There's no telltale hiss of opening hatches to signal Stephen's presence today. In its place, the distant clinking of glass coming closer, sounds slightly more tremulous as he navigates the obstacles of destruction on the final leg of climb up out of the safehouse - and then there he is, crate of salvaged glasses in arm, making his way through from out back.
All told he's given Nate maybe three minutes. Three minutes is better than none, and better also than too many more. Minds change fast when they're turbulent. ]
You made it.
[ As if there were any doubt that he could. Stephen passes him to set the crate down on the bartop next to Nate's empty glass. Then, despite all of his best intentions, he turns to take stock of any physical ways in which Nate could be better, hunting out the need for any care he may not have properly given himself in the aftermath of whatever not-fight it was that left Sam bruised and Nate smarting in an altogether different way. ]
No vampire muggings on the way over?
[ Humour, to lighten the load of the undoubtedly obvious checking-over. ]
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There's no telltale hiss of opening hatches to signal Stephen's presence today. In its place, the distant clinking of glass coming closer, sounds slightly more tremulous as he navigates the obstacles of destruction on the final leg of climb up out of the safehouse - and then there he is, crate of salvaged glasses in arm, making his way through from out back.
All told he's given Nate maybe three minutes. Three minutes is better than none, and better also than too many more. Minds change fast when they're turbulent. ]
You made it.
[ As if there were any doubt that he could. Stephen passes him to set the crate down on the bartop next to Nate's empty glass. Then, despite all of his best intentions, he turns to take stock of any physical ways in which Nate could be better, hunting out the need for any care he may not have properly given himself in the aftermath of whatever not-fight it was that left Sam bruised and Nate smarting in an altogether different way. ]
No vampire muggings on the way over?
[ Humour, to lighten the load of the undoubtedly obvious checking-over. ]