoccupied with something other than the comet, though. After awhile he plunks down on the Plane floor with a sigh and scoops up a potsticker from his mini-buffet.]

[He mutters to himself,] Sam would never let me hear the end of it, of course...

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And they tried to kill you. [To her, that is the focal point.]

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They thought I was Syndicate. It was nothing personal. Anyway, I'm fine.

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[She reaches up and catches the edge of his sleeve.] You're sure?

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I'm sure. I'm alright, really.

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[She lets go and props herself on her hands.] How have you been otherwise?

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I got a job as a chef. Small ramen restaurant around the corner.

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Really? That's excellent.

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It is. I like it...I mean, the hours aren't great and it's not much of a restaurant, but. [He shrugs.] I like it.

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You get to do something you enjoy, at least.

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Yeah. I guess that's the important thing.

[He looks away suddenly as he remembers his conversation with Diva.] Misaki, we should talk. About Diva.

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[The distance is back, the clinical aura of a cop on her guard. There's a definite sour edge to the words when she speaks.] Of course we should.

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[He sighs heavily.] Don't do that.

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I'm not doing anything.

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You're going cop on me. It's just a talk, Misaki.

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I'm not going anything on you. [She's sounding a bit irritated.]

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[Fine, be that way.] She told me about what happened that day, in the bar. Rather, she told me her side of things. I want to hear your side.

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[She doesn't really feel like talking any more.]

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Please?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Please what? I don't enjoy hurting people as much as she does.

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She told me some of the things you said. She also said she tried to strangle you.

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She did, yes.

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What set it off, exactly?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

She told you what I said. What do you want me to do? Give you an exact dialogue?

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No, I want to know what started the fight. That's all.

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Her, sneering about me losing my children, all right?!