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[Gaignun shook his head] It's fine, don't worry about it. Are you alright? You look tired.

I'm...[Nope, he still can't lie. And saying that he was fine was a definite lie.]...better. I just needed something to keep me busy since I've been all but ordered to stay in the house.

[Duo sets the wire cutters down next to him and picks up a pair of needlenose pliers to connect the cut wires.]

I didn't want the animals to get into any of this stuff, either. 'Specially that yipping rat. [Oh yeah, he's still sore about that.] Last thing I need is to explain why him or the cat got turned into a ball of electric poof.

House arrest huh? Don't worry Duo, Jr will calm down soon. As for the yipping rat...no matter what you do he'll probably get into it.

...It's actually Jenny who's got me under house arrest. This and the punch she threw at me are my punishment for doing something she highly disapproved of.

[He shrugs as he sets down the pliers, his hands now free to rub his face.]

Is that soldering iron one that runs on batteries or needs to be plugged in?

Either thankfully. [Well, Jenny must really disapprove.]

So did she give you a parole date or are you in for an indefinite sentence?

[He holds his hand out for the soldering iron while offering a quiet thanks and a shrug.]

Pretty sure that it's just until she thinks that I've suffered enough. Working like this helps, but since most of this stuff was suppose to be used on the Beast and not to actually be put back together, I'm limited on what I can do.

Mmm...[Gaignun looked around the room] Well, if you need anything from the outside, just let me know. I'll probably be able to get it for you.

My things are scattered between the church, the old house, the new place, and the scrapyard. You sure you want to offer that?

[He smirks up at Gaignun as he switches the soldering iron on. He props it up against something to keep the tip from burning anything as it heats up.]

Honestly, if I had my good tools, I'd be able to work on things around here if I was given the okay for it.

[He lifts the soldering iron and places the heated tip of it carefully against the wires of Frankendrill. It doesn't take much to fuse the wires together, and it isn't long before Duo has the soldering iron shut off and resting against its previous prop to allow him to wrap the wires in tape and replace the casing on the drill.]

This is a pleasant place to work.

I don't mind, I find myself with lots of free time in this place.

[Duo continues working on putting the casing back on the drill.]

You never asked...

I never asked what?

What I did to get locked up.

[He glances up at Gaignun with a grin as the casing goes back into place.]

Most people would be either giving me a hard time or hounding me for details. But not you. You just let it go.

Well, you already said this is punishment, so I assume that you did something to make Jenny really worried and angry at you.

[Besides, he figures he'll hear about it eventually, and he doesn't know Duo well enough to completely grill him about things yet.]

Thanks, Gaignun.

[He looks around at his mess before lifting the now cooled soldering iron and passing it off to Gaignun.]

For not asking, I mean. You're right about it, but I still appreciate you not pushing it.

[Mental note: let Duo come to you with stuff.]

You're welcome. It's probably pretty embarrassing or annoying for you.

More annoying than embarrassing, to be quite honest.

[He begins sorting through the stuff on the floor, separating them into keep and trash piles. Not surprisingly, more of the bits and pieces of things are put into a trash pile.]

Should be grateful. It'll be fine now.

[Other such mutters travel under his breath before he blinks, realizing Gaignun is still in the room...where he can be heard.]

...Uh...sorry...

What are you apologizing for? [He's got nothing else to do so he'll hang about unless Duo wants him to leave.]

My...mouth tends to run and run and run without me wanting it to.

[He sighs and he runs his fingers through his bangs.]

I talked to the Beast that got to Jenny...

It's ok, you're not the only person I know to talk to himself with out meaning to.

[At Duo's next words, all became clear to Gaignun] And? What happened?

I made a deal with her. She leaves Jenny alone completely and she...she gets a fresh supply of food...

Aaah...I can see why she's so angry then. [Gaignun's tone is that of understanding, not judgement]

Ugh, both her and Ru don't trust the Beast's word, but I know if something goes wrong, she'll end up dead in an instant.

[He shrugs and grabs his duffel bag, placing inside it all of the tools (minus Frankendrill) and the pieces of things he intended to keep.]

It's why I was so tired when I got back the other night. She wanted something to...eat...

[Gaignun nodded] They're worried about you, they care about your well-being very deeply after all.

[Siiiiiiiiiiigh. Teenagers, am I right?]

I know. I know they care, but...I know how to take care of myself. I've had to--

[He's just going to cut himself off right there. No sense in going into the details just yet.]

I understand. They're probably coming off as overbearing towards you then?

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