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[aimedforthemoon]

This is starting to be a habit. Not that Esfir minds - your homes are where you can relax, talk openly, not have to pretend.

Which is why when she leads Cal in and points to her bed (presently looking more like a sofa, with how she's arranged the pillows), she turns and locks the door.

Habit.

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[aimedforthemoon]

She glances at him, surprised.

[isaysimplewords]

He looks up very briefly, awkward. Then his sandwich needs further attention.

"It's something to do," he says. "I try to do it at the same time every day, and it - makes it easier to keep track of time passing here. Kinda gives shape to the day? And. I mean I was in really lousy shape before. I didn't even know how shitty I felt all the time until I felt better. I mean it was the nanogenes, but running helps keep it up. I run twice as far now because I can."

[aimedforthemoon]

Esfir smiles at him.





"You get it."

[isaysimplewords]

Cal looks up at her tone and smiles back, his first real smile since he stepped through his door.

"Yeah," he says. "I guess I do."