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Zac was on the beach, skipping small stones out onto the waves, or at least tossing them out into the strange surf.
He hadn’t yet gone to search for her. He’d honestly hoped that he could learn something from the odd book, assuming it would be part of the test. Or perhaps that the ‘stone’ would do something that would give him a clue.

He’d go in the morning though, he wasn’t giving up. If there was a test he’d try it again.

The sand shifted under his feet, a familiar lopsided walk that it created, grit clinging to his feet as he walked, realizing that he was not as alone as he thought he might be. Not Sunny either.

Shun, Jerimiah’s new partner. He remembered him from the library, and having interviewed him.

“Detective.” He greeted.


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"Just - just a walk." Zac said with a small shrug. "I was, researching something and I wanted to try and make sense of it. What about you sir?"

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Zac gazed out over the water, a small nod. The color was beautiful but it probably wasn’t a good portent that was for certain.

He did pause before he gave up the answer to what he was researching though.

“… I am, trying to see if Heliodora can come home. She… She said she wouldn’t mind.” He rubbed his arm letting his eyes drift down towards the sand at their feet.
“Apparently there is a test. I thought if I can find out what it is, even if i can’t pass it, then someone else might. It would be nice to give her that chance."

He glanced back up towards the Detective.
"... I figure on going back to see her tomorrow." He shrugged. "Share what I found."

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That got a frown, an inclination of the head.
“… What?” he demanded. He had a thought, a terrible thought, but maybe, maybe someone else had had the same thoughts he had, maybe -

“Why?” He asked finally. “How do you, how do you know.”

He felt tension, a prickle like static over his skin because he needed to know, and didn’t want to.


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“She can’t be! She can’t just … leave! She - “ He started to say more and stopped shaking his head. “She can’t just leave. She told me.”

The stars are fixed, she’d said that.

“Someone had to have done something.” He shook his head and dragged a hand through his hair.

He took a deep breath and let it out. “… She can’t just leave.” He hissed air through his teeth.
“She, she might have been able to tell me about another Kid, there was someone else I found while i was researching. She wanted to come home damnit.” He stared down at his hand, flexing it like perhaps it ached.

“I should have known.” He murmured. “… thank you, I suppose, for telling me sir.”

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“I know” He said a bit too emphatically perhaps. “I may be young but I know”

“None of it’s going to matter in the end if we don’t talk to each other. But I figure that’s part of why we keep ******** up. Why we’ve done this lord knows how many times. It’s easier not to share pieces that we know are part of the bigger picture. Maybe tell Jer that you should look into someone named ‘Ming. He was part of whatever went down at the start.”

He squeezed his eyes shut and let out a long breath.

“Good night, detective.”

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Zac very…calmly. Flipped him the bird.

“Irrational this! Take the damned information and do some research I’m sharing but as we can all see, I always get to the table to god damned late. So by all means, figure something out, but do not tell me not to be ‘irrational’. Especially since ‘Rational’ choices seem to end in cut throats rather than cut palms. If it’s ok with you… I’m going to continue my walk. “

He hesitated a moment and then added “Irrationally.”


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