Zone C -- Megacity One

[Dust]

Suddenly the arm Tamsin was working on tensed up, even the tore muscle hardened beyond workable. When she looked up at the stranger - Dust as he introduced himself in the lobby upon simply asking for it - he had a face of agony. She almost dropped her tools at the thought of hurting someone she was painstakingly trying to help, especially with her past. She was in the process of apologizing when he cried out in complaint with words that not only stopped her, but confused her.

"I forgot about Gildarts!" His voice amplified beyond his intentions by the magic of bathroom walls. He was already reaching for the bag and digging through the old beat up thing, comically with one arm because he apparently was still aware she was working on his left. He was right handed, however, and easily snatched the backpack into his lap. The tablet was harder to handle one handed, until he propped it up on the bag and began to swiftly touch the screen finding the news app for the Colosseum fights. He remembered how confused the dark elf had been about the culling and guessed that was the first time either of the two had experienced it.

Hokori tapped the triangle for play on the highlight reel to keep it fast, and watched in awe as the strongest prime and a man with white hair fought like gods. It was inspiring and it left him feeling small in comparison despite his height advantage.. He had wanted very much to fight the mage he now watched, and still had the drive to do so, but watching the two men gave him some kind of idea how fast the fight would be had they gone at it in the middle of the forest just a few hours ago.

However, this gave Tamsin all the opportunity she could hope for to see the man she'd never gotten to properly introduce herself to. Recognizing Gildarts only in image and not name, she gasped quietly in recognition. She was very pleased to see him, but then remembered she had never finished tending to his wounds. That combined with rudely forgetting to get his name or give his left Tamsin with the sense of incomplete work. She couldn't let some game be the excuse of not staying professional.

"He's still alive." Dust said, with no hint of surprise or despair that came with keeping tabs on enemies or such. It was a blank sounding voice, as if he was reading a fact. "That means he's out there by himself." He tried to stand, but felt a strong grip on his arm that stopped him without much effort at all. He planted himself back in the stool and looked over, into her enchanting face. His face exploded with heat and he turned shy once more, but the admiration and loyalty he felt towards Gildarts pushed through. "But I gotta.. I gotta go find him.." He whimpered.

"We can go find him after I've fixed you up." Tamsin said gently, going back to her work.

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Clean hands, bandaged wounds, and with a new friend, Dust and Tamsin leave the safety of the large building. With no direction but full knowledge that they couldn't go into the A or B zones, they head towards E. Dust was aware that this was the most unlikely spot to find Gildarts, but staring at the bruise for so long in the mirror while he shaved his scruff made him long to be sure Dawn was okay. And for the moment, he was thinking about something other than kissing the silver haired beauty at his side as the began to navigate the city.

Dust and Tamsin team up and move from SHC to C21