Is he really talking to himself...?

[what_hammer]

"Really, how difficult can it be to find an Exorcist here? Though I suppose a Noah would do just as well. Perhaps even better, come to think of it

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[hammer_echo]

Aww c'mon, Junior. There are Exorcists everywhere, yeah.

[what_hammer]

[He stops and regards Lavi intently for several seconds]

I'm not sure if you're the last person I want to see right now, or the first...? How have you been?

[hammer_echo]

Besides waitin' fer this agin' effect t'wear off, good. Pretty good, yeah.

[Blinks] But why ya lookin' fer a Noah?

[what_hammer]

We need to have a serious discussion quite soon. You, me, my Apprentice... Though there's something that needs to be dealt with first.

[Studies Lavi more and composes his expression a little better, then slowly puts on a smile] You would certainly be an interesting person to discuss it with... yeah?

[hammer_echo]

Uh, sure. Though the way ya said "interestin'" was kinda creepy there, yeah. Ya been practicin' in front of a mirror or somethin'?

[what_hammer]

Mirrors? That would be interesting too... I'm very curious about what you would do. Soon it will be a moot point and I'll have to trust you anyway. Either that, or toss the damned thing on a table somewhere and leave it to fate to decide.

[hammer_echo]

Can we step back just a little bit? T'yanno the part where I actually understand what yer talkin' 'bout.

[what_hammer]

I wonder if you've ever seen me do this trick...? [Junior carefully pulls his eight-inch-baton Innocence from its forearm holster. With a quiet look of tense concentration he spins it around his fingers in a whirling pattern.]

[hammer_echo]

[Laughs] I thought yer last trick was more impressive.

[what_hammer]

[Junior catches it in his palm. Lavi can probably see the blistering burns all over his hand, and might even see the tiny wisps of smoke wafting up from it now.]

Yes, it was, wasn't it? Too bad I can't do it anymore.

[hammer_echo]

[Grabs for the Innocence. Burning skin. Not good. Not good.]

What the heck happened?

[what_hammer]

[snatches it away from him and wags the other finger back and forth with a grin] Uh uh uh! No need to get greedy...

[hammer_echo]

But but... yer hand. Junior, that's a bad sign. A real bad sign. At least drop it o' bundle it up o' somethin'...

[what_hammer]

Oh, you noticed that, did you? I hope it heals. I've read that as long as it still hurts, a burn won't cause permanent scarring...

[hammer_echo]

Junior. Gimme yer Innocence. Please. It's hurtin' ya.

[what_hammer]

But it's MINE! Ah, but it's already been taken away from me.

[Junior grins fiercely, and the expression turns into a grimace as he tightens his fist around the baton... and it shatters, leaving a fragment of raw Innocence in his palm. Jr smiles beatifically and flips his hand, then he watches it start to spin slowly on the tip of his index finger.]