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not that ive heard of

Shit.

i have an oil that helps

[ it doesn't make it better, but it makes it more tolerable. the dizziness and disorientation are the worst of it, in that way. ]

Bring some along.
I need to give you some of my coins anyway.

its on the table
i didnt take it out with me
and i dont need your coins

Do I need to explain how partnerships work?

no

[ well, maybe, honestly ]

i have enough to cover it

It wasn't for the food.

( they agreed ㅡ sort of ㅡ on that. )

For the food this time.

then it doesnt matter now

Fine.

i wont be long
try the oil

( a pause, long enough for her to think she'll be scared further engagement, then ㅡ )

Where did you get this?

nagano

Friend of yours?

[ hm.

not for the first time, she thinks of darcy. it is a terrible, dangerous thing to be her friend. ]

yes

( the muscle in his jaw ticks. something about the thought rankles ㅡ or maybe he's still processing what "lovesick" means for someone like him. how it all connects. )

Okay.

( because that means it's probably not going to poison him.

probably. )

dont take him

( ah. )

There's nowhere to take him.

dont change him then

[ even before darcy had gone, they were different. bent to the kossian ideology, to the siren song of a way to survive in this hard world. lost to mavis even before they left.

kaito is different, she thinks. she thinks. in ways that are good and in ways that are simply different and in ways that she doesn't want to lose. ]