❛ that is genius! how did you come up with that? even i didn’t see it from that angle. ❜

       _{❛     i  didn’t  either  at  first  glance ,    but  then  the  gears   –   PUN  INTENDED   –   started  working  and  turning  in  my  head ,    and  then  i  noticed  the  gear  itself  had  a  type  of  importance  and  turning  it  would  then  institute  the  power  and   —   VOILA!   it  works.   call  it  a  hunch.     ❜}

                   _{❝    good  to  have  you  back  on  the  ship,    little  stein.    thought  i  was  gonna  have  to  ask  your  father’s  PERMISSION  to  have  you  back  on  board.    ❞}

        _{❛     it’s  good  to  be  back!   although ,    the  thought  of  you  having  to  ask  my  dad  is  somewhat  PRICELESS.   would  you  do  it  on  your  knees?     ❜}

          _{❝    hey,  lily  —-    ❞}

         _{❝    do  you  wanna  get  a  cup  of  coffee  with  me ?  tell  me  about  yourself?    ❞}

        ^{❛     you  know   —   i’d  ACTUALLY  like  that!   it’d  be  NICE  to  also  get  to  know  you ,    barry!     ❜}

            ^{❛ ——— close?  uh, i’d like to think so, yeah. so, uh, what brings you back ? just seeing your mom? ❜}

       ^{❛     i  had  THIS  WEEK  off  on  my  schedule     –     surprisingly     –     and  i  was  planning  to  spend  it  with  my  mom,   except  caitlin  texted  me,   said  that  she  NEEDED  my  help  or  something?   soooo   …   here  i  am.     ❜}

      ^{❛  you’re  lily,  right ?  martin’s  daughter ?  ❜}

         ^{❛     yeah!   that   –   that’s  ME!   are  you   —-   close  with  my  dad?     ❜}

                    _{❝     you   know,     we’ve   actually   met   BEFORE.     well,     technically,     we   will   meet,     which   means   we   W O N ’ T   meet   because   we’ve   already   met.     ❞}

         ^{❛     i  guess  this  means  we  wont  ORIGINALLY  meet  like  we  did,   huh?   not  unless  my  stay  here  ends  up  being  TEMPORARY.     ❜}

                    _{❝     i’m   SORRY   you   had   to   hear   about   your     ————–     situation   from   mick.     he   would’ve   put   things   a   little   more   insensitively   than   what   the   others   would’ve   said.     ❞}

         ^{❛     yeah,   i   —   i   ….   DIDN’T  expect  my  day  to  go  like  this  when  i  woke  up.     ❜}

       ^{❛     –     oh!   you  must  be  julian,   right?   caitlin  was  JUST  talking  about  you  before  she  left.   i’m  lily  stein,   i’m   –   i’m  a  friend  of  caitin’s   …   obviously.     ❜}

   ^{—– POORSMALLTALK.}

       ^{❛     hey,   uh   —–   ….   i  just  wanted  to  say  thank  you  before  i  left.     ❜}

   ^{—– PYROFRIEND.}

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