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[deuceoftears]

[He raises an eyebrow.]

Are you defensive because you're treating him in a way I should be concerned about, or are you just from Earth too?

[tinstar]

[He wouldn't call that defensive, but he didn't care for suggestion that he was treating James some kind of way that was inappropriate.]

Earth. Specifically the South. [It was one of those 'if you know, you know' situations.]

But you're welcome to ask James if he feels mistreated in any way. [In his experience, people who shouted from the rooftops that they didn't do one thing or another usually had, or had something worse to hide.]

[deuceoftears]

[Jedao doesn't know. But he's getting the gist.]

Oh, are there parts of the planet that aren't completely insane about sex?

[tinstar]

France, maybe. They fight for their right to threesomes.

California too, I suppose. West Coast. Places where the bible and religious values aren't beaten over and shoved down everyone's throat.

[deuceoftears]

I know some of those words.

[Threesomes, yes. Bible, no.]

Can I ask when you got together?

[tinstar]

[If Jedao wasn't James's Warden, Raylan would be a little more reluctant to answer, reluctant to open that part of the proverbial book, and he has to remind himself that they're theoretically on the same side.]

I suppose. If I get to ask things back.

[Tit for tat and all.]

[deuceoftears]

Fair enough.

[tinstar]

[He nods faintly.]

He's been staying with me since before the .. weird change of visitors. A handful of days before. We've only just recently made it.. official. [Stringing it all together, outloud, was new and hard. It shouldn't be a big deal. It still was.]

I take it you're not from Earth. Where are you from?

[deuceoftears]

I live on a space station in the Stabglass March of the Compact. Formerly Hexarchate space.

[tinstar]

... Well that's a hellva an answer, okay.

You said you understood some of my words. Which ones didn't you get?

[deuceoftears]

France, California, bible. I'm iffy on religious, that's like...the foreign version of Calendrical Orthodoxy, right?

[Unlike Jedao One, Jedao Two is conscientious enough not to call people barbarians to their faces.]

[tinstar]

Never heard of the Calendrical anythin' but 'Orthodoxy' is.. always religious suggestive. The folks that believe in God, the bible's the book they follow. France and California are beyond explanation. Experience only.

How are you and James gettin' along?

[deuceoftears]

I like him. Even when he’s being very frustrating. He has a good heart.

[tinstar]

He likes you too. Said you were the only other one to visit him in Zero that was friendly.

Can I ask you why? I mean - I know why you went to see him. To ask why he killed Fitz. But why did you care?

[deuceoftears]

[The question clearly takes him aback for a moment; he blinks, slightly stymied.]

If you mean, why did I care about why, I didn't want my friend to get hurt again. And it's not possible to fix a situation you don't understand.

[tinstar]

Fitz was my inmate at the time.

And I agree with you.

How long have you been on board?

[deuceoftears]

Three months. You?

[tinstar]

Just over 6. Paired with Roman Roy.

Hellva ride, ain't it.

[deuceoftears]

It's very...haphazard.

[tinstar]

I'm helpin' run the Lounge now, if you ever feel like gettin' a drink. Might not be the best habit, but at least it takes the edge off.

And whatever I can do to help ya with James.

[deuceoftears]

I'd like to get to know you better. I think...it'd be good to know his people.

[tinstar]

Find me once we're back up in the black and done with this.. place. I'm happy to talk with ya. I'd like to get to know the man helpin' him towards graduation.

[deuceoftears]

I'm doing my best.

I'll see you soon, then.