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The Devil's Nest [Friday night]

It was cold, dark, and threatening to snow, which was Eric's favorite kind of weather, which was why he was in an excellent mood as he wandered down to the Devil's Nest to make sure Tiny was manning the bar to his satisfaction.

The new DJ (it was always a new DJ) looked panicked as Eric came in, stammering something about equipment malfunctions and how very sorry he was before fleeing into the night, leaving the bar listening to "If You Like Piña Coladas" --and only that song--at a volume that was just too loud to be ignorable.

"If you make piña coladas a special tonight, I will snap your neck," Eric told Tiny flatly before disappearing to his normal seat in the VIP area.

The Devil's Nest was open. And verrrrry tired of walks in the rain already.

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"You're allowed to drink in shoe stores?"

Cade, don't get too excited about this.

"I haven't been shopping anywhere here but Sparkle's store, but I can't imagine he'd mind." Lana shrugged.

Cade's face lit up. "He'd probably encourage it, actually. We got up to really fun stuff together in school. We once stole a camel in Turkey."

As you do.

"Turkey." Lana had looked into the politics and geography of Earth. "That's in Europe, very volatile. What's a camel?"

There hadn't been many of those on TV yet.

"Four legged mammal," Cade explained. "Bout this tall? Smell really bad."

Why wouldn't you want to steal one?

"Why would you want to steal one?" Lana asked.

She did not agree with the narrative.

"Because it was there," Cade said, shrugging.

"Well, of course." Why had she even asked?

"What did you do with it?"

"We had to let it go," Cade said, pointing to Jaina. "She wouldn't let us take it onto the boat, even with our amazing 'this is really a student having a transformation' alibi."

"I have to admit, that's a tactic I wouldn't have thought of, but how did she know it wasn't one?" Lana asked.

"Jedi thing," Cade said, rolling his eyes.

"So students turned into animals still feel different than just animals? That's good to know, I suppose."

Lana hadn't had it happen yet, but it was good to know there was that difference.

"Apparently," Cade said. "I don't use the Force."

He used deathsticks instead! Much healthier!

Lana was certain she could feel something there, and if he was related to all these other Jedi...

"Can I ask why not? Don't answer if you don't want to." This was a fun conversation; she didn't want to ruin it if that was out of bounds.

"Not my thing," Cade said. "They're all...a mess. I'm not interested in that kind of a mess."

And the deathsticks kept the ghosts of said relatives from showing up and bitching at him.

Lana snorted. "Understandable." They didn't seem that bad to her, for Jedi, but they weren't her family, either.

"Mind you, I think you're a little crazy, but I was already getting that impression, somewhere around 'camel'," she said, grinning.

"Yeah, but I'm crazy in a fun way," Cade said. "They're crazy and all...dramatic about it."

"I haven't seen enough to know that yet," Lana confessed. "Still, I've seen worse."

Because Sith.

"As long as you make it fun, you're one step up from the ones that just rant."

"On street corners?" Cade said. "Pass."

"On street corners, in board rooms, in cantinas..." Lana rolled her eyes.

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