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[dendarii]

"This is Miles. Leave a message and I'll respond to you at my earliest convenience."

The line has gone silent; any messages sent to this name only return an error.

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[rathercommon]

[ Ring ring ring! As soon as Miles picks up, Kitty will bite out at him, with her best I'm Very Angry And Outraged voice: ]

How about you leave off Gregor, huh?

[dendarii]

[ Miles has to work so hard to keep his own response angry and not excited. ]

Rushing to his defense? How ironic, given what you're dragging him into.

[rathercommon]

Oh, please.

[ She sniffs. ]

Why do you assume I dragged him in? Honestly, I think it might have been his idea first.

[dendarii]

Because he has your bite marks.

[rathercommon]

He does, yeah. Doesn't mean he's not my intellectual equal, and my equal in revolutionary fervor, even if I do end up on top most of the time.

[dendarii]

[ Damn, Kitty. He almost wishes Gregor were really dating her. Almost. ]

Are you calling to gloat, Kitty Jones?

[rathercommon]

[ Oh, good. She'd been half afraid Miles would end up offended over that. After all, she did have those early suspicions that Miles was interested-interested... ]

No. I'm calling to tell you to leave off. The Seminar is over now, isn't it? So it's time.

[dendarii]

[ Ha. Haha. Best not pull at that thread just yet unless one wants a new sweater. Miles stops at that, breath catching despite himself. ]

Time? To do what? Go back with your new Russian friends?

[rathercommon]

Oh, no, not yet. They're here to stay. Time for you to decide. Time for you to act. You can join us, you know.

[dendarii]

Never.

[ He's already keying up his side of the link, ready and waiting for Gregor's input. ]

[rathercommon]

[ Message received, it sounds like. So now she turns to shooting the shit. ]

So short sighted. It'd make Greg happy to have his friend back, you know.

[dendarii]

I've never left. He's the one who needs to come back.

[ A pang of real pain in his voice at that. Dammit, Gregor, come home safely ... ]

[rathercommon]

All for America. Does your patriotism run that deep, Miles? To this idiotic country?

[dendarii]

They've at least got the right idea about freedom. And being rid of all the damn politics if you choose to be.

[rathercommon]

I wouldn't think you'd be afraid of politics. Taking up with a Vor lord and all.

[dendarii]

I like Greg because there's no politics. At least no more than what surrounds me.

[rathercommon]

It's really a pity.

[ And then a bit of truth. A bit of encouragement. Keep at it. ]

Greg adores you. Intensely.

[dendarii]

Does he? Even now?

[rathercommon]

Without faltering ever.

[dendarii]

Then I hope for his sake he's making the right decision.

[rathercommon]

[ Mockingly: ]

And what about me? You're not worried for me?

[dendarii]

Of course I'm worried for you.

[rathercommon]

Well, you don't show it!

[dendarii]

How would I do that exactly? And don't tell me to run off and join you, you know I can't.

[rathercommon]

Well, you could ask me how I'm doing.