"Don't they realize you haven't aged?" I ask him quietly. I'm content to stay here as long as he wants to. He said something about the undercity gardens, but I'm not in a rush.
I take a bite of the roll- it's delicious, of course. I wonder if they…
"No, thank you! You eat it!" I tell him. Really I just want to save room for the other food he ordered...
I want to take his hand, but I stop myself. He's a private guy and I don't want to make him uncomfortable here. "What did you do?"
More of this honored guest- I wonder how long he's been a citizen here? He seems to be known by almost everyone, and they offer him deference.
"Why is everyone so nice to you?" I ask quietly before the waitress comes over. She talks about the spec…
"Oh, uh..." I mumble as we are seated. "Aren't I underdressed?" I ask nervously. I don't really have any nice clothes, but I would have tried to clean up a bit if I'd known. I feel a little silly.
I sigh, pushing the tangerine back towards him. "I wish you would have just said about Lever before- instead of bringing me here and having him be all 'I wish I had someone to pass the knowledge onto' on me." I watch the kids play.
"I'm getting mix…
I nod. Nothing I can do right now.
I wonder if Metro will continue to work on the towers if I take over for Lever. He'll leave me here and move around. He will feel like I'm safe, but will I be?
I nod. "I will." I would have preferred he just tell me that in the first place, but maybe he thought Lever would be downstairs working and feel less like a set up.
"Anything I can do for her?" I ask quietly about Medley. It seems weird to ask him-…
"Ha." I say at his calculations.
I'm tempted by the offer. I'm sure that Trench is certainly hiding things, but there are worse places to be. There's a part of me that would rather ride around, helping those who can't get into Trench, but I know I …
I'm surprised- I'd given some thought to trying to start my own infirmary or clinic, but it didn't occur to me to take someone else's over.
"Oh." I start, searching for words. "That sounds like Metro- we had some gang trouble in Boomtown and he was…
I mess my hair up and scowl, "Now I'm a real doctor." But I can't hold it for long and I end up giggling. I smile at him- I like this guy.
"I know. I pulled a girl's appendix out on the hood of a car." I'm proud of that and not too shy to brag abou…
I handle him gently, trying not to be patronizing- he's a doctor, he doesn't need me to explain what I'm doing. I still do it a bit, though- force of habit.
I nod, agreeing. "Medical knowledge is scarce here." I've seen versions of this before- ol…
I keep my face neutral- Ivory doesn't have to like me.
I walk over to Lever, smiling at his comment. I kneel down next to the bed. "I'm older than I look." I give Metro a secret smile.
I look between Metro and Lever- I'm not quite sure how to ask …
I take a step forward so I'm closer to Metro- to his side. "Hello. I'm Stitch. I'm a friend of Metro's." I hold my hand out to shake Ivory's. This doesn't have to be ugly, and I don't want to cause Metro any trouble here.
Huh. I wonder what his idea of greater is? I make a mental note to ask him later.
I get why he's not doing the public displays of affection- I follow his lead.
"Yes!" I say. I'm actually excited to see it- I wonder if I can maybe pull a shift and …
I grin at him, eyeing the pack a couple times. He's such a tease.
"How come?" I ask him. Trench's set up may be medieval, but looking around, I see folk smiling. People are happy here. Healthy.
I smile at his little smirk, but my brow draws together a little. He certainly is a mystery. I take his arm and hook mine around his.
"I'm starting to understand why people want to live here so badly..." I say.
Oh god. The taste! It puts that muff…
I talked to Jemma about Kiddo, VB and Rinso, though I don't know much about whatever they've got going on. They have a bond, I know that, and for Rinso to just run off- even to right past wrongs- without talking to either of them was shitty of him. …
Yeah, we did get a room in a mobile home. It wasn't a great bed, but stretching out was very nice.
Hump got motion sick- he seemed to want to ride with us in the van but Jemma didn't really give him a choice. She wasn't mean about it, but he wasn't…