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[Lab coat on, it's another general address. Anyone paying attention might note he rarely (deliberately) uses the network for anything personal.]

All non-emergency surgical procedures are officially cancelled until further notice. The hospital can no longer guarantee a non-contaminated operating space. If anyone knows a way to hold the sand back, or of somewhere that's not emulating the Sahara, please get in touch. When I want to go to work in flip-flops I'll open that beach shack.

[He reaches forward to turn off the monitor. Hesitates.]

Oh, and for those of you who weren't taught it when you were three: don't take candy from strangers.


[ooc: he's eaten dozens of the hearts, but he's unlikely to be telling -you- that. His secrets are available in multiples and still open for takers.]

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[intheblanks]

No. [It's not quite a flinch, but a literal expression of shying away from the idea.] I want to let what's resting rest.

[Which, he knows, is withholding something or some one she cared about.]

I'm sorry.

[Honestly.]

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[eiremagic]

For what?

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[intheblanks]

For that. So, where's the best place for the view?

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[eiremagic]

[She shakes her head and goes up the hill]

D'you get a candy of mine?

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[intheblanks]

I didn't get any. It's early for dessert.

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[eiremagic]

[She raises her eyebrows]

Fuckin' restrained of you.

[But she's smirking a bit]

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[intheblanks]

[His lying tells haven't really changed. But he can still do that innocent smile so well.]

I'm always fucking restrained.

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[eiremagic]

Once you attacked Amory with a lamp.

[Snort]

Weren't restrained then.

[At the top of the hill is a bench and she goes to take a seat]

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I'm sure my reasons were excellent. How about you?

[Beside her, he stretches his legs out as he sits. His office has a view, one of the good things going for it, but this one's preferable.]

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[eiremagic]

Ate one.

[She opens her soup and takes a bite]

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[intheblanks]

[which reminds him to delve into his bag, holding up the tub as if 'salad with fish' were an obscure description.]

Put you off?

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[eiremagic]

[Well, it's his favorite of the salads she makes him, with the dressing on the side.]

Dunno. This curse comes every year and every year I eat one of those shite hearts before I remember they taste like crap.

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[intheblanks]

Which means every year you learn one thing someone doesn't want you to know.

[He raises his eyebrows, chewing.]

Must remember that.

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[eiremagic]

I'm a prophet, Chase.

Every year I learn way more than just one thing.

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[intheblanks]

[Chewing slowly is an excuse for silence.]

Even here?

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[eiremagic]

Sure. Every once in a while I'll get one hitting me like a fucking truck.