The air between them had thus far been fairly amiable, but clearly Aue's blunt honesty had been too much for the Mauvian, who got very quiet as he finished his beer. Even so, the senshi of lemons didn't bother trying to speak to change the mood, he was drinking. If Bob was bothered, that was on Bob, not Aue.

"I'll take your advice under consideration." With another, perhaps, there would have been subtext, some deeper meaning behind the words, but with Aue what he said was all there was. Bob wasn't incorrect: his viewpoint was quite grim...and it was likely that he had more worth than simply as an informant. Quartz had said much the same - it bore weight, and he absolutely planned to consider such things.

"Ja, next time, cat." Bob's wink was met with a quirk of a smile and the senshi raised his nearly-empty can to his temple in salute. After the Mauvian disappeared, he finished his beer, stomped the empty cans down, and left them neatly on the bench for the homeless guy to take; after a moment's thought, he left the remaining beers too - he could hear the guy nearby, knew he'd come to the bench as soon as Aue vacated it.

It was a nice gesture, one he usually wouldn't have engaged in...but he was pretty sure he should just go home to tinker, to think. That meant holding off on another beer just yet. "Things get more and more interesting..."

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