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Quail took a deep breath as he peeked around a corner of a building. He needed to talk to Arcadia right now. The last batch of Chibis had just left his territory and he made sure they got home safely and honestly? Quail was drained. It took a lot of energy to bring chibis there, maintain his territory and then bring them home. The tiny man wanted to crash with Arcadia really bad and use him as a body pillow and just let him take the watch.

But firs he had to talk to him, and the others, actually, about taking a couple of days to himself to gather his strength. So he was waiting for the older man to get to their meeting spot. You bet your butt Arcadia was going to carry him back to their tiny, hidden apartment.

Quail was always tired these days. The short man just looked up at the other's grin and arched a brow. Why was he grinning? Stop grinning. With out kids here there was no reason to grin. They were hunted down individuals who would probably be mobbed and killed by the Negaverse without so much as a second thought.

"Stop grinning," his voice was soft and firm before rolling his eyes. "Or not..." He was looking around behind Arcadia because they could be followed. He could have been followed. Were they? Paranoia didn't help the gray haired man. So far he hadn't picked up on any nearby Nega signatures, so that was good.

"..Anyway. Down to business. ...I'm taking a couple days to myself, to gather strength again. It feels like.... It's taking more and more of my energy to actually go to my territory." He sounded sad at that. If it got to be too much who would make sure the children could be children? Quail didn't even risk going into his animal form anymore. Everyone seemed to know about it and it would kind of be an easy target for attacks when the streets were patrolled for Order aligned individuals. "...So I was wondering if you could stay a couple of days with me." Being alone wasn't his favorite thing on the planet and Arcadia was one of the few adults he'd let close to him for any long periods of time. "Unless you've got other obligations..?"

Cheering up? His brows raised and he arched a brow before taking a breath and sighing. Maybe. Maybe not. He just knew he wanted to fall asleep standing up right now. Nodding a little, he looked at Arcadia before looking around and slowly powering down to his civilian form. Silver hair became brown, light amber eyes turned dark brown and he slumped a great deal, tugging his hoodie over himself. It was summer but what did he care? He was comfortable in this and it hid him away.

"Great, you're cooking." With that, he looked at Arcadia and waited. He wasn't taking a powered up Knight to his apartment. That was just a death wish.

"So we should probably stop for food... Because I'm out unless you don't mind like.. crackers."

Death wishes came easy now-a-days. "...Food. I'm so hungry," Kazuo's stomach growled loudly at the mention and the tiny man's face just flushed hard as it did. So he forgot to eat now and then. It wasn't actually a big deal was it? "..I don't want cake. I want... something. Dumplings. Let's stop for Chinese." He nodded up at the blond man before sighing slowly and starting to pad away.

"....I don't like how heavy everything feels lately. Have you noticed to, or am I just crazy?"