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Pen likes the new apartment. It's bigger, she has new walls to draw on (she's got paper, too, but sometimes she wants to do a proper mural), and she doesn't have grit under her feathers anymore.
She gets left alone a lot, though. Cindy is out doing things all the time. He doesn't have as much time to take her to the flying place. (Once, when he is out and she can't even ask, she hops out over the patio balcony onto the neighboring roof, and checks to see if there is anybody around, and flies a little bit, low and owl-quiet. She doesn't think anybody sees.) She builds elaborate structures. She solicits another box of pieces.
He leaves the news on, a lot. Pen mostly ignores it. She knows English, technically, but the pentagon didn't tell her the concepts her upbringing has left her missing.
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campanas
manofmyword
"For the last little while, I've been playing tag with a mob boss. New kid. Calls himself Mmmoriarty. Hasn't done much, but he's been sniffing around. I want to talk to his people. But in case his people don't want to talk to me, I don't want to show up in person right away." He spreads his hands.
mylegalname
"So your brilliant plan is to send the cop instead," says John. "Don't you have people for this?"
manofmyword
"I have people for... other things," the Joker says, shaking his head. "Not for this. This is delicate stuff."
manofmyword
"I could send any old bozo to drop a note in somebody's mailbox," he says. "You, though - I send you, I'm saying, llllook how serious I am about making this a collaborative effort." He pauses, then adds, "The brainphone thing won't hurt either."
manofmyword
"Anyway," he says. "Gimme a day or so. I'll tell you where to go and what to say when you get there. You probably won't get killed."
mylegalname
"I won't get killed," says John. "He's just making fun of me."
He may be overstating the case a little, but, well, he's not sure any of the alternatives will make getting killed that much less likely.
He may be overstating the case a little, but, well, he's not sure any of the alternatives will make getting killed that much less likely.
campanas
"Don't have," agrees Pen. "Too little. Is very silly Mommy because look now I should be have some!"
