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[4] Zatanna Zatara

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Like Venezuela?

[Arthur is not so kind.]

Call me if you need back up.

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[pilfered]

[ arthur stop knowing everything. ]

Isolated incident.

[ lies. ]

Of course. Care for a souvenir? I can find you a tie or something.

[ an atrociously colored tie. ]

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[No :|]

It's fine, I was just in Spain. I have registration papers for a gun, in case you get stopped.

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[ but arthur don't you want a paisley-print tie ]

Thank you. If it's an extraction, would you like in?

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Yes.

[Pause]

It's my only income right now.

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[ and that brings eames up short. ]

Beg pardon?

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Did you mishear me?

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Would you mind clarifying that?

[ oh the implications of that statement. ]

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Zatanna doesn't want to speak to me anymore.

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Ah.

[ eames entire reaction can be summed up with "shit," considering what eames observed of them. he takes a minute to be very preoccupied with the saftey on his gun while he figures out what to say. ]

She'll come around. Give her a bit of time.

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[Arthur seems...complacent, but then it's Arthur and he's socially impaired or something]

We didn't break up, Eames.

She thinks I don't trust her, and I'm not about to tell her what we do.

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It comes to the same thing.

[ it's mal, but on a much smaller scale. the last thing eames wants to do is see that kind of devastation again, even in a much smaller fashion. ]

And there's no way around that?

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Do you want her to know what we do?

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Not at all.

[ eames is forever a secretive bastard. ]

But surely you don't need to tell her any of that.

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Do you really think that's possible? She's not stupid.

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There are things that simply don't need to be spoken of.

[ surely talking around the issue would suffice. eames manages it all the time. ]

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It's gone beyond that point.

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[ there's a pause. eames' expression shutters, closes off. ]

You've been careless.

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[The slight arrogance in Arthur's face comes back, the softness evaporates]

Don't be ridiculous. I never said I a word.

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[ yet, eames wants to say, but that's petty and will do nothing except start a real argument, and eames would prefer not to quarrel. not when he has a train to catch and a possible shoot-out to attend. ]

Ignore me then. You know how I love to be ridiculous.

[ it's meant to be a joke, but the tone is just slightly off. ]

Spare me a few rounds of shot?

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Are you really going to be passive-aggressive about this?

[Arthur goes to his room and comes back out with a few rounds and paperwork]

She'll still speak to you.

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Perhaps.

[ he pockets the shot. the paperwork he folds neatly and puts in the breast pocket of his coat. ]

I'm hardly about to press my luck. I'm as much the guilty party as you are.

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[Arthur will punch you, Eames. Right now he crosses his arms to resist the urge]

So is that what you're upset about?

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Pardon?

[ he really needs to pay more attention to the things he says. it's always unfortunate when he forgets that arthur has a hideous knack for reading between the lines. ]

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You're upset you've lost Zatanna.

And you're blaming me for it.

[Arthur is quick, okay?]