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// kovacs

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[kovach]

quit it.

[ figures she's going to worry about it just like she's worrying about everything else. ]

this isn't a favor. i help you, you help me. who else is gonna be stitching up my ass when i get it beat out there?

i'm gonna need you.

[naloxone]

[ it's like a slap on the wrist, honestly, it's the wake up call she needs. she has no doubt he could find more than enough capable people to patch him up should he need it but... it's not helping anyone (not her, not harlan) to refuse such help. ]

Already anticipating getting hurt? You don't believe in jinxing yourself, do you.

[kovach]

i'm still breathing, right? so, yeah, 10 out of 10 chance i'll get into some kind of fight at some point.

[ is it really jinxing himself if he already knows the pattern? ]

i was already figuring i could try some official investigative work out there. practically the kind of stuff i've been doing anyway. use it under the guise of luring out some local criminals while looking for the orb. wouldn't actually be a lie, so if you help me with that, you could go around asking more questions than you'd need to answer.

[naloxone]

[ she's reminded of the map of scars all over his body, making her wonder just how much of a magnet for trouble he actually is. ]

That's a good point... I'd probably do a lot better if the focus wasn't on me.

...Thank you, Kovacs. I feel a lot better.

[kovach]

[ it doesn't happen too often that someone actually thanks him. weirdly enough, it's a nice feeling, even if he wasn't looking for it. ]

don't sweat it.

you'll be fine. just worry about getting your good leather pants together, pack up some bandages, and i'll take care of the rest.

[naloxone]

[ yeeeeeah she's not really a leather pants kind of girl but. that's a different kind of problem, and one he doesn't need to be privy to. ]

Right. It'll be fine.

[ at the very least, she won't be alone. and that is, perhaps, the biggest shock of all. ]