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[notwhoiwas]

I don't.

[There's not really anything else he needs to do immediately and while he might still be a little awkward about what to do in situations like this, he wouldn't have brought it up if he hadn't been willing to stay.]

[all_hart]

Ok. Want to watch a movie or something?

[He waves one hand at the pile of DVDs on the coffee table, then puts the egg on the couch, making sure it's comfortable.]

[notwhoiwas]

...Sure?

[He's not really going to be familiar with most of them, but it's something to do.]

Whatever you think is interesting.

[all_hart]

[Most of what he watches are documentaries.]

This one about rainforests is pretty cool.

[notwhoiwas]

We don't really have rainforests, back home.

[Which is to say, sure, he's up for watching it.]

[all_hart]

None? Really?

[He puts the DVD in the player and starts it up.]

[notwhoiwas]

None.  Most of the outlands were desert.  Or mountains.

[all_hart]

How'd that work? Don't you need trees to... breath and shit?

[notwhoiwas]

You don't need to have a rainforest to have trees.

[all_hart]

Oh. Do the mountains have trees?

[notwhoiwas]

Some of them, yes.

[all_hart]

Oh, that's good.

[He can't think of anything to say, so he just watches the movie.]

[citizendetective]

Hi! How are you doing?

[Her voice sounds a bit tired and drawn, but ultimately this is said in an ultra-friendly tone better reserved for catching up with an old friend than catching up with someone you briefly spoke to on the deck once.]

[all_hart]

Hi. I'm doing well. Heard you died recently, though. Are you all right?

[citizendetective]

I guess? It still feels kind of hard to say. It's definitely boring, though; I don't suppose you've changed your mind about sharing any of those cop stories?

[Just here shooting her shot.]

[all_hart]

[He sighs.]

I'm not telling you about the Lange case. Or anything too bad. But I guess I can tell you about some... more harmless shit.

[He worked homicide, none of it's going to be completely innocuous.]

[citizendetective]

Okay, sure; that's fine.

[all_hart]

OK, so there was this one case Rust and I had, in... 98, I think.

[He outlines a case wherein a man was found up in a tree, pantsless and dead, and turned out to have had an unfortunate night out that ended with an accidental death. Not great, but there's some humor.]

[citizendetective]

[And she is rapt.]

Oh, wow. The perils of alcoholism, right? How often do you guys tell that one at parties?

[all_hart]

Sometimes. It's gotten me drinks in more than a few bars.

[citizendetective]

So people giving you guys free drinks isn't just a trope? That actually happens?

[all_hart]

No, it actually happens. Less than you'd think, but people give us beers and shit.