Sunday Morning in the Preserve

[mylandmyrules]

It had been a very intense training session as Nell showed off the vibroknife and the new skills she'd had drilled into her over the week. She'd even been willing, for the first time, to try a little sparring with Marc after her success with it on Odessen. She thought it had gone well. She hadn't panicked in any case.

But now was the time to dig her feet into the dirt, back against a tree, and let the land refresh her.

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[hasaknightjob]

"Most people decorate," Marc said. He shrugged because he didn't include himself in most people. "He gets on my ass about it for different reasons. That's all."

[mylandmyrules]

"Clean's more important to me," Nell said. "I'll have to supply enough things anyways. I won't have extra money for fripperies for a while. And that's just fine with me."

[hasaknightjob]

"I mean you've seen our place," Marc said. "Most of Steven's stuff is a mess."

For "mess" read "piles of books in no seeming order." The sad thing was this was actually better than what the book situation back in the London apartment was like.

[mylandmyrules]

She grinned. "I can assure you that I will not have nearly enough things to create the maze you live in."

[hasaknightjob]

"Plants grow," Marc pointed out.

[mylandmyrules]

"I hadn't noticed," Nell said innocently. "Is that how we get forests?"

[hasaknightjob]

"In your new apartment maybe," Marc countered.

[mylandmyrules]

"See, I won't have to decorate at all. Otherwise you wouldn't be able to see the forest for the trees."

[hasaknightjob]

"Man you don't need that knife to hurt people," Marc said.

[mylandmyrules]

"Do you think the bad jokes would work against an attacker?" Nell said. "We could focus on that after the knife practice."

[hasaknightjob]

They do if you're Spider-Man "I get enough of that from Steven," Marc said. "But thanks."

[mylandmyrules]

"Oh, you did not say that!" Nell said with a laugh.

[hasaknightjob]

"I have to live with them," Marc reminded her. But he didn't look like he was actually bothered by Steven's silly sense of humor.

[mylandmyrules]

"True," Nell said with a smile. "And no matter where you go, there he is. Good thing you don't really mind that much."

[hasaknightjob]

"Nope," Marc said, which meant she was right he didn't mind it. "That's what he's good at too."

Even all the years Steven didn't know he was doing it.

[mylandmyrules]

"I'm glad the two of you have each other," Nell said sincerely. "No matter how it came about."

[hasaknightjob]

"Me too," Marc said. "Even with the changes. It's not bad."

And little did he know how handy those changes would be come Monday morning.