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[ Someone's been noticing a pattern. Maybe not necessarily connected to the age fluctuations, but one never knows. Instead, she wrinkles her nose slightly. ]

Is it just me, or have people here become a good deal more...amorous, lately?

It's something in the water, isn't it.

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Guess who's the Chosen One where I come from.

[Oh, enjoy that slow smile, just deep in his voice. You get three guesses, but the first two don't count.]

[ You know what? She'll buy it. The universe just has a weird sense of humor that way, always sending the unexpected along to patch things up.

Tucker might be a lech, but that isn't to say he didn't do his home world some good. ]

Not really as much glamour to it as you'd like, is there?

[Well, by that sentence alone, he knew she was the real deal. Sure, the title was cool and it was awesome to say you were, but--]

They never tell you about all the ambassador shit. Meetings. Meeting people. Meeting boring people. I mean, sure, I got a cool sword and an even cooler kid, but they left out all the other stuff.

What about you?

The only part worse than meeting with the boring people is meeting with the boring people who are secretly working to screw everything over. Or the allies who suddenly decide you're more powerful than they're really comfortable with and can't you just go away now that you've solved all their problems?

They don't tell you that you don't get to sleep soundly anymore. That sometimes there are no right choices, and when people get hurt or killed? You're the one who gets to revisit that in an endless loop whenever you're alone--

[ She sighs quietly, suddenly falling silent. This isn't what she meant to do, to turn this into some kind of pity party. Tucker didn't want to hear it, he had other things on his mind. Here she was dragging the subject somewhere far darker than she'd meant to. ]

--Sorry. Sort of got caught on a tangent there, didn't I?

[ There's a dry little chuckle, but it sounds a little tired, too. ]

[Well, shit; he wasn't expecting all that.

The silence stretched for a few moments, most because he wasn't sure if she was going to keep going, and he was more than happy to listen to her if she was. Chosen One problems, right? ]

No, it's okay. [Because he got it. People depending on you. People expecting these things from you that you don't even know what they were. The pressure of fucking worlds on you--]

So, what? Was it like grabbing a sword, an ancient prophecy, special birthmark, walked under the right waterfall at the lunar eclipse? How'd you get saddled with it?

That...is a long story.

And I feel like I'd need a drink to tell it properly.

Soooo...Chosen One date?

[At least it doesn't sound like a date-date when he said it, just something more like a let's get hammer and bitch about some shit date. A friend date.]

If you have to call it that.

[ But she sounds amused rather than annoyed. ]

...I think we could do that.

Well, what would you call it?

[Because now he's just curious. Really.]

Cool. Name the time and place and I'll be there with whatever beer I can find around this place.

I don't know. A conversation. A meeting? Not the boring kind, obviously.

Here. The coordinates for my...well. Habitat, I suppose.

Dude, why not just call it an ambassador meeting at this rate? Date sounds way better.

Got it! Your place. [And he's trying so hard not to make a joke, really, he is.] You free now?

I am.

Just follow the trail until you find the ruins. There's a campfire, so it should be easy to find.

Cool. On my way.

[Pause, then--]

Just so we're clear, clothes aren't optional, are they?

If you're committed to a cause, I'm not going to stop you.

So far, you're in the running as my favorite person here.

[Don't worry, he's coming clothed.]

You're sweet. Despite everything.

I'll be waiting.

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