16 [private - Laura]

[timestopping.livejournal.com]

Hey, Laura.

Stop working so damn much.

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[wristcutting.livejournal.com]

Money is a necessity, Kiden.

[timestopping.livejournal.com]

Uh huh. And so is actually gettin' to see you.

[wristcutting.livejournal.com]

There has been trouble in the city, lately. A rise in crime. Bugs.

[wristcutting.livejournal.com]

Regardless -

You, as well.

[timestopping.livejournal.com]

See! Can't you just call in sick for a few days? And, y'know, give superheroing a break for a while.

[wristcutting.livejournal.com]

I do not get sick, Kiden.

[timestopping.livejournal.com]

Right. Of course you don't.

[timestopping.livejournal.com]

Not even for a family reunion?

[wristcutting.livejournal.com]

I cannot become sick for specific occasions.

[timestopping.livejournal.com]

Laura, seriously. When I say sick, what I really mean is, y'know, bein' perfectly fine but using it as an excuse to get out of work.

Or school. I was sick a hell of a lot when I used to go to school.

[wristcutting.livejournal.com]

I realize this, but it would be a waste to call in sick when you are not.

[timestopping.livejournal.com]

But if you're never gonna be sick, how else do you plan on using up your sick leave, huh?

[timestopping.livejournal.com]

Oh. And hanging out with me? Never a waste, Laura.

[wristcutting.livejournal.com]

That is true.

But we also need money.

[timestopping.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but we don't need so much that you have to work thirty hour days. C'mon, I'll find myself a new job. And sure, there's trouble in the city, but there's always going to be trouble in the city. You know why? Because it's full of people, and people are retards. You've gotta take a break some time.

Oh, and Jaime pretty much dealt with the bug problem—plus I punched a couple of 'em myself—so you can't use that as an excuse.

[wristcutting.livejournal.com]

As long as there is something that can be done, I will do it.

I am aware that the bugs are no longer a threat. There are other threats, now. That was not intended as an excuse.

[timestopping.livejournal.com]

Why do you have to go and be such a good person, when I'm tryin' my hardest here to be completely selfish?

[wristcutting.livejournal.com]

Selfishness, or lack of it, is completely irrelevant.

[timestopping.livejournal.com]

It is when I'm trying to get you to skip work and heroin' to hang out with me.

[wristcutting.livejournal.com]

It does not bother me.

[wristcutting.livejournal.com]

I am not a good person, Kiden.

[timestopping.livejournal.com]

What? Don't be stupid. Of course you are, Laura!

[wristcutting.livejournal.com]

Why?

[timestopping.livejournal.com]

Because of, uh, everything? I mean, look at you. You're always out fightin' crime and helpin' people. And it's more than that, y'know? There's no one here—or anywhere—I trust more than you. Hell, I wouldn't doubt you for a second.

[wristcutting.livejournal.com]

You misunderstand. I fight crime because it is the mission.