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Mar. 1st, 2012 01:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
itwasjustified[ "I really need you to tell me exactly what the hell is goin' on." ]
Raylan wakes in a vacuum.
He lets his eyes adjust to the darkness, and takes silent stock of himself.
He's in an unfamiliar bed, in an unfamiliar room. These sweats aren't his. His head feels like a bag of cotton balls left to dry-rot in Death Valley, and the rest of him is hardly any better.
He has no idea where his boots are, let alone his gun.
He gets up, keeping his movements slow and quiet, but the bed creaks in spite of his efforts.
A few long minutes later, he limps out of the bedroom, and shuffles toward the unmistakable smell of coffee.
Raylan wakes in a vacuum.
He lets his eyes adjust to the darkness, and takes silent stock of himself.
He's in an unfamiliar bed, in an unfamiliar room. These sweats aren't his. His head feels like a bag of cotton balls left to dry-rot in Death Valley, and the rest of him is hardly any better.
He has no idea where his boots are, let alone his gun.
He gets up, keeping his movements slow and quiet, but the bed creaks in spite of his efforts.
A few long minutes later, he limps out of the bedroom, and shuffles toward the unmistakable smell of coffee.
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Date: 2012-03-23 05:57 pm (UTC)"How are you any better prepared to walk in there than I am?"
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Date: 2012-03-23 06:42 pm (UTC)"Because I'm a cop."
He's firm and blunt about it, because he has to be.
"I've got the trainin' an' the experience here, an' in Milliways that you don't."
no subject
Date: 2012-03-23 06:47 pm (UTC)"That's not fair, Bill. You walk in there the same way I do, without any kind of magic or special powers. All bets are off for both of us, badge or no badge."
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Date: 2012-03-23 08:49 pm (UTC)And protective.
"All I want to do is assess the situation first, an' all I'm askin' is for you to give me the chance t'do that before you do anything."
If it's too dangerous he'll of course keep her out, but he understands how much she has in Milliways, and how hard it is not knowing what's going on there.
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Date: 2012-03-24 01:15 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2012-03-24 01:54 am (UTC)"I'd order if I thought you'd listen, so I guess I'm askin'."
no subject
Date: 2012-03-24 02:02 am (UTC)"Thank you."
no subject
Date: 2012-03-24 02:06 am (UTC)"So what're you gonna do?"
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Date: 2012-03-24 02:14 am (UTC)She licks her lips, her eyes never leaving Bill's.
"Play it by ear."