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There was something very wrong with this picture. No, the swagger in his step was usual, the messiness of his hair was a little more defined but otherwise unrecognizable from the norm, the fact that he was wearing only one sock might’ve been rather odd—but that smile on his face was definitely new, splitting not just with arrogance and pride, but with genuine happiness that was quite uncharacteristic of Dustin Silver.

His mindset as he strolled into the Observation Deck was also rather new and frightening. He’d come here because he was expecting to meet Lash, but that was a little more than an hour ago, she’d probably lost patience forty-five minutes previous—she had his gun and could’ve made a powerful ally, but did Dustin care? Not in the slightest! He’d just given Daja several packages of rare metal plates (his own creation), part of his quickly dwindling personal stores for production of the Dart, but why worry? The Bleed spiraled past the windows, Stacy’s flesh pulsed under his bare feet, constant reminders in the faces of other sad, angry, mournful crewmates continuously reminding him of why he was here, what he must eventually accomplish, all those that he lost—and he could’ve cared less!

It was a beautiful day even if it was just like all the others, there was tasteless sustenance waiting in the Mess Hall and booze fermenting in the City, and Dustin was in one of the best moods he’d ever experienced since he was fourteen. He was humming to himself, a jovial, improvised tune, almost bouncing into the center of the Obs Deck, as if the stolen greatcoat scraping the floor and resting heavily on his shoulders weighed naught an ounce.

Things were looking up.

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"...someone's in a good mood," Kang commented from his spot on one of the strange, fleshy couches. He didn't like Dustin all that much, but there was nothing wrong with being civil, and it was very... odd to see someone that cheerful on Stacy that wasn't Kaylee. A closer look at the man, the messiness of his hair, his lack of a sock, and the huge grin on his face, and the bozak grinned as well, having figured out the cause of the cheerfulness. "I know that smile. Who's the lucky female?"

Dustin never stopped moving, doing a quick turn where he’d landed in the center of the room and prancing towards the assorted couch area. Normally he would’ve said something sarcastic or crude or—actually, if Kang wasn’t a large, reptilian creature of some sort, then Dustin probably would’ve just ignored him completely. New rules now, of course.

“Don’t I know it,” came his reply in the form of a tranquil purr, eyes closing contently as he sank into a cushion across from this Kang person; Dustin had to catch himself, though, as he realized that said ‘lucky female’ might be a little less boastful than her mate.

Hormones and pride quickly decided that argument. “—You wouldn’t know who I'm talking about anyways. Yoshimi Ito.”

Yep, this was not the usual Dustin. The man typically had an attitude problem; amazing what getting laid can do for a person.

Of course, that only made Kang inwardly curse the fact that Fonrar wasn't around. He would have very much liked being able to spend some quality time with his mate; he'd never really seen the appeal of sex before, but now he understood it all too well.

"No, I haven't met her. I'm assuming that since you're so willing to share her name, that you're courting now?"

And that brought up an interesting point, one that managed to dampen Dustin’s spectacular mood for a more thoughtful one, if only temporarily. His thick brow furrowed and he leaned forward in his chair, resting his chin in one hand, combing the false one through his hair.

‘Courting’…that was a different way of putting it, sure. Not that Dustin didn’t understand what Kang was implying—he simply…well, he simply hadn’t been in this position in a very long time. Fourteen years was a long time, was it not? It was half of Dustin’s age, far enough off that he’d yet to reach Michigan—he was searching for spare engines, for goodness sake! The town just happened to be near a scrap metal dump and car disposal area, it seemed convenient and non-troublesome at the time…And then she found him, and…

Was this the same? Was this…?

Dustin blinked and abruptly sat up, completely untroubled. “Sure, why not?”

"Not going to judge if it is a one time deal, or there's no attachment," Kang shrugged. He really didn't care what other people chose to do in that area of their life. "Not my place, even I personally wouldn't choose it. Besides my mate would gut me if I ever even entertained the thought of straying from her." At that, he grinned, just imagining the look on her face.

Dustin sniffed, frowning, but in a relatively good-natured way. “Neither would I.”—Because this was one of the only serious relationships this genius had ever allowed himself to enter into, one of which was strictly non-romantic, almost professional at times, though it still operated on the same basis; the other, though definitely more passionate, was absent of any sexual actions by contrast to this current one. ‘Kiddie-love’, one might call it.

All the others were what Kang had described. And Dustin never enjoyed being honestly hypocritical.

His face shifted into something resembling…pity? “So you’re hitched?” the scruffy man chuckled gruffly, glancing over Kang with a raised brow, “Heh…If I can infer anything about your species, then I imagine that the missus isn’t so tolerable of gallivanting partners, mm?”

Laughing, Kang shook his head, "My kind doesn't marry. Females' choice, and Fonrar can get rid of me at any time if she wants; I'm really not that worried, though." He didn't plan on ever giving her reason to fire him.

"It's not a good idea to get on the bad side of any of the girls. I've seen two of them rip a portcullis out of a ceiling and use it as a battering ram when someone they were close to was killed in front of them," his wings shifted slightly. "That human saying is true: The female of the species is more deadly than the male."

"Someone looks haaaappyyyyy." Speaking of Lash, there she was, holding up his gun with a tiny grin on her face. After waiting for the man to show up, she had given up and went to her usual duties before coming back here thirty minutes later.

They hadn't interacted much yet, that was true, but even Lash knew this wasn't a guy who was normally this happy. With the fact he hadn't reported here at the due time when his gun seemed so important...something was up.

Something Lash was going to try to find out about.

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