[The feed flickers on to a sideways view of the kitchen table, the PCD laying on the counter. The table is covered with a towel and Riza sits, cleaning her pistol. She takes it apart slowly, careful movements honed from years of experience.
After all of the pieces are laid out on the table, Riza moves to a drawer to get a rag, yawning on the way
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First Lieutenant?
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...No, I distinctly see eight legs.
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No, Lieutenant, count the parts of your handweapon. Or. Step on it.
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...Hm.
[Yeah. She's starting to feel really stupid now.]
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It's okay, Lieutenant.
Been happenin' to the best of us. I thought I saw So- ...some body too today.
We'll get through it.
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[She picks up the discarded gun part and sits back at the table, dropping her head into her hands.]
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Well, at least maybe even go lay down n'relax? Tell the colonel he's gotta make his own Coffee.
[He smiles at the last bit of the line, he's joking of course, because he knows she does it because she's kind. ..she's always been so kind in her own way.]
We'll get through it, Lieutenant. Promise. Havoc's can't make a promise unless we can keep it.
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Yes, well he's stubborn. You know that.
[Gun completed, she sighs softly before answering.]
Thank you, Havoc.
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[Her words of thanks rip him from his silent worship.]
Ah h-hey no problem, Lieutenant. We're still a team after all.
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We are.
How is your house coming along?
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Its uh.. It's coming along. There's a few leaks in the upstairs area. I'll patch 'em up tomorrow probably. ...Or maybe after this whole sleep thing wraps itself up.
H-how's stuff around there, Li-Lieutenant?
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Not quite the same, considering the event. But nothing too out of the ordinary has happened. Let's hope it stays that way.
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[He nods his head]
Well .. I'm not too far away, Lieutenant. Even if ... [he takes a breath to steady himself.] ..You just need some company if the Colonel is out or.. or something. I don't mind the exercise t'come see you.
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Ah...thank you, Havoc. I'll remember that.
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