FTEC -- August 17 -- Sunday.

[ecirpnellehada]

Well, she was no longer a bird. That was a good thing, Adah supposed, if it weren't for the fact that it was all terribly disorientating, this switching between different bodies with different balance points, not to mention the change in height and having to reacquaint herself with the possession of opposable thumbs, which, really, she'd never

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Front Desk -- Afternoon/Evening Shift -- 08/17.

[ecirpnellehada]

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[stupid_toasters]

So, the lack of raven pecking around him meant one of two things: 1) she'd gotten tired of him and hopped off or 2) she was back to human shaped and had walked off.

Lee hadn't seen anyone around swatting at a pecking bird so he guessed the second and checked her cabin first. No go there so now he was in the second most likely place.

Okay, so, she was human and looked okay and maybe he could make this a nice, pleasant visit.

[Still at work for awhile longer but wanted to ping in while I remembered.]

Re: Front Desk -- Afternoon/Evening Shift -- 08/17.

[ecirpnellehada]

Adah didn't bother looking up from the veterinary report she was reading regarding the diet of domesticated birds. "Figured you'd be sick of this place after last weekend," she muttered idly, slowly turning the page.

Re: Front Desk -- Afternoon/Evening Shift -- 08/17.

[stupid_toasters]

"I was here one day," he answered, making a face. "It wasn't like a second home or anything. Good to see you back in regular form."

Re: Front Desk -- Afternoon/Evening Shift -- 08/17.

[ecirpnellehada]

"It's good to be back in regular form," Adah agreed simply, but her attempt to be perfectly aloof and nonchalant broke slightly with a sigh. "I haven't decided if it was just a stroke of random luck, bad on my part but good on yours, that it happened, or simply that I had jinxed myself in admiring those Australian birds and pondering what it would be like to be one

Re: Front Desk -- Afternoon/Evening Shift -- 08/17.

[stupid_toasters]

"I'm completely fine," he answered, nodding. "I got used to all the pecking after awhile. It was almost comforting to wake up to pecks between my eyes. So, yes, I'm fine. And I'm glad you're back. The pecking might be nice to lose."

Re: Front Desk -- Afternoon/Evening Shift -- 08/17.

[ecirpnellehada]

Adah frowned a little as she struggled with the slight urge to apologize for the pecking, which she blamed on her conflicting feelings about being in her own skin. She was fairly certain she wasn't really sorry, though, considering that she wanted to throw a pen at him to make up for her current lack of beak.

"You deserved it, you know," she informed him firmly, reminding herself more than him. "Every peck. I don't know what happened and I'm not sure I care to know, but what I am sure of is the fact that, whatever it was, it was incredibly stupid of you."

Re: Front Desk -- Afternoon/Evening Shift -- 08/17.

[stupid_toasters]

He winced and said, "Whatever you say. I don't think it was stupid of me, it was a long time coming but you know, if you think I was stupid, you're not the only one."

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[ecirpnellehada]

After blinking a few times in response to that, Adah settled into staring at the Eel with a dull expression of surprise.

"And, somehow," she said, "the fact that I'm not alone in this assessment fails to make you think that perhaps there's truth in it?"

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[stupid_toasters]

"No, somehow, people telling me that I'm stupid all the time gets really old when that's all they focus on," Lee replied.

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[ecirpnellehada]

"Not even a week after the words 'I'll be careful' roll off your tongue, and you're in the clinic," Adah reminded him. "What the hell else am I supposed to focus on? Maybe if actually gave people something else to focus on, they'd start singing a different tune, but you can't just expect it to turn just because it's getting old, Lee."

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[stupid_toasters]

"So, I give you nothing else to focus on besides the fact that I'm stupid?" Lee asked. "All this time?"

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[ecirpnellehada]

Adah sighed, unable to help the small roll of her eyes as her good shoulder joined the sagging of her bad one. "Lately," she clarified. "Yes. Taking care of me in my recent altered state and toughing out a few harmless pecks is hardly going to make up for how...upset I am."

She struggled a little with those last few words. Although she said it, she knew that upset wasn't the right word. Hurt was. But she had trouble admitting when anyone really hurt her, even more so when it was him. And that it had been now.

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[stupid_toasters]

"All right." He rubbed his head and then took a breath. "I didn't think it would and I wasn't asking you to forget what happened. Do you wanna know what happened?"

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[ecirpnellehada]

"I told you," Adah said, intentionally firm because she worried that if she didn't think about it, her voice would have wavered, "I'm not sure if I want to know or not. I just really want you to realize how the whole thing looked from my point of view, finding out how I did, even, but I haven't exactly had a chance to say it until now. And I've certainly had time to think about it, and so it's not just the anger talking at this point."

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[stupid_toasters]

"Yeah, well, the reason it happened was a good one," he said. "And it probably needed to happen. I didn't think you'd find out on the radio. That was bad. But, I was fine. Am fine. Nothing permanently hurt."