[ Hei senses her hesitation without having to glance behind him. He doesn't blame her. The girl is probably furious at him anyway, after he'd half-demolished her bar and treated her so brutally and fled into the night. That was real mannish of him for sure. He wants to look back to see if she's following, but doesn't. Steps out instead, counting to himself as he goes. Feels the tug of the invisible lead -- yeah. Here she comes. In another moment she's drifting after him; he can feel her movements in his spine, along the back of his neck, same as with Amber or Pai. ]
[ The streets are half-deserted; there are no lights glowing in the windows around them. Only colored streetlamps and shadowed corners, that make an abstract pattern across Hei's face when he glances at her. The gaze he returns for her stare is mild, neutral. ] Bailing you out. [ No angles, no ulterior motives. There's a beat in which he turns a trayload of words around -- Are you okay? and What happened to Chekov? and Have you told Bei Fong? before settling on, ] If you want to head home, you can. [ There are things he needs to discuss with her. But he tells himself they can wait. ]
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[ The streets are half-deserted; there are no lights glowing in the windows around them. Only colored streetlamps and shadowed corners, that make an abstract pattern across Hei's face when he glances at her. The gaze he returns for her stare is mild, neutral. ] Bailing you out. [ No angles, no ulterior motives. There's a beat in which he turns a trayload of words around -- Are you okay? and What happened to Chekov? and Have you told Bei Fong? before settling on, ] If you want to head home, you can. [ There are things he needs to discuss with her. But he tells himself they can wait. ]