[Halo] This is not the tea break it was meant to be
Ten minutes. That was all he wanted, just ten minutes of quiet to drink his tea and perhaps read a chapter of a book without any fighting, yelling, complaining or weapon tossing going on around him. He had hoped his library might provide a safe haven, as few of the girls seemed to have any use of the space other then using it as temporary
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"Hey, G-man. Joining the Taxon club, huh? Good show," she said, only slightly mocking the Brit-deal.
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"Hello, Faith. Is that where we are?"
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"It is indeed. You complete the Scooby circle, too. Well, kind of," she said. "Willow's all different universe entirely I guess."
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"You and I did a little undercover work, actually. Taught me to be a proper English lady and everything," she smiled. She knew she wouldn't have the kind of trust she'd built with this Giles, and it made her a little sad but she wouldn't let it affect her. She would leave out the part where he and Buffy weren't getting along. Wasn't her business.
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It was possibly a pleasure to know that the tentative rapport he and Faith were building would continue in some fashion. "That sounds rather like I was Henry Higgins to your Eliza DoLittle. Hard to imagine."
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"The dude that can talk to animals? No," Faith corrected, only slightly frustrated. "I had to get into a prissy ass party and befriend this rogue slayer, take her down. There was...drama but I think it was cooling off. Buffy can fill you in, it's not really my thing."
She thought about anyone they had missed and shook her head. "Nobody but you Scoobs and me. There's a veggie vamp lurking around somewhere. Oh, and a slayer from the future, Melaka."
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"I'm sorry, that I had to ask you to do that. It's not a situation I'd ever want to be forced to ask another to enter." He could understand, though, why it might become necesary. Already he'd had a few uneasy nights, wondering about all the girls out there and how they were coping with the new-found power.
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"It wasn't completely altruistic on my part. You were going to get me out of the country, out of the life," she admitted. It was odd; now that she was in that situation, she couldn't help but want to return to her old life. Still, she kept quiet about the divide that had happened between Buffy and him.
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"Is there - that is, speaking over this thing is rather odd. Are you around here somewhere?"
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"I'm coming to you," she amended, seeing he wasn't far from her room in the Sanctuary. As she walked, she held the tablet in front of her. "Hate to break it to you, but you'll have to get the hang of these things eventually. Use them a lot around here..."
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"And suddenly I find myself withing for a nest of vampires or a fire breathing demon. That, at least, I'd know how to deal with."
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She moseyed on through the hallways and staircases until she finally saw him, looking very put out with this situation. Faith nodded in greeting and attached the tablet to her wrist, then she gave him a seedy grin. "Looking good, Giles."
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He was relieved to no longer have to address the tablet, and to get a better look at the woman. "You look... good too."
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"Hey, I can pick out a salad fork 'cause of you now," she says, as if it's something important.
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"A salad fork?" He's confused for a moment, as if he's missing a cue in a play. What's my line? "Ah yes, you said I had taught you some etiquette."
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