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Told you--this ain't what I do. If you wanna show people how to hunt squirrels or something, knock yourself out. [ He shrugs. ] Never said I was a saint, Kyna.
[So they've been back a few days, and things have gotten busy with all the relief efforts, and then there was also that... Discussion... On the network, and so Lance has been devoting pretty much all his attention on helping out in the city so as to keep busy and not have to think about anything. But since he's only returning for short periods to the apartment, he realizes he hasn't really talked to Kyna in awhile, and wants to check in.]
Hey. How are you doing?
Hey. How are you doing?
[ Okay, so he clearly fucked up, but also: how and why. ]
And I do. When it's someone that matters.
And I do. When it's someone that matters.
Then I'd get you myself. [ Obviously. ] Why's it matter to you? S'not like I'm telling you not to go.
[ He rolls his eyes. ]
When's the world ever been anything else? Maybe reality's heartless, Ky. I didn't get these people killed, and I sure as hell ain't cleaning up after them now that they're wandering around New Amsterdam like a buncha lost puppies.
When's the world ever been anything else? Maybe reality's heartless, Ky. I didn't get these people killed, and I sure as hell ain't cleaning up after them now that they're wandering around New Amsterdam like a buncha lost puppies.
What a coincidence, same answer.
[But that said--]
Have you been able to get any rest?
[But that said--]
Have you been able to get any rest?
[ His jaw tightens. ]
Fine. You know the way out.
Fine. You know the way out.
When do I ever scold?
[He's also joking.]
There's a lot to do, especially with more people arriving all the time.
[So not really, but whatever.]
[He's also joking.]
There's a lot to do, especially with more people arriving all the time.
[So not really, but whatever.]
[Historically, this has always been Kyna's expectation of how this sort of thing goes—an argument ends with someone getting kicked out, probably never talking again. It wasn't that way in the Aerie, of course. She'd had plenty of fights with her friends, and that's all they ever were, just arguments that were sometimes solved later.
This feels different, though, and it's so unexpected, especially from Sam, that for a second she looks like she's been slapped. Maybe she was just stupid to expect anything else.]
You know what? I was wrong. You were the same in the Aerie.
[It's so much safer to bury herself in her old, angry defense mechanisms, isn't it? Just like it's easier to give him what he wants, turn on her heel, and head for the door.]
This feels different, though, and it's so unexpected, especially from Sam, that for a second she looks like she's been slapped. Maybe she was just stupid to expect anything else.]
You know what? I was wrong. You were the same in the Aerie.
[It's so much safer to bury herself in her old, angry defense mechanisms, isn't it? Just like it's easier to give him what he wants, turn on her heel, and head for the door.]
Not that I remember, though I guess that doesn't mean much.
[But more seriously--]
I'm tired, so things are probably funnier to me than they should be.
[But he stands by the morbid joke. That was a good one.
But still, her not laughing is suspicious.]
Is there something going on besides, you know, the obvious thing?
[But more seriously--]
I'm tired, so things are probably funnier to me than they should be.
[But he stands by the morbid joke. That was a good one.
But still, her not laughing is suspicious.]
Is there something going on besides, you know, the obvious thing?
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