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[needthepractice]

Beckett didn't consider herself much of a drinker to begin with - except in social situations, or when the case called for her to blend in. Here, on the island, there wasn't much else to do after the sun had gone down, though she often found excuses to stay late, to linger in the IPD office after everyone else had gone, finishing up on files that

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[ffyddlon]

"Late patrol. Thought I'd actually stumbled onto something for once," Gwen says, a gleam in her eye. She slumps into one of the chairs, though, and she's wearing a wry smirk. "Turns out it's just a kleptomaniac monkey, not an actual thief. I'd give anything to have a real case to sink my teeth into, even something mundane. What about you?"

[needthepractice]

"I know it's probably not easy," Beckett softly replied, looking over at the other woman. "To come from there and showing up here. Finding out you had a whole life here even beforehand and not having known about it. But I just want to tell you how much I admire you for everything you've taken in stride. It's pretty impressive."

[ffyddlon]

Gwen smiles at that, a proper and genuine one, and nods. It's been very hard to know she's walked this island before and been married, had friends. Very hard. It's easier when it's someone she didn't know before, like Beckett.

"Thanks. I just do what I can, I guess. I just hope it isn't too hard on the ones who knew me before."

[needthepractice]

"You know, I think - if they're your true friends, it shouldn't make a difference. At your core, you're still you, ultimately," Beckett replied, with an encouraging smile.

"And the people who really love you will be able to accept that their friend is back, regardless of what happened before."

[ffyddlon]

"I hope so," Gwen admits and it apparently bothers her a little more than she has ever really been aware of before. "It's just odd and I feel strange, not knowing these things about people that I apparently lived through. It's like some terrible movie on the telly."

[needthepractice]

"Well, I can guarantee you at least one thing: this is the first you I've ever known, and so far, I like her," Beckett declared, nodding encouragingly.

"And if you ever need a place to come and talk about all this - I can't promise I'll identify much, but I'm more than willing to hear you out."