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that it did. I am glad I stayed the extra few months, but that doesn't mean I can't be grateful for a reprieve now.

( even a heartless man can appreciate a bit of a reprieve. it's a chance to recharge, and they all need that. )

if you won't take thanks, perhaps I can make it up to you some other way. dinner, maybe? ( he doesn't even realize how that sounds. just that it is normal to pay forward a kindness, and he'd really like to. )

[strictdiscipline]

[Of the many forms of payment she expects to hear, dinner isn't one of them. It's either exceptionally forward or exceptionally traditional and she can't quite place which it's meant to be. (The latter, hopefully.)

Her gut instinct is to demur, state that dinner's still a form of thanks, but her brain's quick to rationalize: as far as team-bonding exercises go dinner isn't half bad, and hadn't she just been saying that they all deserve a bit of a reprieve? With that said, she does toss out one loose condition:]

Only if you let me buy the drinks.

[Or dessert, whichever he prefers.]

[dishearten]

in that case I'm a strong fan of whiskey. ( he has no problem with that amendment, why should he? seems fair enough. he's not so fond of tradition that he sees something wrong with a woman buying him a drink. )

I'd hate to presume to do it soon, but if we don't, we'll likely be off on a new mission. when would suit you?

[strictdiscipline]

Whiskey it is.

[He brings up a point too - their stays in Oska have been brief at best, and if past missions are any indicator, any further downtime past Oska will be intermittent at best.

So:]

How about tomorrow?

[dishearten]

tomorrow, then. I can meet you at your room.

( back to the old fashioned nonsense, sorry Riza. )

[strictdiscipline]

[Ah.]

How about we meet by the dining room? It's not that far of a walk.

[She's a grown woman, she doesn't need an escort....]

[dishearten]

( good news... that doesn't bother him either... most things don't, but that is not the point! )

I'll see you there, then. I'm looking forward to it.

[strictdiscipline]

[Smh!! But ah, that's sweet.]

Tell Brother I say hello.

[dishearten]

( she can't hear it, but she nearly earned a chuckle. )

I will, if he doesn't find you first.
I'll be seeing you tomorrow.