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darker than black (d1) hei/li shengshun

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[Hei appears, looking rather irritated, and promptly heads off along the Astral Plane, walking with a purpose and looking like he's searching for something.]

By M11, I think...

[Keeps walking, mostly in silence, though he mutters to himself occasionally. After a bit he comes upon his telescope and his expression darkens. The telescope has been knocked over and is lying on its side. Hei crouches down, sighing heavily.]

This on top of the rest of it...

[Disappears for a moment, coming back with a toolkit and a bag of sandwiches. He settles down and starts going to work on his poor, beat-up telescope.]

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[Rather mirthless smile.] That's very true. [Glances at Firo and wants to ask what's wrong with his world, but doesn't.]

[Something about Li's response intrigues Firo. He gives the man a sideways glances and then settles himself back down.] Yeah, I guess. But that's not the point of things, anyway. There's always something wrong. Gotta focus on the right!

[Plasters on a grin.] Also very true. There tends to be more things going right than going wrong, doesn't there?

[Sits up, leaning back on his arms and frowning at Li.] Well that's the fakest smile I've seen outside a clip joint.

[Stares at Firo for a moment, then bursts out laughing.]

Trying too hard?

[Raised eyebrow.] Only a lot. What's the low down, pally?

[It's the slang again!]

Sorry?

[SIGH.] The story, Li. What's got you smiling tight enough to break your face?

[Matches the sigh, the happiness dissipating slowly.]

It's very complicated and not something I like sharing with people. [Meets his eyes.] I'm sure you know the feeling.

[And thaaat gets a grin out of him. A somewhat challenging grin. And a somewhat tired one.]

A few months back I became immortal. "Ate" a two hundred year old man and absorbed his memories, and the memories of the eighteen other immortals he'd "eaten" himself. The headaches? That's his baggage surfacing. S' a lot to take in all at once.

[Flops back, crossing his arms behind his head.] I'm only eighteen. Maiza hates that I ate Szilard--Maiza's the one who made him immortal in the first place, but he's no killer. And it saved Ennis, so.

[Sideways smirk.] Complicated? I can do complicated.

[Is tinkering with his scope as he listens.]

Fascinating story. I never would have guessed you were from such a complicated world.

[Firo laughs.] You either don't believe me, or this place is even odder than I thought. So. Complication for complication--what's your story, Li? And don't feed me a line, because I can tell you aren't just some oriental joe.

Oh, I believe you.

Hm? I wasn't aware this was quid pro quo.

[Cheerfully,] Why, you unfeeling bastard. But thanks for not denying that you aren't the scrub you play.

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[Noms a sandwich, expression blank. It's a bit disconcerting how people seem to see through his persona all the freaking time :|]

[Pouts.] Oh come on, Li. I'm not hardly above board. You don't have to go deaf and dumb just 'cause I see the me in you.

You might not be, ah, "above board," but that doesn't mean you're anything like me.

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[Picks at a pretend spot on his shirt.] So you get to pick what I'm like, without giving me the evidence to let me say if you're right or not, huh?

[Finally looks up at him, face still emotionless.] Because this, how you are now? It's not fake. It's genuine.

[And then there's a knife in Firo's hand and it's darting up to rest at Li's throat. Flat and cold, he says,] So's this.

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[Expression doesn't change a fraction and his hand is around Firo's wrist at the exact moment that the blade touches flesh.]

Yes. But this isn't what matters.

[Tiny, flat smile.] Nah. What matters is you were the first to say hello, and the first thing you did was ask if I was all right.

[Relaxes the knife, making it clear that if Li's willing to let go his wrist, he's willing to put the shiny away.]

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[Lets go of Firo's wrist; he knows real danger when he sees it, after all.]

[Quietly,] Because that's what Li Shengshun would do.

[Just looks at him for a long moment, mild calculation in his eyes. Then,] If you say so.

[Flops back again, staring at the sky.] And is it just what Li Shengshun would do, fixing up the telescope, thinking 'bout the stars? Or is there someone under there who really cares about that stuff?

[Hei's life would be a lot simpler if people would just accept the fact that he's a bastard.]

Everyone needs a hobby.

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