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"Hey, Hart, yeah... It's me." He'd pushed himself up, making his way past the knight-- pointedly ignoring him, really. He held a hand down to his friend, waiting until Hartley had taken it so that he could pull his friend to his feet the second the stray cat had moved away from him.

"C'mere." He drew Hartley into his arms, giving him a firm squeeze in an attempt to reassure both of them that they were, indeed, very real. "Are you alright? That thing didn't hurt you, did it? s**t, Hart...."

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The knight shook his head, arms crossing over his chest as he remained standing off to the side for a moment. When they uncrossed he stooped down, making a soft noise to call Sumi over to him. "C'mere, Sum. Let's give them a chance to breathe and settle... We'll keep tabs on them and check in on them in a day or two?"

"We can get more ice cream." Not that he wanted to go anywhere but straight back to his flat. There was a damn good chance he wasn't going to want to go anywhere for a week, if not longer. Sure, that mentality might wear off. He might eventually come to terms with the fact that he was a freak and find a light and the end of a tunnel in regards to it. It could be an adventure....

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"Or we can just go home, order food and hope it counteracts whatever drugs someone must have slipped us in the grocery store." He murmured against Hartley's temple, squeezing him all the more tightly.

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"Doesn't look like either of them are ready for answers right now... And if you check in on them later you're not really leaving them, right? You might have better luck talking to the senshi when he's on his own anyways." He smirked as he reached up to steady Sumi as he stood, giving the small feline a gentle pat.

"You did good tonight, Sum. I think she'd be proud of you even if you hold off on the information dump."

His grip finally eased on the other man as he gently nudged him back. He let his eyes drift slowly over his friend, taking a quick mental assessment of him. If he squinted slightly he could see why the strange silhouette of the odd young man who'd been there moments ago looked so much like Hartley. s**t... If he'd turned into something else maybe Hart had as well? Maybe it really had ben him?

"We can go home. We just..."

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"Hold on. Just one thing before the two of you go." He turned so that he was looking at the two young men, giving Sumi a light scratch behind the ears. "Sumi... I know that Arsinoe and Corvus both have cell phones. Is that something you can hook our new friend up with before they leave, so you can follow up with them in a few days just to make sure they're alright?"

"It's dangerous to go alone," he muttered softly beneath his breath, relatively glad that his mind had stopped trying to make sense of everything and had somehow resorted back to video game humor. He shook his head, reaching out to lightly take Hartley by the hand that hadn't accepted the magical disappearing cellphone.

"Souvenirs for everyone... C'mon, let's get out of here." He watched the knight and cat with a bit of additional skepticism before tugging Hartley gently back in the direction of his flat.

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The Knight of Cosmos sighed softly, stooping down to collect the feline once more as he watched the two young men leave. "The page is going to be a stubborn one. Might have to check with Celsus on intervening there. You might have more luck with the senshi once his friend isn't around, though.... Ready to head home?"