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[hr] [color=#87c735]"Buh..." [/color]

Alex unpeeled his face from the finished letter. Or at least, the letter in which he really didn't know what else to include. It reminded him of talking to distant relatives after years of not having seen one another, where there were so many possible topics and you avoided them all in favor of small talk because you didn't really know them well. Logan and Alex were closer and loved one another, but Pariah had caused a lot of friction within their relationship. Was there really a point in divulging details apart from not being dead and vague motions towards his current plans? He'd just get frustrated at Alex no matter what. Assuming he was alive of course, but ale did a good job of keeping him from thinking about that.

Facing him was Kazuki, the healer who had survived the raid with him. Kazuki was the opposite of a relative he'd known for a long time, being a near stranger Alex wanted to talk to incessantly over topics such as having almost died and having lived. Not a lot to cover, admittedly, but [i]damn[/i] if it wouldn't feel good to find more people to unload with. It took his alcohol-infested brain a while, but what he originally wanted to bring up eventually surfaced in his conscience again.

[color=#87c735]"Kazuki, dude. Long time no see. I mean, it hasn't really been that long, but it sure feels like it." [/color] The words left his mouth in no hurry, a contrast to his usual voice. He was aware of this, but that hadn't been enough to stop him from taking another chug.

[color=#87c735]"Just here, chillin'. I was gonna ask you guys about your plans and stuff, but I had a letter to write, and, uh..." [/color] His face, the lower third of which had smears of ink, tilted towards a corner of the tavern where Seele and Alja were having what looked like an intimate moment.  [color=#87c735]"...Yeah. Don't know what's going on over there." [/color] 

He slowly grabbed his tankard and swished it around. [color=#87c735]"So, what brings you here?" [/color] 
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