Sanctity - Sunday

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It's another lazy Sunday, which means the large, be-ponytailed assistant shopkeeper is puttering around behind the counter, doing god knows what with some mechanical looking bits. Could be a toaster, could be a weapon, who can tell? Either way, the shop is open for business.

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Nate was still scoping out the island a bit. He was a little sore from the fight, but nothing that bothered him.

He stepped into the Sanctity and raised an eyebrow.

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Batou probably would have arched an eyebrow himself, or at the very least blinked, at the man shadowing the doorway. In reality, he did neither, as he had neither eyebrows nor eyelids. He settled for scanning the man instead. Hrm.

"Something I can do for you?"

The basset hound curled up in a dog bed near the door snored. Definitely not a watchdog.

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"What is this place?" Nate asked, stepping further in. "Meditation center?"

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"Herbalist's, mostly." He couldn't vouch for anything else Zhaan might have gotten up to in her spare time.

And this guy... this guy had almost as many replacement parts as he did. Weird ones, though. "Not from around here, are you?"

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Nate nodded. "Kind of obvious, huh?"

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He smirked. "Yeah, just a little."

Hrm. Manners. Zhaan would yell at him again. He paused from fiddling around with his gizmo and stuck his hand out across the counter. "I'm Batou, by the way."

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"Nate Summers," he said. "That's the easy one, at least."

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Easy one? Probably best not to ask.

"What brings you to the island? Not sightseeing, I'm guessing. You don't exactly look the type."

((Running off to store. Shall return.))

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"Checking up on an old..." What would be the best term? "Partner." Good as any, really.

"He gets himself into trouble. Wanted to make sure he wasn't creating any."

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"Know the type." Oh, did he ever. No way of knowing what sort of trouble the Major had been getting into since she'd vanished into the 'net.

"Hope he hasn't been causing trouble."

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"Nothing spectacular," Nate said. "Just the usual."

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"I suppose that's something, then." Made him a little nostalgic, really. Just a little.

"And what do you do when you're not chasing down wayward partners?"

Soldier, probably. 90% sure, anyway. He was pretty good at recognizing the type. He was the type, after all.

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Nate shrugged. "I kind of run my own country," he said.

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"A whole country, huh? Impressive." He'd refrain from asking how he acquired said country. Didn't seem polite.