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EVERLIGHT, ROOM 014
codename: HOT STUFF
civilian name / occupation: zachary costas / firefighter

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Cubes about the size of your thumb.

[ the first knuckle anyway, wiggling hers for demonstration. ]

I think I would be too, if someone I thought was dead suddenly turned up at my doorstep. I'm really glad you found her though! Stories like that should have a happy ending, even if they aren't as common as I'd like. At least where I'm from.

[ bittersweet is as best they get, sometimes. most of the time. it's nice that in comparison, so many of her friends get exactly what they're hoping for... genuinely, because malkuth isn't a jealous person by nature. ]

thank

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I see. All right.

[ it's a little awkward at first, mainly because he's someone who has never had to work in a kitchen his entire life and it shows. but he does his best, which means the cubes are kind of uneven and maybe a little lopsided, but serviceable. he hopes. ]

Thank you. I'm glad I found her, too. It was... cathartic, in some ways, to be able to speak to her in person. There's still much work to be done, but, well. [ he thinks of her code name. one step forward. sometimes one step is better than nothing at all. sometimes it's all you need. ] I'm getting there.

[ little does he know that much, much later, all of that work would be undone. fate works in mysterious ways. but he'll cross that bridge when he gets to it. bittersweet is as best they get. ]