[ If she knew she might understand, the tactic is painfully familiar from the days she spent as the knife Atlas plunged into many different backs. It would be hypocritical if she got angry. She lies to Springs just as easily, doing whatever is necessary to ensure she never finds out the truth.
Eyes closing she drops her head, brow furrowing in mild frustration. ]
I've...got a place, yeah. [It's admittedly not up to his standards, but it beats Pandora, if nothing else, and he can't imagine it'll take long to find some structured ladder to climb in a place as busy and needy as this.]
No yeah no-- [He wilts under the sharpness of her stare, hand going to the back of his neck at the fact that she effectively rebuffed his joke.] That...makes sense.
Yeah. [There's a lowness there in his tone, stuck between his tongue and the back of his teeth when he goes to inhale as he watches her leave, feeling out the way the last, sputtering urge to stop her die out.
Better to just be what you are anyway, right? If he's a liar, let him be a liar.]
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Eyes closing she drops her head, brow furrowing in mild frustration. ]
Have they provided you somewhere to stay?
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You?
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Echo the location─ [ She stops, frowning, uncrossing arms to wave a hand about the air. Right, the echo net doesn't exist here. ] Text it.
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--you're not trying to come live with me, right?
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No. But it'll be easier to find you if I know where you're staying.
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Bye Rhys. ]
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Better to just be what you are anyway, right? If he's a liar, let him be a liar.]
Later, Athena.