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[worksmart]

[The camera clicks on to an inner city river view completely devoid of people. It does, however, come with a cinematic voiceover.]

I actually grew up a bit further north, in Parkville.

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Yup. Snows more than I remember for this time of year.

[Chase does, enough not to pick up on whatever's in Angela's voice.]

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You really don't trust my catching.

[Background: a couple of gentle tosses and catches. He's being careful.]

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I'm not going to drop it, Angela.

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[a pause, and the low rumble of the globe being set to roll along the desk until it settles.]

It broke?

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Alright. [Which is, going by his tone, just another way of saying 'uhhh?'] What made you take against it?

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[Chase hadn't noticed: he lives next door, he doesn't monitor who along the hallway leaves for work every morning. But it's a quick enough guess.]

I take it you don't mean Scully. Again? She just got back.

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[Which is why he won't suggest that she could be back.]

You'll have to learn to be okay without her for a while. Or remember how it was when you were.

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I know Penny's gone.

[And he's been sad, but stoic about it and the implications for her. Something to deal with in the quiet of his own time.]

They've been slipping through the cracks a lot recently.