A deal's a deal ((for nevertrustcrows

[chiron_survivor]

After speaking with Lichtenstein in the Nexus, Adia visits the library on her ship, currently grounded on New Caprica but still used for its lab facilities. The books are saved for posterity, but almost never used since everything is available electronically.

She finds a copy of Aging at the Molecular Level, but then it's time to work, and that evening she has plans with a man who she is just starting to think of as her boyfriend. He doesn't know about the Nexus -- nobody does.

The next day she is finally able to slip away again, and she returns to the Nexus, book in hand, looking for Lichtenstein.

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[chiron-survivor.livejournal.com]

"Okay." She smiles, sincere. She looks down at the runes surrounding the bench, most still intact. "Should I rub these out? Or is it okay to leave them there?"

[nevertrustcrows.livejournal.com]

"... To leave them here?" He actually laughs. Treasure it, Adia, it is a rare thing. "Definitely not! But I'll take care of them. You can go home if you like."

[chiron-survivor.livejournal.com]

"I don't know how this sort of thing works," Adia replies, a little defensively. But yes, it's best to leave it to the expert.

"Home... I guess that's what it is, now." She's not keen on leaving, but she'll be missed if she stays in the Nexus too long. She pulls out her PINpoint. "I'll see you around, then."

[nevertrustcrows.livejournal.com]

He's still somewhat amused, and a little intrigued, at the idea of necromancy runes being left in the Nexus of all places. Still she has a point, so he does his best not to smile at it.

When it comes to saying goodbye, he hesitates, wondering what he should do. A wave, a handshake, a pat on the back... he settles on a nod. "Until then."

[chiron-survivor.livejournal.com]

There's another one of those hesitations of his. She'd understand his dilemma if she knew. Goodbyes in the Nexus are strange. "Um, okay. Bye." She presses a button on her PINpoint and disappears.