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[slipperysoul]

[ Angel’s lingering by the angled late-day sunlight coming in through a dusty window of an abandoned warehouse when he turns on his NV, looking about as calm as can be for what he’s about to say. ]

Should have apologized weeks ago for what I did. Nobody should have been killed, I never wanted that to happen. Not here.

But how do you forgive part of who you are when you’re already condemned to hell. Absolution isn’t something i’m looking for anymore when there’s already nothing I can to do to stop the inevitable.

Saving the world doesn’t do anything when you’ve spent a few hundred years doing much worse. [ a beat, while he glances out towards the fading light. ] So what else is there?

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videojack.

[slipperysoul]

[ There's so much in between, so many things he should probably tell her about. Wolfram and Hart and Connor and... all the parts in between, but if she stays, they'll get there. Eventually. Right now he just kind of wants to make with the grabby hands, but he can't because they're on video and he's always hated these NV's. So impersonal. ]

Gives me one less reason to turn myself in.

videojack.

[ex_stakes70]

Gives me one more to make sure you don't land behind bars. You know I'd testify for you in a heartbeat, don't you? [ Yeah she kind of wants to make out right now but that would lead to badness so while she resents the NVs, for the moment she's also rather grateful for them. ]

videojack.

[slipperysoul]

I know. I need to get myself a lawyer before you can testify for me for anything, and i'm trying not to think about how ironic that is.

[ And before Angel does any major makeout sessions, he really should... probably eat something. It's been awhile. It's becoming a problem. ]

videojack.

[ex_stakes70]

Just know you're not alone in this. Not ever.

[ eat god dammit. ]

.. I wanna see you.

videojack.

[slipperysoul]

Well now that you're here I'm not.

[ He sticks his foot in the rays of fading sunlight, before pulling it back. Soon. ]

Where? The slums aren't exactly family friendly housing.

videojack.

[ex_stakes70]

Better than when I wasn't.

[ She sighs, shrugging. ] Anywhere? Preferably private? If there's a place that's easier for you to get to before the sun goes down, I'll go.

videojack.

[slipperysoul]

Where are you staying? Starter apartments?

videojack.

[ex_stakes70]

For now. Fred offered me a place, and - I'm still going to help out, I think, but... I'm not sure about moving in there just yet. She offered kinda before she knew who I was. And with everything... Dunno.

videojack.

[slipperysoul]

Give me... [ a quick look outside again. ] Half an hour. I'll be there.

videojack.

[ex_stakes70]

Meetcha halfway in between? It's kinda stuffy in here after awhile.

videojack.

[slipperysoul]

Sector eight -- keeps busy enough at night that people don't look too close.

videojack.

[ex_stakes70]

Got it. See you soon. [ Mirror finding is now. Not that he didn't just see her on video for ten straight minutes. ]

videojack.

[slipperysoul]

[ Aaand, disconnecting. ]