[Jinx is sitting on the couch in her living room. The girl's definitely not as happy nor as lively as she used to be, but she's less depressed and trying to put on a good face. That wine glass in her hand probably has something to do with her talkative mood. It's a start, at least.]
You stop getting homesick after a while. Of course there's still
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[Oh good. Shadow God didn't kill you.]
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It's tradition.
[And since he has Aslan back he almost doesn't look like the son who just got beat down by the one person he...uh well. Lots of Feeling for God, ok. Most of them are way beyond hate.]
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So is manischewitz but I don't drink it.
[Yay Aslan?]
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[...Kids are driving him to drink this month.]
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He's going to have to deal with Gabriel, and he's not looking forward to it. But now he finally knows who was the most likely person to help Chuck trap him.
His own brother, or his brother's whore. Big surprise, really. It's not the first time he feels Gabriel has betrayed him.]
It turns out I may have a mouth to feed for a while. I thought I'd knock two birds with one rock, so: how could I go about getting a job at SERO?
Oh. And foregoing manischewitz is a sin in nine countries. I thought you'd want to know.
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What kind of job would you like? I know a few who are hiring.
[He tries to respond flippantly but. He's not feeling it.]
I'll worry about that one when I figure out what to do with the millions of bodies to my name.
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Any. I'm multi-talented, you see, and Michael is the breadwinner for our household. I can't let him carry all the weight of unnecessary cash.
[But at Magneto's reply his smirk disappears, and his tone is a little wry and bitter.]
Well, I still have you beat. By a lot. [So many angels--names he knew personally, brothers he tutored--are dead because of him.]
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Any hours you prefer to work?
[He's still shaken from Shadow!God on his TV. Which was triggering on a lot of levels. Which is there in his eyes, when he glances fully at the camera.]
I'm in good company then.
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[Clingy, clingy little brother.]
Better than you could be, yes. [And he, too, is thinking of the Shadow!God. He almost, almost brings it up...but it's too personal. Too soon.]
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[After this week? Makes sense.]
[He nods. There's a quiet, fretting look for a moment, jaw muscles ticcing, the corners of his mouth pulling like he is chewing on the inside of his lip, white brows knitting, before he pulls it back.] Far better than I have been in the past.
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I'll take that as a compliment.
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[He is to. Sitting idle isn't something he really can do.]
It was.
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