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[Well, it has been. And the response seems just as neutral, which doesn't give him anything to go off of in terms of what Reaper thinks about it. Physically, he lets out a breath, running a hand through his thinning hair.]

Well, if you ever feel like trying to show off to your princess, let me know.

[There. That's fair, right?]

Oh my god. [Flat and dry.

So very, very flat and dry.]

I'd rather spar just to keep us both in shape.

Look, I wasn't joking. [Not completely, anyway.] I'm assuming she knighted you for some reason, so if she know she can count on you to bail her out of something, so much the better.

But I'm fine without spectators. [Better, maybe. Two SEP going all out - their, ah, personal talents aside, could be a hell of a show and not always for the faint-of-heart.]

I don't think she's the type who would want to watch, Morrison. [Maybe in the old days he'd have wanted to put on a show, when the both of them were younger and it was all in fun. Let off a little steam, maybe, but then they'd still been friends.

Now was different.]

So am I.

[How do you shrug over emotional-thought-crystal? Well, 'Morrison' does. And this is where he can fall back on what part of it was a joke, not caring much any way or the other.

Except maybe, maybe, there's something else to it. Which he does see after a few moments, and broaches calmly;]

I'll tell Ana when we figure it out. [Implication; so if something happens again, she'll be ready. It's not a threat or a distrust, just being safe.

Right?]

Fine.

[Short, very short, with nothing else with it.

Could have been easy to take offence, to add 'I won't feed off your emotions again, I've got it under control.' in some snappish way but

nothing.]

[To which he'd point out that they're plenty capable of kicking each other's asses and that having someone they both trust on standby serves another purpose.

But he doesn't. Because he knows it's not just that, and he's just ignoring it. But he'll continue to go along with that, for now.]

Couple days?

[Someone one of them trusts, and it wasn't Reaper who did. Trusted the omnic more than he trusted Ana these days.

Hell, trusted a few people more than he trust Ana or Jack these days.

All of it goes unsaid, no bit of emotion going through.]

Couple days is fine with me.

Same place?

[He still let Ana take him to the warehouse.

He still listened to Ana when she told him to stay there.

Seems to 76 that there's some trust, there, or maybe something deeper but no less strong.]

Same place.

[And then, in perhaps a vain attempt to lighten the mood;]

Loser pays for the next night at the bar.