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Pen stilled as she came across Jarred. She knelt onto one knee checking his pulse and let out the breath that she'd been holding, her hand moving to brush up and through his dark hair. "You are my everything," She whispered, "you stupid man." She brushed her hand in his hair a few more times, a far more intimate act to her, than it would be to others.

She then picked up his empty bottle and set it aside, groaning slightly as she noted the other many empty bottles and the broken ones. "Jarred Shanra," she said in a slightly scolding tone, aware that she was likely the only one hearing the words "did I not ask you to avoid the alcohol in my recorded goodbye?" She shook her head, before using her gravity implant-which was working again thanks to Haldis- and carefully flipped him onto his back.

Pen had stood up and backed up a pace as Jarred began pulling himself off the floor and then found himself back on it. She didn't bother trying to explain right away, knowing he'd take it better when he wasn't drunk. She chuckled, pulling one of the stools off of him and setting it aside, before returning back and crouching down. She stared at him for a moment, then leaned forward, giving the side of his face a soft kiss, "I'm here."

Pen's arms crossed over her chest, the color in her eyes cooling to silver. "Clone? The hell I am. The stupid stone raised me, and regenerated the arm in the process. She didn't regenerate the braid though, " She said flicking the sawed off piece of braid still above her eye. "It's the same as when I died, a clone wouldn't have given that much attention to detail." Pen naturally assumed he'd seen the body. "You want more proof? I can tell you what was on the stupid com, when I said goodbye." Pen kept her stance, this time assuming Jarred had gotten the recording device.

Pen took a step towards him. "Honestly, Jarred, don't be ridiculous."

"The recording device, I gave it to Hattie before I died. It was supposed to be given to you. " She decided not to bother explaining the hair. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she pinned Jarred against the wall with a gravity pulse, to keep him down for a bit while she began confiscating bottles and returning them to the bar. "Sara, would you please keep the bar closed and locked. It's about time Jarred sobered up." Gautrine let him go as she placed the last of the bottles away. "Still think I'm a clone?" She asked, turning away from the bar to look at him.
(KAOT there yet?)

((Close. Access to the top floors is extra tight, and will require a bit more time. They've got a minute, tops, before the KAOT get to Vinod. I'm not sure how that'll go. By the by, would Haldis have messed with her cyber-ware at all? Restoring the factory settings or anything? I'm not talking about the wireless "Jarred controls it" stuff, that was physically changed previously, I believe. I'm just curious as to if the tech was reset like her body.))

((Cyber-ware? What cyber-ware? Her arm is completely human now. Wait, unless you were talking about the power-implants. Yeah, those are more or less just reset to factory settings and such.))

Gautrine's eyes were more silver than usual, though it wasn't from frustration. "You need to get cleaned up, Jarred, you're a mess." She reached a hand forward to smooth part of his hair, but paused halfway and pulled it back. It was the hand that should have been mechanical. "You haven't been eating either, have you?" Gautrine bit down on the inside of her cheek.

"Go take a shower, I'll go put together something for you to eat," She said turning around and heading towards the kitchen. "I mean it, Jarred. If you don't, I will throw you, fully clothed, into the bathtub. You know I'm good for it."

Gautrine moved into the kitchen and after shuffling around with pots for a moment sunk down to the kitchen floor, hidden slightly behind the kitchen island, her arms wrapping tight around her knees. Growing up in the Kore you learned one of two things: to never cry, or to do so quietly, and alone.