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Yo, would you quit tellin' everybody that I have some sort of epic bitch face. I mean, what the hell even is that?

And secondly, when are you gonna do somethin' with me? I'm always drivin' and the other chumps you play ride shotgun. Maybe it's time you get your ass into gear and app me somewhere instead of creepin' around a variety of places along with tryin' to find out where Soulboy is hiding.

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Not hiding. Lurking.

Detective. [There's a small nod and a brief feeling of awkwardness, but then again there's bound to be considering Kate chased her over Los Angeles until she finally confessed to her past crimes.]

Usually he ain't that hard to keep tabs on, but in this place... it's kinda like tryin' to find a vampire in a haystack.

Not any more. [Kate's smile is wry as she returns the nod. History - it's not something you can just cast off, even if minds and circumstances change.]

I did meet Angelus. [Slight grimace.] That was fun.

Fired or chose to quit? [Faith's being intrusive, but that's nothing new.]

That could be the understatement of the century. [She chimes in, her expression falling flat as her fingers subconsciously ghost the scar left from the vampire's fangs after she dosed herself up with enough Orpheus in order to capture him.]

Fired. [Two can play at that game, and Kate arches an eyebrow.] Parol or escape?

No kidding. No maiming, though. To be fair, I didn't have any explosives with me. [Kate instinctively mirrors the gesture; it was Angel himself, though, who gave her that scar. It had saved her life.]

[Touche.] Escape. [But with good reason otherwise she would probably still be there, hating every second of it, wishing that she could just up and leave, but she wouldn't because being in prison was a way to restrain herself and pay her dues.]

Angel gets around, huh? [Which is amusing, in some ways.] So, who stuffed a soul back up his ass? 'Cause I don't recall Red mentionin' doing it a third time.

Slayer business? [She figures there's a reason; Faith had turned herself in, after all.

[She snorts at that as her hand falls.] No kidding.

Far as I know, my Angel didn't lose it. [...Pause. Calling Angel her anything is weird, no matter how she means it.] Still fighting the good fight.

Somethin' like that. [Faith isn't overly big on giving details these days, not that she ever was.]

Your what? [Yeaaaaaaah, Faith's just going to blink because if Angel's got something going on with Kate then he's hiding even more from her than she thought and when she finds him she's going to be even more pissed. Honestly he's like a teenager with a porn collection.]

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[A slight nod.] Got it.

...My world's Angel. Not - like that. [AWKWARD SHUFFLE.]

[OH.] You sure? 'Cause if you are-- I mean, it's cool if you and Soulboy are whatever, you know?

Very sure. We're... We're friends. [softly] That's - it means a lot by itself.

The hesitation makes me think otherwise.

[Her smirk is just a bit forced.] And when did you become Dr. Laura?

Around the time I became friggin' Obi-Wan Kenobi. [She's matured, whether or not that's a good thing she's still deciding.] Besides, I got a little experience in the art of reading people and being a... ~~role model~~ helper or whatever. I sort of coach a bunch of girls and they're usually always runnin' to me with their problems. [Which is definitely a chore, but at the same time she enjoys looking out for the new slayers even if it's mostly to ensure they don't screw up in the same ways she did.]

[Kate studies her for a moment, before nodding.] We surprise ourselves with the way we change, don't we?

I know I never expected to be Kate Lockley, Supernatural PI.

And I never expected to be Faith Lehane, Slayer, Social Worker and Vampire Babysitter.

[Snicker.] They do need looking after, huh? [...And an eye roll.] We've got Spike, too.

In my world he Captains a bug-ship and from what I heard last, he's still pining after B. [And to punctuate that last part she makes a whipping noise.]

Is he trying to woo her with his bug-ship?

Nah, I think he's just seeing where things go. He'd probably still pissed that she had 'Universe-Creating-Sex' with Twi--Angel. [Even if wasn't technically her fault, but everybody knows that bad things happen when Angel and Buffy screw.]

...I probably don't want to ask, do I. [Angel, the fuck do you get yourself in to.]

Probably not. [And that's a good thing because Faith wouldn't have a clue about how to describe his latest and greatest failure.]

So, how'd you end up designated Vampire Sitter?

I'm the only one who's capable of it considerin' all his other pals want his head on a stick.

[Her expression immediately shifts to concern, as her voice softens.] So he ended up alone again.

He's not alone. He has me and I have him. We take care of each other. [And it works. He helps her, she helps him. Maybe sometimes she feels a little too codependent on him, but how could she not be? He is the man that saved her life after all and she owes him the same in return.]

I'm glad. [Her voice is quiet, and sincere.]

Sometimes you need more than that, though - more than one person. It can get hard. For both of you.

[a beat]

Fuck, when did I turn into Dr. Laura?

I'm not sayin' a walk in the park looking out for him. He's hides things from me and that pisses me off, but no matter what I'll always have his back. He might need other people, but I don't. He's the only person I know that I can trust with my life. [~~When did Faith become Echo and Angel become Paul from Dollhouse?~~]

And for the record, you sound way more like Oprah.

You'd think he'd learn he doesn't need to do carry all that crap by himself. That he doesn't need to. ...And you know, I was pretty sure I didn't need other people, either. It burnt me out, eventually.

[There's that smirk again, but it's almost playful, this time.] And that's just cold.

Been there, done that, earned the T-Shirt. I dig, alright?

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