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[markthree]

Well, I wondered when you would decide to let me see some more action. You've certainly been prolonging the inevitable.

[ She's smiling, her tone low and jovial and oh so very amused. ]

I'm just surprised it took seeing another jaeger to make this happen.

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[markthree]

[ Is it weird? She's not sure. Maybe it is. She holds him tightly, laughing when he lifts her up. ]

I do not know, Raleigh Becket, but I don't care either.

[ambidexter]

[ They'd always called her their girl - she was their lady, their shield, the one they jockeyed and fought with and she knew everything there is to know about them. Their tears in the conn-pod, their fears, their joy at every takedown, every life they saved.

Gipsy Danger. He owes her so much. ]

Striker ain't got anything on you.

[markthree]

[ She holds him tightly, like she's afraid to let him go. If she does, he may disappear - and she doesn't want that, not her pilot. ]

I'm certainly prettier, don't you think?

[ambidexter]

[ He laughs in soft bursts of air, a soundless thing. ]

The prettiest girl there is, and don't let anybody tell you different.

[ And if he sounds sad near the end there, well, she would know why. ]

[markthree]

[ She knows, and her smile softens, just a little, and she carefully touches his cheek with the pads of her fingers. ]

I won't.

[ambidexter]

[ Raleigh wrinkles his nose and smiles, and softly puts her down. He misses this - being with someone that he knows, and is welcome to. ]

Striker been giving you any lip, then?

[markthree]

[ Gipsy settles on her feet, arms loose around him, not quite willing to completely release him. ]

No, not really. He's really rather charming, all things considered.