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[Hakkai falls silent, the air of practicality shredding away bit by bit.]

... thank you. I'm going to talk to the network first, and then let Sebastian out, once we're ready.

Great. It's a plan.

[She takes a few moments go offer a shuddery sigh.]

...you wanna have drinks in the Lounge this week?

[She doesn't drink much. But she needs it.]

I don't know if the Lounge has enough alcohol but I'm willing to test it.

[Yes. Yes he very much does.]

Let's find out. I'll take care of the hangover in the morning.

[She knows she'll need it for the drinking she's planning on doing.]

Oh, alcohol really hasn't had the same effect on me since--

Anyway, I don't get hangovers, usually. I can get drunk if I try.

Since...? Huh.

Well, I guess I can't give you a cure, but I can drink with you, and have coffee with you in the morning.

Since I became youkai. But I still appreciate coffee as much.

[Which is: he prefers tea, but sometimes the extra caffeine matters.]

Huh. Well, let's try to get drunk, and I'll make you coffee. Jedao too, if he likes coffee.

[She is living off of coffee this week, herself.]

How much coffee have you been drinking lately, Aerith?

Enough to make a graveyard shift happy.

Well... I won't be enough of a hypocrite to tell you that you should get more rest.

But hopefully, things will quiet down soon.

[She laughs a little.]

Hopefully they will. But if they don't, feel free to drug my coffee.

But you'll have to take care of Ciel.

[Is she joking? Maybe.]

Switching you to decaf might have the same effect. I'm sure between myself and Sebastian we'd manage....

[She groans.]

Hakkai...that's the wrong kind of mean. But, well, maybe you'll be giving those two a break from each other.

And...heck, keep them from collecting so many weapons. You should have seen the pile of guns Ciel had.

And knives.

I've been told I have a terrible personality.

You didn't give him those weapons? [There's a faint sharp edge surfacing in his voice on hearing that. Has Sebastian been stealing them for his master?]

See if I don't put salt in your coffee if you give me decaf.

But no, of course not. We didn't even discuss weapons and what he's capable of, defense wise.

I'm not giving him a pile of guns where he could shoot himself. He needs to have lessons first.

It's only a suggestion for your health, I promise ♥

...truly, I would be very surprised if Ciel had a stockpile of weapons he didn't know how to use. Did he tell you where he got them?

Uh huuuh. Maybe if I go on decaf, you should too~?

He got them from the port, where no one was...in evidence. At least not at first.

And then he went on the network asking about defense. And apparently Sebastian already gave him a gun.

Which he keeps under his pillow.

Oh, I actually don't drink much coffee.

[He comes by the insomnia naturally!]

I will be speaking to Sebastian about that gun. If you're all right with Ciel having it, I won't insist it be taken away, but I don't like Sebastian arming him behind my back.

You don't play fair.

[Hers is from stress!]

But yes, please do. I don't like how there's a lack of communication. It's bad enough that...

Somehow, I don't know how, that Ciel found out I had been doing something stupid. And he thought I'd inflict it on him too.

[a pause.]

Something stupid?

...I was getting sleep by experiencing blood loss.

It's not happening anymore, and I'm not going to be capable of being influenced by that outside factor.

No, that isn't a very smart way to handle it. One of our vampires, I assume.

Ciel thought you would do that to him?

That I'd have a vampire drain him enough so he'd pass out?

Yeah.

Out of curiosity, Aerith, how long were you waiting in between getting to sleep through passing out from blood loss?

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