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I’m not sure what you think is different. Unless I’m just not the same as your Apollo?

Sorry to disappoint you, but I don’t wear contacts.

You don't-.... (--feel like him. That same vibe. You're wrong, somehow.)

Y-you don't wear contacts? You mean that's your natural eye color?

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Oh, that’s what this is about?

… This is going to sound really weird, I know, but I was stuck in… something like a multidimensional vortex, about two years ago. It was a town where people got pulled in from other worlds and just dumped there. I got out, but I assume that’s where Trucy and Mr. Wright still are.

......

You're right, that sounds very strange. But this is the multiverse, so I guess I'm not really surprised to know that there are multiversal sinkholes out there. I'm glad you got out of there then, but...are they trapped? You're just working all alone? How long has that been going on?

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…behind his back and at a safe distance from his coat, even, doubly suspicious.

"What’s wrong indeed! It’s a thing that’s gonna go away if I stare at it long enough, my frieeend! So I’m tryin’ to keep it under lid until it does. Buuut lyin’ or omittin’ stuff to you lawyers seems to get harder by the day, so here we are. Lost a battle still fightin’ the war and all that jaaazz…"

Oops! She was over-analyzing again, but hey when important people are troubled you get to the root of it! Right? Not that he really looks like he wants to talk about it. She resolves to respect his privacy, however, and not open up the thought link any more than that surface emotional leak.

"Sorry! You go ahead and keep it under that lid, it's totally your right to do so. I didn't mean to pry, really... You're okay though, right?"

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I really think it’d be better if you didn’t.

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Nope, too late!

> [ Present ] > [ Evidence ] --> X

And just where are those losers??

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Scarier? What are you implying?

(I can’t remember the last time anyone’s called me scary. This is definitely an improvement.)

I’m sure it’s just you.

No, there's definitely something different--and I don't just mean those eyes.

Contacts maybe? Is it a new ploy to look more menacing in court to go along with your little horns?

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Would you look at that, a long-legged deer in headlights.

Cabanela remembers Athena’s incredible perceptiveness toward cover-ups and emotional rollercoasters, but she never got around to telling him the story behind it, and how does one lie through one’s teeth when one does not know what one is supposed to be shielding from what?

"As long as you’re here now! Well weeell, there’s gotta be some spark of competence hidden in the precinct, keep lookin’!"

"...."

Sorry Cabanela, when you're acting that strained there's no way she's not going to pick up on that inner turmoil. Is he always going to be like this when she bumps into him? What gives? Sparing a glance over her shoulder as if to make certain they're alone, she reaches to grab the hem of his coat and tug him quietly aside to where they are more out of the way.

"What's wrong?" she asks, her tone not unlike that of a babysitter maybe dealing with a little kid trying to hide his dirtied, scabbed hands behind his back.

#HEEEY BABY

DETECTIVE!

.... I wish I could yell that at you more often. All of these chumps we've been cycling through since Fulbright fell out have been a real lark.

Whatcha up to? I didn't mean to vanish for so long.

#BUDDY YOU'RE A BOY MAKE A BIG NOISE #PLAYIN IN THE STREET GONNA BE A BIG MAN SOMEDAY #tunes #Queen

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Is it just me, or do you look scarier than usual?

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we will rock you // queen

you got blood on your face you big disgrace wavin’ your banner all over the place

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Me? a Heterosexual? What kind of ridiculous accusation is this? What is this? What is

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you know that I’m no good

Thing about Cabanela is, he’s intense. Anyone capable of seeing past the smooth jazz surface should brace themselves as a general rule, and this festering mess obviously draws out his worst. Its ramifications run deep, with so many factors seemingly working in unison to negate any positive spin his confident and self-reliant nature may have tried to put on it. And did he ever try: there is simply nothing good about all that. No results, no heroic gestures, no agency whatsoever, MISSED HIS BIRTHDAY, inadequate support, all that crap with the body swap and yet more catastrophically inadequate support (while being forced to acknowledge that his hated counterpart had the most caring network around him), the list is long, too long.

But what’s up with Athena? Cabanela jumps to attention and focuses on his young friend, accepting her gesture but reciprocating by caressing her hands with his free one.

"Athena! What’s up, baby? It’s just you and me, it’s okay, it’s all okaaay…"

She seems startled by his voice, gazing up at him the perfect picture of confusion. She just can't seem to process why this is suddenly about her, not having realized at all that she was acting strangely. She watches him like a doe in headlights for a few minutes more before shaking her head. Of course. It's Widget who betrays her, chirping up in it's mechanical voice:

[Oh no.]

"I--! Sorry," at this point there's only one way to explain it without getting him needlessly worried about her, and that's the honest truth. "I'm going to tell you something a little weird, okay? Promise not to laugh?" ...as half-hearted as that request can get. They always laugh. Nick was the only one who didn't.

[BECAUSE I WAS CARELESS!]

And really, that’s all there is to it. His fault for letting himself be ambushed, his fault for not being able to fight back, his fault for being so scared of death that he survived for too long, his fault for failing to take into account little details like drawn-out torture, for not spending enough time going over the plan’s details with Sissel, for all this leading to an inefficient ghost infiltration job. Everybody else was quite clear on the matter too. And it’s not like he cares for other people’s opinions, but you know.

"To break someone else."

It was never about him, which possibly burns even more. It was always about Nick, and his failure led to Nick’s downfall and the current mess he and Dani are in. Good job, Detective. Good job.

She winces, reaching hands up to her temples instinctively before dropping them just as quickly back to her side. It's almost as if she were experiencing a sudden pain--and there is pain involved, of a sort. She wanted to recoil but held her ground decently enough. Were she a few years younger and less experienced, she might not have been able to. It's just, his inner voice was so loud she probably could have heard it from miles away. Not to mention all the emotion radiating out of him, and snippets here and there of these dark thoughts, dark experiences, all tinged with residual guilt. She's shocked to be hit with so much so quickly. And is that something about...Nick?

She reaches to take one of his hands in both of hers, smoothing fingers over his knuckles and just holding it. The contact helps her focus those thoughts--but aside from that, the desire to make a comforting gesture was strong.

"That's awful..." To break someone else, he was a disposable prop. His own life was taken for the value someone else placed on it. And did he willingly put himself in danger? "Were you trying to protect someone?"