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[Fuck. Stop being so easy to talk to. And sharp. It's like talking to a cop.]

Legends say necromancers can control all undead.

[Well stop being so interesting!]

Well that's handy. If it's true.

[He doesn't actually mean 'handy'. She says 'legends' which implies she hasn't tried it. Anita is not the sort of person who runs around controlling people, and that's one reason he likes her.]

I'm curious what Dracula has to say now. If there's some sort of pattern to necromancers across the worlds, like there are other similarities.

[Oh buddy, did you miss out on a doozy of a memory, during the flood.]

He already knows. He found it interesting, but he's not gushing about it.

[You showed him that trump card? Anita, you have a bona fide vampire friend.]

I suppose if he isn't threatened by it that's something. Then again, he doesn't seem the type to be threatened by much.

[Don't you swear at her.]

No, he really isn't.

[She knows some things about Vlad, that are his private business. She's much better at not sharing other people's secrets than her own.

That probably says a lot about her.]

I guess you don't get to be a bona fide legend if you get spooked easy.

The lawyer in me has a request: Record your conversations with Nadja.

Okay. How do I do that?

Your communicator can do it. [A quick rundown of the recording function, and how to back it up. Easy! Really!]

[Uuuugh.

She stops him several times, and makes him repeat himself. "What's an icon? I don't see anything like that. Nothing is happening."

She is so bad with technology. It's torturous to give her tech instructions over the phone.]

[Well this was the most aggravating half hour he's had in a while. He keeps his cool because that's his thing but Anita. ANITA.]

Now, to back it all up in case something...

You know what, why don't you bring it here and I'll set it up?

That's a great idea.

[She's already moving, because she wants this thing out if her damn hands before she smashes it.

She has take so many pictures of her forehead and hair. This madness needs to end.]

[When she gets there he gets it set up in a few minutes: one icon to hit record. Automatically backs up.

THERE.]

Do you have anyone you'd feel comfortable having access to the recordings? In case someone steals your device?

[They should have just done this in the first place.]

You.

[She answers faster than she's comfortable with, so she takes a second and thinks over anyone else.]

Pagan. Maybe William.

[Dracula floats in her head, but she rejects that idea. They get along, she might even go so far as to say she likes him. But he's a vampire. One who's going through some really relatable stuff, but still. She's a vampire hunter. They're bound to end up at odds eventually.

And that thought makes her suddenly sad. Which is confusing. She's frowning hard, as lot of thoughts run through her head.]

[Of those three options, the only one Lark trusts to use the information is himself, so. A small, grateful smile, and he programs it to save an extra copy to his own device.

But as he hands it back to her he notices her expression.]

What's wrong?

[She takes it, stuffing it in a pocket.]

Just thinking too hard. Thanks for this.

Of course.

[But he's still watching her, still attentive, still careful not to push.]

[Yeah, she's not gonna crack that easily, Lark.]

How's Alec?

After the flood? Hard to say. Have you spoken to him lately?

He got caught up in one of my memories. Just thought I'd ask after him.

He hasn't mentioned it. [Lark's tone says he doesn't expect Alec to; Alec keeps secrets, including other people's.]

Memory floods are always hard. But this one wasn't as bad as some of the others. It helps, I think, to be able to influence them.

How are you doing since it ended?

[She shrugs, slipping her hands into her pockets, and giving him blank face.]

I'm fine.

Mm. [Yeah that answers plenty.]

If it helps, we should have a port next. Room to get away from here, to decompress.

They let us off the ship?

[That seems pretty far fetched.]

Well, we get dragged back on board when the week is over. But yeah, and most ports are easygoing. You can shop, meet people. You'll need a warden to first let you off and then give you money. [It goes without saying that if Nadja won't Lark will, so he doesn't say it.]

Other than that, the week is up to you.

[He might want to say it. Anita has issues with reading subtly.]

Oh boy. The last thing I want is to ask my new groupie for anything.

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