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business to take care of.

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Are you planning on coming back?

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maybe.

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Laura

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what

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Are you okay?

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( there's a lot of dot-dot-dot typing bubbles, far too long considering the response he gets is just: )

no.

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Can I help?

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probably not.

logan is dead.

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( ah. )

he won't stay down long
he never does

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drowning is one of the few ways to keep us down, actually.

people said anyone comes back here, regardless of abilities.

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so, same as back on krakoa then
he'll come back anyway
not a big deal

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as what

1/2

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krakoa
home

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what's the last thing you remember?

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do we really have to do this right now?

i've been staying out of X business for a bit. dealing with some stuff with gabby.

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No
I'll catch you up later.

Call me if there's anything I can do

( explains her reaction to logan kicking it. hell, if he keeled over back home, julian's certain he'd be back up in no time. )

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sure.
i'll be at the gym. the place is wrecked.

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Do you mind if I come by?

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if you're going to help.

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I'll help.
It'll take me less time to pick up shit than it'll take you

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yes, it would.
okay. come down if you want.

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( he doesn't particularly want to come to the down, but he'll do it for her. )

On my way

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( she almost doesn't respond, because it's not exactly a secret that laura doesn't like texting and it doesn't really require one, but well. he doesn't have to go anywhere. certainly not right now, when the down is a miserable place to be, and he's doing it anyway. )

thank you.

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( he doesn't answer. because there's no point, when he's already opened the balcony door and jumped clear of the apartment, heading towards the down. if it was anyone else, he would have bitched and decided, fuck it, he's not going if he doesn't have to.

except it is laura so he goes, even if bitches to himself quietly on the way over.

the down is flooded, but julian doesn't really need to walk through it anyway; instead he hovers a good few inches above water level, green platform under his feet. when he gets into the gym, he--steps down onto the closest tall and dry object he can find, and takes a look around the gym. )

Laura?