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[ Direct follow up to this post][Gabriel is in the park, sitting under a tree a slight distance from the path. He wants to be quiet, wants the headache to loosen up. Home isn't an option. The drone wife would only make it worse. Work... har har. He'd already had enough to drink, having finished off the bottle of bourbon an hour back, trying to

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[bustydefense]

Can you make it home?

[grey_of_heart]

I don't want to go home. Bloody drones, I can't look at them.

[bustydefense]

I don't want you to stay out here. Takashi is probably worried about you.

[grey_of_heart]

[Gabriel lifts his head to look across the street, squints against the harsh light. There's blood all down his chin, through his beard and staining his shirt.]

What do you think's in there?

[Referring to the building he's studying, the Police Station.]

[bustydefense]

[Mildly horrified, Mia tugs him upright and leans him against her, tugging at his shirt so she can make a bandage of some kind while looking for the source of the blood]

I don't know, but I intend to try to find out.

[grey_of_heart]

[It's his nose, only his nose. Everything else is fine. Which means it's a very good nosebleed.]

So do I... someone else doesn't want us to...

[He leans against her. If his head didn't feel as if it were splitting in half, he might enjoy it.]

[bustydefense]

[As soon as she's figured that out, she's not going to bother to ask if she can use his shirt to mop up the blood]

That's how this happened?

[The hospital. She needs to get him to the hospital.]

[grey_of_heart]

[He will heartily object.]

I was curious... then Grady happened.

[Gabriel's chuckle is like gravel.]

[bustydefense]

What did he do?