Relaxation at its finest

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Here's someone you probably wouldn't expect to enjoy themselves on shore leave.

Cargn, being an Astartes Adept, never really took shore leave, just sabbaticals in between missions for training and meditation. But he could understand the importance and appeal for others, and he decided to take the time as a small indulgence he would allow himself.

So there he was, sitting at a table in an outdoor beachside cafe. A cup of tea in hand, he stared (as much as one can stare without eyes) out at the horizon. On the table before him was a dessert plate, with what appeared to be a half-eaten, multicolored, semi-fluorescent gelatin cube.

He seemed to look rather content. After all, this was the kind of peaceful world that practically could never exist in his own reality.

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"I'd be delighted if you would, my dear," he said, motioning to the chair across from him.

"Have you been enjoying yourself so far?"

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"Yes, very much!" she replied. "I haven't been to the beach yet, though. I've been looking for a present." She was hellbent on finding something for Steve here. Who knew when they'd get the opportunity again?

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"Ah, I'm sure you'll find something nice for your young friend," he says slightly teasingly with a smirk.

Don't think he hasn't noticed, Miku. He may not personally know Steve, but he's been observing the crew long enough to roughly guess at what their relationship was failing at.

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Et tu, Cargn? And here she'd thought she'd been doing so well sneaking about keeping her failrelationship under wraps. Miku sputtered a bit.

"Ah... well, that is... I... I hope I do. What tea are you drinking?" she asked, quickly trying to change the subject.

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He chuckles slightly. If even he could get her riled up, then she gets flustered way too easily.

"Ah, just some black tea. They have a nice selection, but I was in the mood for something simple."

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Call it her social retardation at work. "Sometimes simple is best, a glass of barley tea would be perfect." Chilled, even! Hoping she'd detracted Cargn from teasing, she rummaged in her shopping bags. "And he isn't the only person I was shopping for." Just the most important and nerve-racking.

She handed him a medium-sized (to her) box. "I was looking for something for you, too." The cup (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v212/Sentralia/Chara%20Stuff/CargnCup.jpg) inside was bigger than it would be for a normal person.

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All part of her charm, really.

Cargn opened the box, smiling slightly at the cup within.

"And here I am without something for you. That was very thoughtful of you, my dear. Thank you."