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[evocation]

This is Kyna. You should just text me if you actually want me to answer.

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[evocation]

[She wasn't expecting the question. Actually, she was kind of hoping she could just kiss him and that would be that, but of course he wants to know. She bites her lip.]

Um... It was a thank you.

[And also, she just wanted to kiss him.]

[hardwearing]

[ Wash's mouth quirks a bit. ]

All I did was stand there not pissing myself. Very impressive, I know.

[evocation]

[Kyna rolls her eyes, giving him a playful and utterly ineffective little push against his chest plate.]

She scares you and you had my back anyway, and you stuck up for me.

[hardwearing]

...guess I did.

[ It sounds more impressive when she says it. ]

You done packing?

[evocation]

Yep.

[She smiles up at him, head tilting.]

You gonna make me dinner?

[hardwearing]

"Making dinner" is sort of a generous description. We both know I can't cook.

[evocation]

[Kyna laughs, hands still resting on his armor.]

You want me to go beg Lup for food instead?

[hardwearing]

I don't think she's at the point where she's willing to feed me.

[evocation]

Yeah, probably not. Guess that means you get to starve.

[hardwearing]

Come on. [ He reaches for her bag, hefts it to his shoulder. ] We'll make something edible together.

[evocation]

I'll make it, you mean.

[But she doesn't seem too bothered. She links her arm with his, smoothing her fingers over the armor.]

You still look super intimidating in this, you know. I couldn't tell you were pissing yourself at all.

[hardwearing]

Excuse you. I said I was not pissing myself.

Might've if she'd actually turned on me, though. Ignoring me was the best case scenario.

[evocation]

God, sorry.

[She gives his arm a tug, leading him toward the door.]

Piss doesn't work against magic. Sorry.

[hardwearing]

[ Wash goes along, putting his helmet back on for the walk back to his spire. ]

What does, then?

[evocation]

Um... It depends. Most mages are only really powerful if they can sit back and blast you. It's not like we've got crazy sci-fi armor.

[She shrugs a little.]

If you know what someone's using as a focus, you can just grab it and that screws them over pretty hard. Not everyone here needs a focus, though.

[hardwearing]

Getting in close enough to fight is the problem, though. And Lup doesn't even have a body for me to hit.

[ Not that he's planning on attacking her, he's just concerned with defending himself. ]

[evocation]

I don't think she's going to try to hurt you. Seriously.

[hardwearing]

It doesn't seem like she will, but I'd rather be ready. Just in case.

[evocation]

Okay.

[She guesses it's probably good for him to be able to defend himself against magic in general here, so...]

You wanna practice or something?

[hardwearing]

Sure... how, though?

[evocation]

Uh... I've got weak, long range spells. They might hurt a little, but if you're in your armor, they probably won't do much. You just have to try to get close to me, I guess.

[hardwearing]

So I just push through the pain?

[ That's familiar enough. ]

[evocation]

Oh my God, no. That's not what I meant.

[She shoots him a look.]

I mean those spells are weak enough that you can practice dodging without getting fucked up.

[hardwearing]

Oh.

How do you dodge magic? Lup's fire spell wasn't like a blast coming at me, I was just... on fire.

[evocation]

[She tilts her head, considering.]

I don't know what spell she used, or I'd tell you. Tucker can help, too. His entire life is dodging shit.