The answer was a picture of J-- Atton's shoulder, and the sprawling black tattoo of the night sky - he didn't expect Cade to recognize the arrangement of the stars had anything to do with Metallica - that now covered the huge scar Sion had left there once.
i'm not doing more than another two i refuse to turn into you, he texted.
Read: getting it had reminded him of Cade. And then made him feel bad about not telling Cade he was alive. Shh.
At this point, Atton seriously considered the idea Cade was trying to torture him. (Or maybe he just needed to get out of his own head about crossing the streams.)
as in my guitarist and the person im dating, he texted. At least that would hopefully kill any further questions.
Atton closed his eyes for another moment, searching for a way out of this. Or maybe a way forward.
look, a lot has changed in my life over the past few years. mostly good things. i'm sorry i didn't keep you up to date, but honestly, i didn't know you even cared until we talked about it briefly during that bar night last year, he texted. i don't have a lot of friends left from those early days, though, so if you WANT to, you're welcome, i'll catch you up on everything, and we'll see. but if you don't, whatever, it's fine. i'm just trying to be less of a dick than i used to be.
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Time to make what could possibly be a really poor decision.
hey nerfhead u still alive
And then, realizing he hadn't actually given Cade his new number, added a profunctory "A" at the end.
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we went to school together dumbass
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camel.
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thought you were dead first
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needed to get out from under the order. bailed when i could. u know how it goes
Maybe Cade would let him play it off?
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Huh. Headsup wouldve been nice
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sorry. spur of the moment. then spent a summer hiding.
He pressed the butt of his phone against his forehead for a second. Then added,
but anyway this is my number don't spread it around
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i'm not doing more than another two i refuse to turn into you, he texted.
Read: getting it had reminded him of Cade. And then made him feel bad about not telling Cade he was alive. Shh.
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He eyed his phone.
Snorted.
Ugh. Did he feel the slightest twinge of fondness at Cade being Cade? He was going to have to scrub his brain later.
anyway everything fine and calm here. ur welcome in nyc if u ever swing past earth again
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It was a spectacularly terrible plan.
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This was beginning to sound like something he might regret.
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No.
Backspace, backspace.
and i will talk to my bo
Nooooono.
and i will talk to my partner but space dont throw up anywhere its nyc this apartment is small
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as in my guitarist and the person im dating, he texted. At least that would hopefully kill any further questions.
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Very helpful, Cade, thank you.
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Could you not come up with a single thing to make that less awkward, Rand?
good talk.
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Again with the helpfulness!
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Atton closed his eyes for another moment, searching for a way out of this. Or maybe a way forward.
look, a lot has changed in my life over the past few years. mostly good things. i'm sorry i didn't keep you up to date, but honestly, i didn't know you even cared until we talked about it briefly during that bar night last year, he texted. i don't have a lot of friends left from those early days, though, so if you WANT to, you're welcome, i'll catch you up on everything, and we'll see. but if you don't, whatever, it's fine. i'm just trying to be less of a dick than i used to be.
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That, for Cade, was a bit like forgiveness. Ill let you know if i need a place to hide if this thing with a Hutt doesnt go well.
He was trying to blackmail a Hutt. It would go less well.
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The weight shifted off his shoulders, if a little.
keep me updated.