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In the Little Town of Oblast

Locus

Lucas wasn't sure how he actually volunteered to do this errand for Lady, but he was pretty sure it had to do something with seeing Aleksy in such a state in the hospital. Not that the red-head had been upset about his condition, but when his visitor count included the werewolf, well...that was a little...sad.

He pushed into the flower store with intent to make as much of a nuisance of himself as he possibly could. Quite frankly, he owed Aleksy for the whole bullshit theft thing. "Lil Red, come out, come out wherever you are."

Locus

"I'll tell you where I'm not if you ask nice," said Aleksy as he bumped the door to the back room open. He had an armful of a potted plant, the whole thing riotously colorful and offensively rosy, and another armful of being in a sling. Physical therapy was not progressing nor even on the agenda for another three weeks; right now all he got to do was squeeze a stress ball fifteen times every so often. It sucked.

He had to stand on his tiptoes to put the plant down. "Wolfman," said Aleksy. "What is it you want?

Locus

A scoff returned the comment, pale eyes narrowing and critically watching the other maneuver with the plant. Lucas was close to chiding, but let it slip through his fingers; like with Thorne, it wasn't his place to lecture.

Approaching the red-head, he started to dig in one of his pockets. "Delivery from your sister. A locus." He assumed Aleksy would understand that better than he. His brows lifted in triumph as he found what he was looking for, pulling it out and handing it over.

It was a ring. Black titanium with a matte finish around the middle, dangling on chain. "She said I had to give you something of mine. Figured this was a better alternative than a fake arm."

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"And she can get to me, not you, so -- now she can, with that." Lucas clasped his hands behind his back, looking over Aleksy's face for any type of answer that could be given to what the ******** is going on.

If his brother could fly across the states to visit him in a day, why the hell couldn't she just go down to his workplace? He suspected it had to do with her time travel shindig - or what Sunny said, her being a child? - but he'd done his good deed for this lifetime, insofar as he was concerned.

Locus

Frowning, Lucas withdrew his cell phone and opened up the conversation he'd had with Lady, holding it out for Aleksy to see, much as he had while the red-head was in the hospital.

"She's talking about a boyfriend and work, do they offer those in the Otherworld?" He exhaled disapprovingly through his nose. "But if she can actually visit you now, you can ask her yourself, I guess. I haven't seen her since the shift and I don't know if I'll see her again, not even for the next shift."

Locus

The werewolf blinked at Aleksy, feeling like he missed something. "I came in good faith to bring you something so you can see her again." Lucas clicked the phone off and stuck it in his back pocket, bewildered. "I don't have a twin. I have siblings who are twins, but...I was just trying to help, Aleksy."

He paused, adding quietly, "I didn't know, she always seemed to come and go as she pleased. I'm sorry."

Locus

Mercer lying? Lady lying? Lucas had a good idea he was far in over his head. He had enough s**t to deal with his Pack and sorting out their role in the grand scheme of things that trying to deal with Aleksy's sudden upset seemed beyond him. His relationships with his siblings were, blessedly, far less complicated.

The werewolf frowned, gazing at the red-head in silence for a long moment, considering. Finally, he shook his head and backed up, turning to leave with a lift of his hand. "Hope you're healing satisfactory, Aleksy. Text me if you need something." Pausing at the door, he added over his shoulder, "Be well."