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[backdated to morning!]

[Again, Dist wakes up in a great deal of pain. After he opens his eyes, however he notes that he's... back on his couch in the garage. The city didn't even see fit to put him in the bed inside. He sits up slowly, wincing at the pull on his back and testing his legs carefully. They're still torn up, but he can move them. He ventures outside after getting dressed, blinking up at the sky; it's a welcome sight after the horrible grey of the past week.

After a moment or two he notices the box on the ground, placed in front of the garage rather than the doorstep. The city is obviously back to its annoying sense of humor. He walks over to the box and kneels rather than bending. When he opens it he makes a delighted noise and grins, although the mouth motion makers him remember just how broken his jaw is.

He has his clothes back! EEE!

He scampers back into the garage to change before venturing outside again.]

Date: 2010-07-12 08:23 pm (UTC)
thenorthernwall: (Art Nouveau.)
From: [personal profile] thenorthernwall
Listen. Jecht said you wanted to learn how to fight. If he recommends you to me that way, even indirectly, you've got my attention. I don't have the time or energy to fight with you, and I may be asking favors of you soon. we ought to try to get along.

Date: 2010-07-12 08:31 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
Oh? I thought you didn't take that seriously.

[Yep. Still bitter.]

Date: 2010-07-12 09:07 pm (UTC)
thenorthernwall: (Get ready to die.)
From: [personal profile] thenorthernwall
...Don't be such a weakling. I was surprised. You have yet to prove anything to me.

But with that attitude, you can forget about me helping you.

Date: 2010-07-12 09:10 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
I don't need anyone's help. I never have and I never will.

[He's gotten his shirt on, finally, and moves on to his coat.]

Date: 2010-07-12 09:10 pm (UTC)
thenorthernwall: (Art Nouveau.)
From: [personal profile] thenorthernwall
Except Jecht, apparently.

Is this because I'm a woman?

Date: 2010-07-12 09:12 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
...Why would that make any difference?

[He avoids the other statement entirely.]

Date: 2010-07-12 09:15 pm (UTC)
thenorthernwall: (Default)
From: [personal profile] thenorthernwall
You're letting Jecht train you, aren't you? But I have a magic key to heal your injuries, and you won't let me do that. May, too, is female.

So?

Date: 2010-07-12 09:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
...I don't need him either. Maybe I won't let him teach me at all.

Date: 2010-07-12 09:32 pm (UTC)
thenorthernwall: (Default)
From: [personal profile] thenorthernwall
Satisfied with being weak, then?

Date: 2010-07-12 09:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
I'm not weak.

[He finishes pulling his coat on the normal way, rather than being careful with it the way he had with his shirt; it's excruciating, but he bites down on his tongue rather than cry out about it. He sets his jaw and glares when it's all said and done.]

Date: 2010-07-12 09:56 pm (UTC)
thenorthernwall: (Art Nouveau.)
From: [personal profile] thenorthernwall
Weaklings aren't allowed under my roof. Get out.

Date: 2010-07-12 10:00 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
I told you, I'm not weak! I don't need help!

Date: 2010-07-12 10:01 pm (UTC)
thenorthernwall: (And truth be told.)
From: [personal profile] thenorthernwall
You're in pain. You're damaged. You couldn't take me down right now even if you tried.

Date: 2010-07-12 10:04 pm (UTC)
thenorthernwall: (Beneath the surface...)
From: [personal profile] thenorthernwall
Refusing help from others is also a sign of weakness.

Date: 2010-07-12 10:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
How is being able to take care of yourself weakness?

Date: 2010-07-13 12:28 am (UTC)
thenorthernwall: (Impressive...ly boring.)
From: [personal profile] thenorthernwall
You're injured and forcing yourself to deal with it rather than--more helpfully to everyone--getting it fixed. That's foolishness and weakness in the form of overblown pride. Even I ask for assistance.

Date: 2010-07-13 12:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
[Dist turns away from her and fastens his jacket; it's even more effective than usual because he finally has his coat with the collar on it, which helps with that barrier.]

Whatever.

Date: 2010-07-13 01:01 am (UTC)
thenorthernwall: (Default)
From: [personal profile] thenorthernwall
If you're not gone in a few hours, I'm throwing you out. I have something I need to attend to.

Date: 2010-07-13 01:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
Well, I don't need your house either, or your attitude. I'll find someplace better.

[He still doesn't turn around.]

Date: 2010-07-13 01:09 am (UTC)
thenorthernwall: (Default)
From: [personal profile] thenorthernwall
...I'll see what I can do about helping you get out, then.

[...SIGH. She tried to help you, Dist.]

Date: 2010-07-13 01:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
[Dist whirls on her.]

Didn't you hear me? I said I didn't need your help! Or Jecht's, or anyone else's! I take care of myself!

Date: 2010-07-13 01:18 am (UTC)
thenorthernwall: (Default)
From: [personal profile] thenorthernwall
Then take care of yourself somewhere else!

Date: 2010-07-13 01:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
I will!

[He storms across the garage and bends, grabbing the bottom of the garage door and hauling it up... and then he screams.]

Date: 2010-07-13 01:23 am (UTC)
thenorthernwall: (/.O)
From: [personal profile] thenorthernwall
What the hell?

Date: 2010-07-13 01:24 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
[Dist doesn't even hear her speak; he's shaking and he sinks to the ground, trying to ignore the sudden tear of pain across his back. He honestly can't tell if it's finally bleeding or not.]

Date: 2010-07-13 01:28 am (UTC)
thenorthernwall: (Get ready to die.)
From: [personal profile] thenorthernwall
Idiot... [She walks up and looks him over. She can smell the blood, if not see it seeping through to his coat.] I'll go get May.

Date: 2010-07-13 01:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
[Dammit, he can't even leave properly. He moves to take his coat off, grateful that it's zippered rather than buttoned so his hands have to do less work. Getting it off is slow work, but he doesn't want it getting bloody if he can help it. The shirt is less important.]

It'll close.

[The protest is weak, though.]

Date: 2010-07-13 01:37 am (UTC)
thenorthernwall: (Default)
From: [personal profile] thenorthernwall
You're--hn.

[Aaaand she goes to get May.]

Date: 2010-07-13 01:53 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] buildstherobots.livejournal.com
[Whenever they get back, Dist will have fled the garage, taking his clothes and a few other items with him. The Kaiser is still in the yard; he will doubtlessly be retrieving it at a later time.

It's amazing the idiot's managed to live a full thirty-five years.]
Edited Date: 2010-07-13 06:34 pm (UTC)

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