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[a_shadow]

[ She tips her glass slightly in his direction. ]

Don't whine. It's not a good look.

Also, no, I don't.

[originalcopy]

Don't be a bitch, how about that?

[He wasn't whining. Jeez.]

And I guess we'll see.

[He tips his glass like she had and takes a drink.]

[a_shadow]

[ She rolls her eyes. Same old Church. ]

Just don't expect me to hold your hair back when you have to puke.

[originalcopy]

I'll be fine. It's not like I don't know how this works.

[Besides, he wants to get drunk. Not hammered, but drunk enough. He grabs a few pretzels.]

[a_shadow]

[ She shrugs. ]

Suit yourself.

[ And then she takes a swig of her drink. ]

[originalcopy]

[He watches with a faint smirk as one of the many memories that he's been constantly trying to put aside sneaks up on him.]

So, how bad was it your first time?

[a_shadow]

[ She snorts. ]

I handled it.

[originalcopy]

Oh yeah?

[Eyebrow of skepticism.]

No one had to hold your hair for you?

[a_shadow]

Oh, I've had a few occasions. Just not that one.

[originalcopy]

[He takes another drink.]

Any with me?

[Since she said he was there. Just curious.]

[a_shadow]

[ She pulls a face, one that he's likely to find unreadable. She'd been thinking about the year of parties on the alien planet, which was long after he'd disappeared.

She covers up her discomfort by taking another drink. Then she says flatly: ]

What, you want to know if I got drunk enough to fuck you?

[originalcopy]

Oh my God, are you serious right now?!

[Not quite where he was going with that. But of course she has to jump to the most insulting conclusion.]

Just because I have a dick, doesn't mean I have to think with it. I'm not Tucker.

[a_shadow]

[ She rolls her eyes. The answer is 'yes', of course, yet she's glad to know that's not what he was pressing for. That doesn't mean she's not irritated. ]

Okay, fine, I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions.

[originalcopy]

No.

[She's irritated and he's insulted... He bites back his own retaliatory insulting question.]

You shouldn't have.

[He grabs the last couple of cinnamon bites. Literally keeping his mouth occupied with something other than saying something he'd regret.]

[a_shadow]

[ She remains silent, drinking her whiskey and cola with short sips.

Eventually she speaks, having found a new topic to broach. ]

Where are you staying?

[originalcopy]

[He takes a breath before answering.]

Someplace called the Proxy Hotel. Got stuck with a big lizard for a roomie. But I haven't seen him in a few days.

[He taps his fingers on the side of his glass.]

What about you? Did you win the roommate lottery?

[a_shadow]

I'm in a dorm building called the Qubit House. My roommate's okay. It's not too different from living in barracks, so I don't mind.

[ Not that she ever actually did that. Church isn't the only one who identifies with those old memories. ]

[originalcopy]

Ugh, right. At least you weren't stuck with Tucker.

[He snerks]

I dodged a bullet with Caboose.... Probably the only bullet I dodged with him.

[Hang on...]

Did you guys have barracks? A bunch of Freelancers trying to share a space... that must have suuucked.

[a_shadow]

No, not in Freelancer. Or at least, I had a room to myself. They had to convince me I was sleeping and everything, after all.

[originalcopy]

Guess that wouldn't have worked with other people around.

[He nods.]

Do you ever find the memories- I don't know... useful? Like, maybe it helped you get used to things faster...

[a_shadow]

[ She ponders this. ]

Yeah, I guess it did. But the main thing that bothers me, to be honest, is not being in my robot anymore. I can't punch as hard or anything. Plus I got hurt and ended up in recovery for a long time.

[originalcopy]

[A look of concern passes over his face before he can stop it. Obviously she was fine and all that... but for just a second the thought of it twisted through him. He pushes past it to focus on the bit before that. Because, that's probably one of the most Tex reasons for anything ever. Of all time.]

I have to admit, there are things I miss about the robot. For example; I forgot how much stubbing your toe fucking hurts.

[He chuckles softly.]

Did you at least get your armor?

[a_shadow]

[ She sees that look cross his face. ]

I was in bad shape, but it's been a few months and I've regained a lot of strength now. So it's fine.

I do have my armor. I would have been pissed if I didn't.

[originalcopy]

What happened? Was I there?

[a_shadow]

No, you weren't. It was after you disappeared.

[ She turns her head slightly, looking out into the bar. He's not going to like this, she knows. ]

The ship was crashing onto a planet and I wanted to save both of my bodies. So I jumped to the robot and tried to launch this body out in an escape pod. The launching mechanism didn't work right and I had to climb into the tube and push. I fell when the escape pod did, and it crashed. The robot was damaged from the fall, so I had to jump to a temporary body that the aliens on the planet had available for me. And then this body ended up in a coma for...a while.

[ She manages to glance at him for a moment, then looks away again. ]

After the coma I had to live in the body for the entire recovery—no jumping to the robot. I did it, though. Hardest part was relearning to walk.