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[originallutece]

I can't pay you particularly well yet, you realize.

[hannya]

Better than nothin'. It'll only be until we get back to Olympia, so don't sweat it too much.

[Better than being stranded in a new city with fuck all to do, anyway.

And god knows when they'll get back.]

[originallutece]

All right. Then we'll do it contractually: I'll hire you for specific ventures. I'd like to explore the Old City first, in . . . let's say two day's time.

[hannya]

Alright.

Uh, they ain't makin' you do research? Figured I'd be standin' around a lab or somethin'.

[originallutece]

They're not making me, but I am doing it, yes. But I have my off hours, and I'm not content to head back to a dingy little temporary home and while away the hours staring at the walls.

[hannya]

[This sounds slightly more like being an escort than a bodyguard, but the labs are probably already protected.

...Whatever. It's her contract.]

Fair enough. I don't like bein' bored either.

[originallutece]

Then I'll be certain you earn your keep before the night is out. I assume you can handle an opponent with weapons?

[hannya]

No problem.

[He doesn't sound boastful or even offended, more like she just asked him if he could water her plants while she was out of town than anything dangerous.]

You plannin' on gettin' into trouble?

[originallutece]

[THIS THREAD IS HIDEOUS NOW]

Not planning on it, no. But trouble tends to follow me, unfortunately.

[hannya]

[LOOK HE WON'T BE A WHORE he'll just question if that's what. She's looking for???]

This gotta do with that whole immortal thing?

[originallutece]

[HIDEOUS]

No. It's to do with the fact I'm blunt and unwilling to accommodate others, which results in a lot of bruised egos.

[hannya]

[That gets a laugh out of him, though it's quiet, not mocking.]

Then we oughta get along fine, doc.