4th Leap | It's Quiet without You

[notasidedick]

[A → Action; 630 Topper Street: Morning][Dick is doing his usual routine. Grabbing the milk from the door and pouring it out before he takes a quick shower and gets ready for work

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[a_gentle_boy]

[Lucas comes on down the street on his table, plodding away, keeping the area around him lit with the glow of his PSI. He doesn't seem to be in much of a hurry.

When he sees someone he recognizes sitting in the darkness, he waves a bit.]

[notasidedick]

[He waves back at the other. Oh right. He hasn't spoken to Lucas much. He's been busy.] Hey. Taking a walk of some kind?

[a_gentle_boy]

Hi.

[Lucas will direct the table a bit closer up the walkway.]

Sort of. It's nice to watch the stars at night sometimes... Is that what you were doing?

[notasidedick]

[He'll approach the other. Why not.]

You can say that I suppose. I guess I was just thinking a bit. It's hard to think inside, and it's a pretty good night.

[a_gentle_boy]

[Lucas pauses a little bit and turns off his light. It seemed like this was a conversation more suitable for the darkness.]

Thinking about something important?

[notasidedick]

I guess you can say important. [He runs a hand through his hair absentmindedly.]

Something unexpected happened, that's all.

[a_gentle_boy]

Unexpected?

[Lucas has a quick mind.]

...You've lost someone.

[notasidedick]

Lost would insinuate he's dead. I guess it works though. It would be hard to explain it otherwise.

[a_gentle_boy]

Well.

...I still like to think of it as them going home. Though it's still pretty hard. I'm sorry.

[notasidedick]

[He glances at the other before ruffling his hair a little.] Don't worry about it. I'm a big kid. I'm just being moody because I spilled coffee on myself.

[a_gentle_boy]

...

I might be a kid, too, but I'm not stupid, Mr. Dick.

[Lucas's expression is fake-petulant for a moment or two before he smiles.]

It'll be OK. ...It will.

[notasidedick]

I didn't say you were you know. You're putting words in my mouth now. You're a pretty bright kid I think.

[He laughs.] I know.

It's just something you don't usually expect until it happens.

[a_gentle_boy]

[Lucas turns a bit pink at the compliment, but otherwise doesn't comment on it.]

...Do you mind if I ask if it was someone you only met here or from home?

[notasidedick]

It was someone from home. Someone I admired and cared about.

[a_gentle_boy]

...Then, you know you'll be able to see them again, right? They'll be waiting for you to come home again.

[notasidedick]

I guess so. Not that version of him though. This place is strange about who they grab and from where. But I'll see him again.