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Megiddo squealed with indignity as soon as the water hit her, despite having done her best to mentally prepare for it. It was one thing to ask to be hosed down in freezing weather, and another to actually do it. Crossing her sodden arms, she watched as Lyngvi turned the hose on herself, and stomped her feet not out of impatience but because she hoped it might warm her up.

If they were really good citizens, they'd stick around and clean up, maybe hose down the patio, but her teeth had started to chatter when the youma initially splattered her and hadn't stopped since - Megiddo was too cold to be a good samaritan. Plus, it didn't seem like it was strong enough acid to compromise the structure of the building. At least, not now that it was so diluted. Plus, it was likely to freeze, which might hold off major effects for a while. She planned to be far away by the time it threatened to become a real issue.

"Do you ever," she asked Lyngvi through her shivers, "stop and ask yourself how much you are willing to put up with, and the answer is, not ******** this? Because. Hey. It was great to meet you, let's do this again, but I want to go home and take a bubble bath until feeling returns to my extremities. Cool? Cool."

"Me too," said Megiddo, deciding that, if it hadn't been clear before, Lyngvi was a woman with her priorities in order. "Hot bath. Lots of bubbles. Maybe some steel wool. I'd invite you over, but your hair is sort of too short for me to do anything with." That and Lygnvi was sort of old, even for Keren, who had the tendency to chase girls far more mature than herself. That, and she was maybe, kind of, sort of holding out for Gunn. For however long that resolve lasted. (Did Gunn even know she existed? Well, maybe not.)

"It was Megiddo of Saturn," she repeated, seriously ready to jump off a roof (but not in the suicidal way). "I got to Horizon Institute, so if you need to find me again, just lurk around there and you'll find me sooner or later. Probably."

If her teeth chattered any harder, they were going to break. She was certain of it.

"Okay," she declared, tossing off a salute that was not militarily accurate in the least. "I'm getting the ******** out of here before my tits freeze. See yah around."

And, because she really did not want to stand there any longer, no matter how good the company was, she made her point by leaping down into the goo-slick alley.