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[Yuri walks in just as Flynn finishes up his post, setting his own device on the table. He pointedly ignores Flynn, moving past the other and heading toward the fridge, not knowing of its emptiness.]

It's empty, Yuri.

Thanks.

[Yuri, though confused, largely ignores Flynn yet again as he passes by to make a grab for his device.]

That doesn't mean you're free, Yuri. A promise was a promise- I said I'd beat the truth out of you and I intend to do just that.

Uh huh.

[Yuri sits at the table, and the device now shows his disinterested face as he scrolls through the Network.]

Yuri. [ Flynn slams his fist on the table. ] I'm serious.

[Yuri doesn't even look up.]

You know, some people might start to get the wrong idea the way you keep threatening to hit me.

Let them. I'll be happy to explain the matter to them later. [ His eyes dart to the gloved right hand. ] I need to know, Yuri. If you would just tell me... it's not that hard. It shouldn't be.

[This time, Yuri does look up at Flynn, gaze hardened.]

If I had a red for every time I've answered no - I'd have enough money to feed the entire Lower Quarter. So just to spice it up-- get lost, Flynn.

Yuri... [ But Flynn is stubborn too. ] Step outside. We'll deal with this there.

[And with that ominous message, the feed cuts off.]

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[So this wasn't the first time Yuri had seen those slugs as her breathing can be heard, if only to keep herself calm right now. And then the mentioning of Tyr's rune. She had spoken to him about it, that Yuri had it now, or at least that's what he told her. Still, she promised him she wouldn't speak of it, even if Yuri brought it up. That rune...

...she wonders if that dream she had wasn't just coincidence, a nightmare. Since it's a private connection now, she decides to tell Yuri about it.]

I had a dream back in November... There were others there, but all I remember was Flynn... and... I had... used some power to-- to kill him. Soul Eater was the name of the spell...

[She cuts herself off, no that was all just gibberish. But... it all felt so real.]

[He is silent for a moment.]

Knowing this place-- it wasn't just a coincidence.

[He switches to video and shows the back of his hand, for once ungloved but skin still an angry pink from where he continues to scratch at it.]

I've got it, now.

[He quickly regloves it.]

And I don't intend to let Flynn see it.

Has Rita been able to seal it?

[Well, she knows that Tyr told her that Rita was going to seal its powers while it was with him. And she won't tell Flynn about it either, though she does wonder how long Yuri will be able to keep that secret from him.]

No. I'm stuck with it for now.

[A deep breath that he doesn't mean to be so... audible.]

So... it's active?

[There's a sense of fear in her voice. Why, why did everything have to end up like this? She has to wonder that if Tyr wasn't killed, then...]

It's-- something.

Better on me than him, though.

[He doesn't want to think how Flynn would react to it.]

Can it still hurt anyone?

[That's all she wants to know.]

It can.

[Tone serious, almost hollow.]

And... there's nothing you can do about it?

[This scares her. Tyr feared this power when he spoke with her, and she can only imagine how Yuri must feel with it.]

I would have asked the deities, but Tyr pretty much made it clear that I'm not allowed.

Why are you not allowed to? Wouldn't they be able to do something about it?

[But then she realizes a trade would be in order. Neither of them deserve to pay any sort of price for something that was essentially her fault.]

He doesn't want it in their hands. The thing's-- I don't know. Sensitice.

[He's not sure about the details. Just that Tyr was very adamant against a trade.]

So the important thing is that it not be in the deities' hands, but be returned to Tyr.

[There are wheels in her head turning now. She has an idea, and she may just roll with it without either of their approval.]

In the end, yeah.

I hope that it happens, somehow. I'm sure there's a way to rightly return it to him.

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