As soon as you're born they make you feel small.
It's a lazy Sunday afternoon. Clearly, the thing to do today is sprawl out with a book somewhere comfortable. That's what Harvey Dent's doing -- he's in the common room of the Conrad, stretched out on a couch. He's got a bit of a pile of books beside him. Some are law books that he unearthed somewhere, some are fiction, and some are comics --
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She spies a familiar figure on one of the couches, and she moves over to say hello. The word doesn't quite leave her lips, however; as she rounds the couch to greet him, she sees Harvey's face is... not what it once was.
"I... whoa. Mr. Dent?"
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"Oh, hey. It's Rachel, right?" Yeah, as if he'd forget that name. "Uh. ...Yeah. This is what I used to look like."
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She perches on the coffee table in front of where he's seated. "I don't mean to get all up in your face--uh. I mean business. But... what happened? How did you--"
She doesn't want to say "get healed", because it's rude to imply he needed it before.
"Did someone help you?"
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Harvey hesitates a minute, then, not sure if he wants to tell her what exactly went on. Probably better not to, really. "It happened a couple weeks ago," he continues, giving Rachel a small smile.
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But he is taking some time to relax. With a book. In the common room. (He's even loosened his tie. This could be a sign the world is ending.)
"Ah ... Mr. Dent."
He hefts his book, lightly. It is nonfiction, and appears boring.
"Will I be disturbing you?"
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Harvey raises an eyebrow and regards him cautiously, then shakes his head.
"All I'm doing is reading," he says neutrally. "You won't be a bother." Though he's going to be keeping an eye on you, Jon. Don't worry about that.
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A smile crooks its way across his face, in fact, as he sinks down onto an adjacent chair-- not too nearby.
Not too nearby for comfort, anyway. It turns out that the title of Crane's book is, perhaps not surprisingly, In Cold Blood.
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"How are you finding Chicago?" Harvey says after a minute, glancing at Jonathan over the top of his book. If Crane's going to sit there, may as well talk to him. It can't hurt, right?
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It's one of those things that Isn't Done in her book. It's a little different here. No courtroom to be in, no case files to work on, no Mayor to harass. The options are a lot more limiting.
She's also planning on doing some reading, and once she spots him a smile lights up her face as she walks over to say hello. Her curiosity is piqued once she notices aside from law books there are comics. "Hi there."
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The same is true for Harvey -- he never had time to be lazy, back in Gotham. There was always something to do. But here, he can't practice law, like he'd like to -- he knows Twoface would have something to say about that. It's hard to be unbiased and reasonable when you're not entirely sane.
"What've you got there?"
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She sits in her favored armchair, shifting to a comfortable position. She hasn't slept much since the trial but that doesn't stop her from looking as motivated as she usually does.
"How've you been?"
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"What about you? Keeping busy and all that?"
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