62 Near Disasters

[cal_sitter]

My brother is not himself today. If you see him, keep your distance.

Filtered to Robin//Unhackable

I'm going to need your help again.

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[ohrosalita]

He'll be fine after midnight, Niko. The whole city's two stops from crazy today.

[cal_sitter]

No, he won't. We've seen this before.

[ohrosalita]

Sure, we're all seen it before and it's always fine after midnight. People come back from the dead, the coach turns back into a pumpkin, it's one giant reset button.

[cal_sitter]

And most of them regret what has passed in the last twenty-four hours.

[ohrosalita]

Which is pretty pointless, but there are worse things than a few regrets. Play him some Edith Piaf. Get him a therapist.

[cal_sitter]

Therapy?

Rose, what's going on? You don't sound like yourself.

[ohrosalita]

Therapy. You know, there's this cognitive behaviour thing they do now that fixes your present without raking through your past at all. Or that's the idea.

Uh. Who do I sound like?

[cal_sitter]

Like someone who doesn't care about what's happening to her friends.

[ohrosalita]

I care. I mean, I'll help you look for him if you like. I just don't see the point in this... cycle.

[cal_sitter]

You're not going anywhere near him.

[ohrosalita]

What's the worst that could happen? Maybe he just needs a more positive kind of distraction.

[cal_sitter]

The worst involves you surviving whatever Darkling does to you. Keep away from him.

[ohrosalita]

I thought Darkling was smart?

[cal_sitter]

I'm not having this argument with you, Rose.

[ohrosalita]

All I'm saying is if he's smart and he knows what Cal knows about me? I'm not worried.

Think you'll find him? I'd guess he's not leaving a trail of breadcrumbs.

[cal_sitter]