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[ The Shade, in all his immortal wisdom, seems to be holding his comm away from his face, like he's peering at the screen, holding it as far away as he can, while he peers at it. Finally, he nods, before he starts speaking. ]

Now, now. We're settled in, yes? I thought it was very polite to even give us these fine homes, these jobs, even these fine...tattoos. [ A look from him, a curl of his lip. ] Makes it feel a little more permanent than our usual little trips.

But you know, it's so odd, I was so used to being allowed to go where I please, I heard of few restrictions, beyond the necessity of play along, and yet! Apparently, we're not welcome to leave the country, without first warning our benefactors that we're leaving.

[ He paused, before pulling a sheaf of paper out of seemingly nowhere, shadows lengthening behind him, before light seeps back into the room. He speaks, and it's very obvious he's reading straight from the paper. ]

It is not safe or recommended to travel abroad without government knowledge. Please note that your status will designate AWOL if travel without governmental knowledge becomes habitual.

So. That's a little controlling, is it not?

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[ He can... ]

Then perhaps you should save up, if you wanted to shop there.

[Well, she could but then she'd feel bad because a certain someone, Gilbert, has made her grow a bit of a conscious over the past year.]

Ugh, saving money. Shame money from back home didn't transfer.

Indeed.

Or our residences.

At least some things arrived.

[ See, this is why feeling bad is terrible, Kenzi. Shade isn't...exactly...good. ]

Eh, my place wasn't anything I care enough about for it to come over here too. [She gets to live with Gil and eat his cooking, that makes up for the loss of her apartment.

That's okay, Kenzi's not exactly good either.] Point.

I had two homes.

It's a tragedy. Both of them were far nicer than these places.

I'm used to space.

[Two homes, used to space and freedom. Shade is quickly becoming someone Kenzi will gladly schmooze up to in the future.]

Well that's a bummer. And I imagine, you seems like a man with excellent taste.

Of course I am.

[ The smile is on his face, and in his voice. ]

And I see you must have excellent taste as well.

Excellent and expensive. But those two go hand and hand most of the time.

Often, yes. Why not pay for quality?

Often I ask myself, why pay at all?

Oho. [ There's too much humor in his voice for him to be offended. ]

Sometimes I enjoy paying, but for some things, well, the long-dead will not be aching for riches.

True, true. A fact I could never get my roommate to understand. [While Bo's been a very good influence on Kenzi she's also a bit of a stick in the mud about something things.]

Well, not everyone can understand the allure. You'll just have to find like-minded individuals elsewhere.

Well, she ain't here so it's not exactly something I think about too much. [Except Gil doesn't like it either and he's now a roommate.]

No lingering thoughts for your friends who are no longer here?

I miss them but they was never here to begin with.

Mmm, yes, I understand the sentiment quite well.

It blows, man. But at least I'm finding out I can do just fine without them.

[While Bo is practically family that Kenzi can't stand being separated from she's been away almost as long as she's known her. After a while it became easier to go back to how things were before she met Bo.]

And that, I have found, is the most important thing. Establishing independence.

True enough. [That's one thing she's realized over the past year. She's become so dependent on Bo, but that's mostly because she's a normal human surrounded by superpowered Fae.]

But being independent here might not be as easy, huh?

Indeed not, especially when the government seems to think we need to be latched at their side.

How much trouble do you think we'd be in if we just told them to fuck off and did our own thing anyway?

That depends on how much power you feel you can exert.

[Oh, here comes the cocky attitude of hers.]

Psh, I'm a TKer it'd take turning my powers off to stop me and even then I'm a slippery thing.

And I am immortal, but it's never recommended to overstate yourself. You can always push more, but you can't revoke an action.

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