he's in the church, sitting here with his plant-- an orchid, with 'rosalie' written on the pot it's planted in-- and an open book on plant care, but he's not actually reading it. he's just looking at the page it's open to.]
[he saw the posters, but-- he's still visibly relieved to see him when he looks up, relaxing slightly. knowing he's okay is one thing. seeing him is another.]
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he's in the church, sitting here with his plant-- an orchid, with 'rosalie' written on the pot it's planted in-- and an open book on plant care, but he's not actually reading it. he's just looking at the page it's open to.]
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Lavi comes over, glancing at the orchid and the book and then at Mathis,]
Mathis.
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[he saw the posters, but-- he's still visibly relieved to see him when he looks up, relaxing slightly. knowing he's okay is one thing. seeing him is another.]
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Hey. [...] I'm sorry. About Mari.
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[boy if this doesn't make him want to move out for real]
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[waking up with only the three of them, and especially without lucas...
he couldn't.]
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You could move in with her. Totty did the same thing at our place, except his stuff still gets delivered to the theater.
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[he doesn't draw away. once lavi establishes that contact, he leans into him, actually.]
I can't wake up here with just the two of us.
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...Stay with Karlach tonight, yeah? Think she'll appreciate the company.
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[he spares a thought for whether it's all right, too, whether after what he's told lavi it might be inappropriate--
but at the moment, he finds he wants that contact and assurance more than he worries over it.]
...are you all right?
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...It's not getting any easier, but I'm still hanging in there.
I'll miss Mari. Tomi too. But I'm not feeling the loss as much as the others.
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[he admits quietly, with a slight shake of his head.]
We weren't especially close, though of course I'll still miss them, too... and it's difficult to see how much it hurts Rondo, to have lost her.
He was with us when we found her.
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...How bad is he?
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...he said they've never spent a Thursday night apart, until what happened last night. I've never seen him so...
[so broken by this.]
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...I should look for him too. I didn't realize they were so close.
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[he's pretty worried, too.]
I stayed with him a little while after we found her, but tomorrow is going to be hard for him, I think.
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grief is dangerous. he's seen stronger people fracture from it in so many different ways,]
We'll just have to do what we can. Help find the person responsible. We've got Tomi to worry about too.
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[he hates that it's just their usual now, but what can they do.]
Only two. We'll be all right.