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[Unlike the people who panic, get angry, or ask a lot of questions, Yin just stares at the screen for a moment. It isn't that she's level-headed, but there is a distinct lack of concern for her situation. After all, the real reason for even doing this is to let Hei know of her presence.]

I have read the guides. [What she doesn't mention is she's also read a good number of entries. She hopes everyone takes that to mean as she understands the situation, curses and all. There's no introduction - you don't need her name - just the background behind her. A moonlit night, silvery snow glistening around Yin, and the frozen over fountain not far behind her.] And understand this place is referred to as the City.

[What's not noticeable in the video is her feet are in a puddle of freezing slush, bare. She barely even shivers from the effort and continues, determined Hei will find her.]

[Click.]

[ooc: Feel free to meet her in action by the fountain, but she will not go anywhere with anyone that isn't Hei, for now. She won't say why, either. In the future she'll allow people to take her home and dress her up.]

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[ He doesn't contact her on the Device. There's no need. If she's near a body of water, she'll know he's here. Shock, relief, dismay -- any and every emotion at her arrival is in the background, too far away to catch up with logic. Right now he's only making a series of plans (Step A, Step B, Step C) and putting them in action. ]

[ He won't be far from the Fountain. Seated at a bench by a pond, hands stuffed in pockets, legs stretched out before him. Waiting for her specter to spot him. ]

[ Waiting for her to arrive and take her seat on the bench behind him. No intersecting gazes. No face-to-face conversation. As if they're strangers. But that's just the norm in their world, isn't it? ]

[Once her observer spirit notices Hei's location, and he's situated there, she understands. Socks and shoes back in place, she leaves the fountain and approaches.]

[The set up is rather obvious, so she takes the intended seat behind him, facing white snow, quietly.]

[ Obvious, perhaps. But there are other people in the park. Not many -- but what does a large or small crowd matter to a good tail? If their aim is to eavesdrop, they'll find a way. Hei simply prefers to make it harder if anyone tries. ]

Yin. [ Quiet and matter-of-fact, as if it's just another day at work. But his hands are curled into loose fists in his pockets. There's an impulse, very real, to touch her. He keeps it in check. ] What's the last thing you remember, before arriving here?

[ No preliminaries. It's important to establish that they're on the same page (he and Yin almost always are). Important to determine if she's from before the Tokyo disaster, or after. ]

[Normally, she'd address him after he addresses her, but he is going by Li here. The old posts she read said as much. Instead, she gets right to his question, no frills.]

[There is a definite pause. Her own hands are tightly kept together in her lap.]

I left. You followed. I returned. [Even though she doesn't ask it, Yin wonders (not something she might have before) what is the last thing he remembers.]

[ Hei hears her words and connects the dots. That mess with Elis Castinen, with those Russian Contractors. It seems a lifetime ago. Yet Yin had startled him, Huang, everyone who knew her that night. She'd chosen her false name over her real one for their team's sake. He can never forget that. ]

I see. [ A token acknowledgement. He won't tell her what's occurred at his point in their world. Everything has fallen to ruin; the Syndicate has broken up. She's being hunted because of her involvement with him (BK201's Doll -- a leash for enemies to try and snag him; a trap waiting to be sprung). He trusts her as much as someone like him can trust. But he doesn't want to worry her. (A Doll, but never just a Doll for him.) ] What people have you spoken to since arriving here?

[ He's not interested in numbers or names. Just if they were the wrong sort. ]

[It feels only a little far away to Yin at this point. Even though it just happened, there's a feeling of distance from the event. It's outcome which stands out most and feels more current.]

[She didn't expect him to divulge his own point. It was just an unexpected curiosity.]

[Just insert possibilities of people she's conversed with here, because there's no telling who else might pop up.]

And a woman with dark hair.

[ A woman with dark hair. He knows at least two who fit that description. The first choice, Carla, would be more a brief irritant than an issue. The second, Korra, is one he doesn't classify as a threat in the professional sense. ]

In her teens or older?

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