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Coming from here.]Luckily, they were at the far end of the hall and could back away from the fight now taking place in the hallway outside the patient blocks. Tyler kept casting backwards glances over his shoulder as he and Reid fled. As they dashed to a safe distance down into the main stretch of hall, he finally had to slow and stop, feeling
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Surprisingly, the main hallway wasn't very busy. Maybe everyone was flooding upstairs? Kimbley shrugged and leaned against the wall near the Sun Room's doors, not hearing anything from inside but not doubting that there was something in there.
He'd wait here, just like he'd promised.
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"So, you're basically a physical manifestation of power?" Roy asked Knives as they exited the patient block and headed toward the entrance to the Sun Room. It was an interesting concept, especially for an alchemist. If that was the case, he wondered if Knives would be able to be transmuted. He wouldn't dare trying it with his powers weakened, but it was something to think about.
He caught sight of Kimbley up ahead and immediately moved away from Knives. While using him for support had made their trip go much faster, he didn't want the other alchemist taking note of his weakened state. He straightened, doing his best not to let his body language betray his fatigue.
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Kimbley had been nearly on the verge of a nap when Roy arrived. He opened his eyes and took stock of his dear friend, then the man standing behind him. So Roy didn't care if the rest of the institute knew who he was going to owe a favor to? They hadn't specifically stated 'meet alone', but it seemed like the cliche thing to do. (Not that Kimbley had anybody to drag along with him, anyway.)
"Too scared to go with me alone?" he asked anyway, shifting away from the wall and glancing at the doors to the Sun Room. "You took long enough. Let's go before someone beats us to it."
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"I had some matters to take care of. And he had no one else to go with," Roy offered by way of explanation, not sure why he took the time to justify himself in the first place. As for being beat to it, Roy got the feeling that that couldn't be avoided at this point, considering the delay. It wasn't like it was his fault that transmutations took longer than they should here.
"Beat us to what, exactly?" he asked. Kimbley hadn't said much about what he had seen in the basement beyond showing him the wounds he had sustained -- Roy would like to know a bit more than that, but he doubted Kimbley would be forthcoming with information. That would defeat the purpose of showing Roy the way, after all.
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He wasn't expecting an affirmative answer; after all, he was supposed to be leading this little expedition. Still, this meant that he was at the forefront of any danger that might lash out at them, provided it wasn't already distracted. Kimbley pulled the door open a bit and watched Roy and their silent blond guest.
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When asked to go first, Roy almost balked. He was the weakest out of the three at the moment, but he didn't want Kimbley aware of that. He didn't see much of a way of getting out of taking the lead, other than implying that Kimbley was too scared to do it himself.
But that would just waste time. Sending the other alchemist a quick glare, he inwardly sighed and headed through the door into the Sun Room.
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