Caritas- Friday morning

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Kitty had planned to go to Caritas and get it set up for people who might want to come in for help, and that had gone south very quickly due to a scary version of Tino. Who'd fought her. Inside the bar. It took a ridiculously long time before he tried to hit her and actually did get transported out to somewhere.

Once she'd taken care of that, she put up a sign on the door saying SANCTUARY SPELL ON THE FRITZ.

[Not a nighttime post, expecting one but open! Needed to establish that the sanctuary spell is an oops.]

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Clint had to snicker a little when he saw the sign--he couldn't remember the last time any kind of sanctuary was available in town, but he also couldn't remember a lot of things these days. With all the new people around, he figured going in was worth a shot, so he opened the door and peered around. "Anyone here to give a man a drink?"

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"Uh, sort of," Kitty said, and being a little startled when she looked up at him. "Uh, hi."

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Clint was going to stop staring any second now, really.

"Man, I hate this island," he finally said. "You're not just messing with me, are you?"

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"Why would I be messing with you?" she asked, not wanting to assume anything.

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"Well, last time we ran into each other I'm pretty sure you tried to kill me," Clint said. "But you're talking, and I don't think you did that anymore."

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"Well, I can say for sure I haven't tried to kill anybody, let alone you," Kitty said. "What's your name?"

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"Barton," he said shortly, glancing around again. "I find it hard to believe you've never tried to kill anybody, if you live here."

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"You're Clint," she said slowly. "And a me tried to kill you?"

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"Lots of things have tried to kill me. Nothing's managed it completely just yet," he said with a small smile. "What's your name?"

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"Kitty Pryde," she said, leaving off the hyphenated part right now for reasons.

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"So, not a pretty doppelganger. Of course not," Clint said. He laughed, but there wasn't a lot of joy to the noise. "It's good to see you, for what it's worth."

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Kitty tilted her head a bit. "Why don't I get you that drink and you tell me what the story is there?"

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"You all really do still have booze? Well, maybe this isn't so bad after all," he said, taking a seat.

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"Well, I don't know how good it is," she said, getting a glass, "but it should do the trick. So... I mean..."

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"You want to know about the other Kitty?" Clint asked. "You sure about that?"

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"Hit me with it," she said, sliding over the drink.

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"Well, she lasted longer than some of the others, that's for sure," Clint said, taking a slow, savoring sip of his drink. "She was always strong, kept saying things would be all right but... none of us are very good at remembering things but I knew it was bad when she didn't remember people from home anymore."

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It should bother Kitty a lot more that hearing about other Kittys and their terrible lives didn't bother her more. She was more worried about this Clint, honestly. "I'm guessing it didn't end there?"

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Clint shook his head and took a long sip of his beer. "She just... it was like she wasted away, and then she started getting violent. I still want to believe there's something of her in there, it's just... it's hard."

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"I'm sorry," Kitty said, meaning it. Given her life she really could empathize with this. "For you and her."

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"I'm sorry too," Clint said, before shaking his head and sobering up a little. "But hey, you're okay. This place is... well, it was okay. That's something, right?"

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"And you seem okay," she said, immediately thinking that that was usually a cue for him to say he was actually evil and attack her.

She'd seen movies, okay.