She's got two identical safes now, flanking the bed at the warehouse where she sleeps sometimes. Eliot helped her move them in, since he already knew about the place. Parker the original doesn't really live there anyway, but Parker 2000 lives there most of the time. It's maybe what Hardison calls a placeholder, and Parker's glad she can make that connection with his job. The way he connected with hers, to make the little green machine he named after her and she named after him. That might be cool. Parker isn't sure what it means. Not really, even after he explained and she told him she loved it because he looked so hurt. But it's cute, like him, and makes a lot of noise, the way he does. It's not very sneaky, like him, and not at all like her. She visits sometimes. She wouldn't want it to get lonely or bored. The little placeholder doesn't eat or climb, but it likes to race, so it gets one safe and Parker takes the other, and they're both Parker Alec said, so maybe it doesn't matter who wins. But it does, and she does, sometimes. More often lately. Maybe it's bored. Maybe she should take it out on a job. Maybe Hardison could talk to it and teach it something new. But it has its own place now. It can't have hers.
The way he connected with hers, to make the little green machine he named after her and she named after him. That might be cool. Parker isn't sure what it means. Not really, even after he explained and she told him she loved it because he looked so hurt. But it's cute, like him, and makes a lot of noise, the way he does. It's not very sneaky, like him, and not at all like her.
She visits sometimes. She wouldn't want it to get lonely or bored. The little placeholder doesn't eat or climb, but it likes to race, so it gets one safe and Parker takes the other, and they're both Parker Alec said, so maybe it doesn't matter who wins. But it does, and she does, sometimes. More often lately. Maybe it's bored. Maybe she should take it out on a job. Maybe Hardison could talk to it and teach it something new.
But it has its own place now. It can't have hers.
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