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[animated]

I don't think so.

... Do we know what happened to those other two whack-jobs that jumped us?

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Guys're still on the lookout for them.

[ He pauses, then-- ]

I made a shitty call. Should've called the others for back-up.

[animated]

Maybe. Maybe not. You had no way of knowing that they had backup in that alley.

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Still-- I just-- Sorry. [ the corner of his mouth twitches a little in a rueful smile. ] Some of those fuckers seriously hate us.

[animated]

Yeah, I kind of figured.

[ a beat ] You can't go three feet without finding news footage or articles of that whole incident on Xandar, so I figured out the whole "I hate purple" thing a while ago, too.

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[ WELP. That's making him pause again. ]

Didn't think you'd notice that shit.

[animated]

I research. That's what I do. The name "Ronan" might have come up once or twice with the others, so I decided to look it up.

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Why not just ask?

[animated]

In case you haven't noticed, you all aren't exactly the most forthcoming group of people around.

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... Yeah. Fair enough.

What footage did you see?

[animated]

Somebody in the crowd had a camera of some kind, so it was crappy at best, but it got the point across. Big ol' black cloud and flashy purple lights everywhere.

I can't imagine what it was like to be in that thing, but I'm sure it wasn't fun.

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Putting it mildly.

[ he still dreams about it, in fact; sometimes no one is there to share it's power and he's blown asunder. Sometimes he's just stuck there in agony, screaming and begging for the pain to end, but it never does. Other times the stone has a will of its own, uses Peter as a vessel to kill and destroy.

He hates that one the most. ]

... Anything you wanted to know?

[animated]

Nothing you're not willing to share.

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I've told the story enough. [ most of it. He skips the unimaginable pain part, most of the time. ]

'Sides. You probably wanna know about the stone, right? [ he offers a small smile ] Bein' a nerd and all.

[animated]

Excuse you, since when am I a nerd? [ since always, Charlie ]

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[ guess who's got two thumbs and is giving Charlie the flattest of looks?

This guyyyyy. ]

[animated]

[ He just gives Peter a smirk ]

I can get the story later. We've got time, after all.

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Yeah, alright.

[ he smiles again, a little more genuinely this time. ]

You need to rest anyway, nerd.

[animated]

You can't tell, but I'm totally flipping you off right now.

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[ Peter only huffs out a breath and rolls his eyes; all the same, he stands and moves to kiss him. ]

Rest up and get better. I wanna get the hell out of here.

[ ~Romance~ ]

[animated]

It's touching, how much you care for me.

[ But he smiles, giving Peter a small nod ] You do the same.

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Yeah, yeah.

[ He takes up his post, sitting in the chair besides Charlie, flopped over on the edge of his bed. He rests his hand against his arm again. ]

Right here if you need me.

[animated]

Don't you have like, a bed of your own that you should be in?

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[ Guesssss who's pulling a face. ]

Really? You're gonna side with them?

[ Them being literally everyone ever. ]

[animated]

Peter. Sitting in that chair all day can't be good for you.

Go get some rest, I'm fine.