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[colorofthesky]

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“Hey, it’s Zack. Leave a message after the beep.”

[ beep ]

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[lost_first]

A distraction, perhaps? As you showed me pizza and the motorbike, I could show you something from my Island. It was not all bad.

[colorofthesky]

[ He's not sure he really wants to go out beyond the very necessary cleaning duties, but...staying holed up in his room probably isn't the best thing for him, either.

So... ]

Sure.

Would tomorrow be okay?

[lost_first]

Of course. Would it help to bring food to your room for meals?

[colorofthesky]

I'd appreciate that, yeah.

Thank you.

[colorofthesky]

[ Zack reads this message several times. He has to set his phone down and walk away from it for a while too before he can think of anything productive to say.

In the end, it takes a day from him to finally come back to it. ]

I prefer to have conversations like this face to face.

I'll be up on deck a few hours tonight. If you wanna talk about it, that's where I'll be.

[ravenswrath]

[This was exactly why he had told Jamie he didn't want to do this. It's never that simple. It's never a simple apology. It's an apology and then it's an explanation and then people have to trade their life stories when, in reality, it should be a simple acknowledgement of fault followed by an honest agreement to not do the action again.

He considers not going, but decides that he's doing this for Jamie, if not for himself, and trudges up to the deck anyway.]

[lost_first]

Anything specific you'd care for me to bring?

[colorofthesky]

[ Zack, as it happens, is flopped on his back doing some star-gazing. There's a big black dog at his side who lifts his head and lets out a soft 'awroof' when Corvo approaches.

Zack lays a hand in his fur and looks over to see that it really is Corvo.

He waves briefly from his spot on the ground. ]

Hey.

[colorofthesky]

Whatever they have in the dining hall is good.

[lost_first]

Anything from the lounge?

[colorofthesky]

It doesn't really do much for me so nah. Don't worry about it.

[lost_first]

I'll be there shortly, then.

I remember your usual appetite.

[ravenswrath]

[The dog makes Corvo exceptionally nervous and he keeps his distance, as he does with all dogs.]

Evening.

[colorofthesky]

[ Zack notices Corvo’s reaction to the dog. If he’d know Zeke would bother the man just by being here, he wouldn’t have brought him, but…well, he can’t take it back now. ]

He’s not going to bother you. And even if he tried, I wouldn’t let him.

[ Zack puts the leash on Zeke just so Corvo can see he means it. ]

…thanks for coming. I know you probably didn’t want to.

[ravenswrath]

[He doesn't relax with the leashing of the dog, but that has more to do with the situation than with the dog himself.]

That is correct.

[colorofthesky]

Okay.

I’ll be here.

[colorofthesky]

[ Zack hums quietly at that. ]

Well, I’m not going to cook you and eat you. Or drag things out because I think you already did the most important thing. You apologized, and you respected me enough to come here even though you didn’t want to.

I appreciate that.

I don’t need to know why you did it - but I do need to know it won’t happen again. Because the last time I lost time like that, it’s because I was in a basement lab for 4 years. And it’s going to be a while before I can stop cycling through that.

[ravenswrath]

[He shakes his head, giving nothing away in his face.]

No. It won't happen again. I swear it.

[colorofthesky]

[ Zack eyes him quietly for a moment. Then- ]

That’s all I needed to hear, then.

I’ll see you back on shift when you’re ready to come back.

[ravenswrath]

Tomorrow. I will work longer the next week to make up for the time I was gone.

[He can make amends that way, at least. Through work.

He ducks his head and disappears into the darkness.]

[lost_first]

[ There's a knock on the door soon enough. ]

[colorofthesky]

Jamie doesn't have to wait long for Zack to come to the door. He is clearly nudging back a fuzzy black muzzle, and he shoos Zeke away to make room for the other to walk through.

"Hi - come on in."

Nothing has really changed from the last time Jamie came over, and Zack seems to look fine for the most parts. It's just his eyes that betray how tired he really is.

[lost_first]

Jamie will carry the tray in with one hand and carefully close the door behind him with his foot before looking around for a place to put the tray of food. It's well stocked.

"Well, good to know you've got the best company there is, eh?"

[colorofthesky]

Zack smiles a bit, though it doesn't quite reach his eyes.

"Pretty sure that was the idea when a friend of mine gave him to me."

Zeke lets out an 'awruff' in agreement, and Zack ushers Jamie over to the kitchen with the food. He doesn't have much of an appetite, honestly, but he'll still eat some of it.

"...thanks for coming. And bringing this."

[lost_first]

He shakes his head.

"There's none who've been kinder to me since I came here," he admits honestly as he looks over at Zack, "especially in regards to Peter. I'd hate to repay that kindness with an empty hand."

He smiles then and holds up both of his hands.

"Especially as I've two of them now."