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[agleam]

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[agleam]

...Oh!

[surprised, and after a moment:]

Can I ask why you were there...?

[doublefists]

[ help ]

What do you think happened?

[agleam]

I mean - there's the obvious answer, but it seems kind of rude to assume that without asking first.

[doublefists]

I didn't kill anybody, if that was your guess.

[agleam]

Oh. No, the obvious answer was just general unspecified crimes, I didn't really think about it harder than that.

[doublefists]

[ snort. ]

A building I was robbing exploded.

[agleam]

—While you were in it? Were you okay?

[doublefists]

Yeah. Didn't get injured or anything.

It was a Piltie house, though, so.

[agleam]

[relieved at the first part!! but then]

A Piltie house?

[doublefists]

Topsiders. [ this does not explain anything. a beat. ] Rich people.

[agleam]

Ohhh. So - they took it really seriously and assumed the explosion was you, not just the robbery?

[doublefists]

Yep. You've got to show the dogs their place.

[agleam]

... I'm really sorry that happened to you. How long were you stuck in the prison?

[doublefists]

It's fine. Not like you put me there.

[ squiiiints... ]

Six, seven years?

[agleam]

No, but... It's awful even if it's not my fault. I mean, being there so long for something that wasn't even your fault.

[doublefists]

[ she rolls her shoulders. ]

It is what it is. I'm not there now. [ ... ] Thanks.

[agleam]

What happened after that, then? Did you have somewhere to go when you got out?

[doublefists]

No.

[ flatly. ]

It's fine. Don't worry about it. Seriously, I mean it, you're nice and you don't need to be sad about my pity party.

[agleam]

I'm definitely going to worry about it, because you've also been nice to me and that's a really rough break. But don't feel like you're making me do that just by telling me stuff, it's just a personal choice.

[there's a little bit of humor in that second sentence, before he moves on]

At the very least, I hope you find somewhere nice when we all make it out of here, Vi.

[doublefists]

[ makes a bit of a face at you've also been nice to me out of instinct, but. ]

... Thanks, I guess. [ rubs at her neck. ] What about you, then, are you going somewhere nice?

[agleam]

[nodding easily at the next part]

Yeah. Or, well - the place itself isn't as important as the people. I've got a few waiting for me.

[doublefists]

Yeah? Family, friends?

[agleam]

[nods!]

Mom's my only, like, blood related family, but - there's the one I made for myself, too. I miss them already.

[more fond than sad, though, as he takes a little breath.]

But I always make it back to them one way or another, so this time won't be any different.

[doublefists]

Did they know about the first two times?

[agleam]

[he nods!]

Yeah. It's not like there's any reason to keep something like that from them. [a beat, curious] Why do you ask?