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[newphew]

WHO: Hunter and YOU!
WHAT: Hiding from the vet
WHERE: Anywhere in the base, including your room!!
WHEN: Shortly after the downtime log
WARNINGS: Stupidity???

[ no matter where you might be -- the metro, the shrine, your actual room? you catch a movement out of the corner of your eye and a blonde teenager is taking refuge behind a door, in a karaoke booth, a supply closet, or under your actual bed, etc. the list goes on. the stupider, the better ]

[ hunter catches your eye and has the audacity to make a "shh" motion at you. wow, what is he hiding from? what's got this kid so spooked he'll take refuge under the beds of other recruits? ]

[ it must be serious.... right? ]

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[newphew]

Well. Of course. I wasn't going to just let you die.

[ but he's still kind of surprised she wants to repay him... weird ]

[ but now he seems a little embarrassed ]

But let me hide out here, and we can call it even. If you want.

[queenofkur]

...

[ Some would have left her die. The other gods had abandoned her for tens of thousand of years. But she doesn't say anything of this. Instead she turns away and tries to say casually: ]

Very well. I shall let you hide here for as long as you want.

[newphew]

[ he does know that feeling, if she were ever to voice it ]

Thanks.

[ rubbing the back of his head awkwardly..... there's a long stretch of silence... ]

So... uh.... feeling better?

[ this is the same energy as "hello, zuko here" ]

[queenofkur]

[ Thank goodness he decided to talk! She doesn't care if that's just about the worst conversation starter she's ever heard.

She couldn't have done better. ]

O-Of course! I am a Goddess, such wounds are nothing to me.

[ The bandages, bottles of antiseptic and various medicines on her nightstand tell another story. Shh, don't mind them. ]

[newphew]

[ his eyes flicker between all of that and back to her, very obviously unconvinced. uh huh..... ]

Do you remember back then?

[ they talked.... ]

[queenofkur]

Vaguely...

[ She doesn't want to admit it, but that hit had really done a number on her. She barely remembers what had happened in the following week. ]

It's a bit of a blur.