The street outside Luke's, Thursday afternoon

[tigerundercover]

So Raven hadn't been home since Tuesday morning. Since her shift at the music shop, she'd mostly been wandering around town in animal form, dodging squirrels and people alike and occasionally digging food out of trash cans or taking naps in trees. Living on her wits in town was different from doing it in the mountains -- she could get meat without

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[never_dull]

Hannibal was heading back home from his office, and paused when he saw her. "Ms Raven. Hello."

[tigerundercover]

Raven jumped, then flashed him what she hoped was a normal looking smile. "Doctor Lector. Sorry, was I in your way?"

[never_dull]

Hannibal smiled gently. "Not at all. I was simply pleased to see you and wanted to say hello. How are you doing?"

[tigerundercover]

Raven shrugged. "Okay, I guess. You know. Considering."

She wasn't sure how much Hannibal might know about what she'd been up to. Sure, he was apparently married to Jono, but that didn't mean that Jono had told him anything, right?

[age_of_the_geek]

"TA." Hardison ducked out of the diner, looking puzzled. "You forgot where the stairs to your place is?" he teased. "Or you an' Kathy plannin' on paintin' the exterior, too? I'mma tell you right now, I dunno if Eliot'll go for it."

Right. Because Eliot wasn't the biggest pushover on the planet when it came to them.

[tigerundercover]

"I'm pretty sure Mr. Spencer will let Kathy do whatever she wants," Raven said. It didn't come out as joking as it normally would.

[age_of_the_geek]

Nope and see Hardison's eyebrows go flying upwards. "You ain't terribly wrong," he said carefully. "I thought that was a good thing for tenants."

[tigerundercover]

Raven shrugged. "I've never actually rented anywhere before." She looked back up at the window. "Or I guess now."

She was leaning pretty heavily on the "maybe it's better if I never go back" side of things just this moment.