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With Karlach. It was just too strange here, for me.

[waking up with only the three of them, and especially without lucas...

he couldn't.]

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[he hesitates for a beat, before reaching over to squeeze Mathis's shoulder -- but slowly, in case Mathis wants to draw away,]

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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I might.

[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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[he thinks briefly whether or not this is fine, but. he's the one who reached out first so, he keeps his hand there]

...Stay with Karlach tonight, yeah? Think she'll appreciate the company.

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I probably will, yes.

[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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[at the question, he smiles -- a little wry,]

...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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Mm. It's... easier than it was last week, for me.

[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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[at that, he looks briefly surprised, and then concerned]

...How bad is he?

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Very.

...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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[he runs a hand through his hair, looking worried.]

...I should look for him too. I didn't realize they were so close.

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Neither did I... he's spoken of her fondly, but I had no idea.

[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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[...he's worried and wary, because it was one thing when Rondo had lost close friends last week, but to endure another week of the same?

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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Right. It's just... the same as always.

[he hates that it's just their usual now, but what can they do.]

Only two. We'll be all right.