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Bruce pushes in the Door, and stops, blinking in the lights of the bar and the suddenly much cooler air. For a moment, he is shocked, but then a slow grin spreads along his face and he stands a little straighter. He walks to the Bar and gently pats it's top.

"Hello, there, Lady Bar. Been a while. Think i could have a nice lunch and a beer?"

When the plate comes into being, he smiles.

"Thank you. I have missed you, Lady, yes, indeed."

And he digs in.

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Sarah wouldn't think about pinging someone in the back of the head with a crumpled up crossword puzzle page.

No.

Of course not.

So she pinged him in the side of the head instead, of course, being the one with the freaky weather powers, she managed to do this while still working perfectly innocently on another crossword in the same book.

Bruce stops eating and looks down at the page. He eyes it for a second and then uncrumpes it, grins and scribbles:

Your handwriting is very neat.

Then he crumples it back up and eyeing the Bar, he tosses it over his shoulder.

If it happens to land on Satrah's table, that is probably just circumstantial, right?

The stifled giggling? Probably just means she came across a good word, that's all.

Though really it should have been no surprise when she padded over to help herself to the next seat over, "Hey Bruce. How's things?"

"Hello, Sarah. Things are much the excellent now."

And then he manages to lean over in his seat and hug her tight for a moment. When he lets go, he smiles.

"Good to see you."

She grinned, returning the hug, one-armed so as not to spill her coffee, "You too. Take it your trip went well. Got the chocolate, and thanks, couldn't have come at a better time." There was an eyeroll that acompanied this that if he spent any time with women he'd know exactly what it meant. She'd apparently been having one of those 'I hate being a girl' days.

He nods, having had a wife and a few cousins.

"I brought you back a few things."

He pulls his bag up, moving his plate aside for a moment, and opens it to dig inside. He pulls out a t-shirt and shakes it out. It is in black and simply has a lightning bolt on the front, with the words "High Voltage Woman" on the back in white. He grins and puts that down and produces a small box of carved wood. Inside it, when he opens it is a lapis lazuli pendant of purest flint and lapis carved like the feathers of the thunderbird. And finaly, he pulls out a large wrapped block, which he deposits in front of her. The wrapping states it is from the Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory.

She laughed at the shirt, shaking her head, grinned at the pendant, turning it over in her fingers, running them across it to admire the workmanship.

She laughed even harder at the block, "Suggesting I build a spare room out of chocolate?"

He grins.

"Nah. Just figured some real slow churned fudge would do you good."

He sighs a little, and just grins more.

"Damn, I am glad to be back. Was only gone a few months this time, but it felt like longer."

She nodded, giving him another quick hug before threading the pendant onto the chain that the ~~silver~~ mithril thunderbird from Asar Suti was on, smiling as they clicked together, "Sometimes it does. Thanks for the goodies."

He smiles.

"You're welcome. I had access to one of my old bank accounts in another name that the goivernment hadnt caught onto this time, so I did some shopping. Also talked to some friends thee, so brought back some goodies. But enough of that. What have you been up to? What's been happening around here?"

She shrugged, "Nothing much that I've been involved in, things are still quiet back home too, it'll break soon I know it. As always seems like there are new arrivals left and right. Nothing new there I suppose."

Bruce nods.

"Sounds like the usual madness, then."

He grins and takes a sip of his beer.

"I forget how quiet this place can be when I am Outside. KInda miss it. Definitely miss the food."

She nodded, holding up her mug of coffee, the pen she'd been doing crosswords with tucked behind her ear, "I know what you mean."

He grins, tiredly. He was very glad to see her.

"How are things back on your Earth?"

She shrugged, "Quiet mostly. Unseasonably warm, but I'm sure there's another big storm on the way. Literally and metaphorically."

He nods, eyeing her.

"Well, I am sure it is one you can weather."

And if it ever isnt, Bruce is bound an dedtermined thta he will crack that dimension open and see if this IO likes the Hulk breathing down their necks.

He smiles, wryly as he just nods.

"How's your friends?"

She shrugged, filling in another word in the puzzle idly, "Doing fine, bored I think, weather's finally nice though, so they're out in it."

Bruce grins.

"And yet, you're here? Not enjoying some sun and shine?"

He raises an eyebrow.

She smiled crookedly, "It'll still be there when I get back." She fully approved of playing in the snow and the sunshine all in the same day. Especially when she could.

He chuckles.

"See, now, what you should do, is get a cooler, make some nicely packed snowballs, and take them back with you., Then ambush yer friends with them."

He grins.

She blinked, then again, then grinned

"You have an evil mind. I love it." She probably would have thought of it herself eventually, but it really was a fabulous plan, and she had every intention of following through with it the first chance she got.

He grins.

"And then you have to tell me how it went. And pictures are always good."

He snickers.

"I mean, it wont hurt anyone, it can be faked as made from a snowmaker, and it is fun and easy a way to have fun."

He smiles.

Walking in from her daily lesson with Mace she sees Bruce. Despite the fact that every muscle in her body just wants to stop working Bruce finds himself being hugged by the weary immortal.

Bruce chuckles and hugs her back.

"Hello, Amanda."

"Hey Bruce." finally letting him go, "Welcome back. How are you doing?" she takes a seat. Remember, tired.

"I'm doing fine, now. Glad to be back."

He eyes her for a moment, an expert on being tired, then pats Bar gently and orders a water for her. He hands it over.

"Looks like you could use this."

"Thank you." she smiles. "Glad to here it. It's always nice to have friends about."

Her expression grows dark, "Bruce, How long have you been gone?" fairly sure he doesn't know about Nina yet and with how close he and Magius are he should be warned.

Bruce smiles at first, then frowns.

"two months my time... I dont know how long Milliways time. What's up?"

Her arms hold each other and her gaze finds something on the floor very interesting,

"Have you heard about Nina?"

He nods and shakes his head, hisneyes echoing sorrows old and new.

"Got a note first thing. I will look Magius up soonest. I know what he is going through."

Amanda nods slowly before looking up. Just remembering her joy at seeing him the smile lights back up, "Just thought you should know." yes the sorrow is still behind her eyes but she is making a true effort.

"SO tell me whatyou have been up to?"

He nods.

"Traveling, dodging the long arm of the law, the peacekeepers, the government, and several black ops teams, not to mention unscrupulous mobsters. Nothing much."

He grins as he takes a swig of his beer.

"you?"

"SOunds like fun." yes that would be sarcasim.

"Robbing one of the most secure museums in Germany, losing my best friend, helping another good friend through some troubles, having a couple breakdowns, continuing my training, taking a trip to 'PLeasure Planet', meeting new people, sewing, being bound" playing with Desire "And being bored." smirk

"Sounds like fun and not fun and a lot of boredom. So you should do something to not be bored, maybe?"

"Like what? There is just so little around here that I haven't already done. I like this place and all but I would like a little to try something new."

"Be inventiver. You are surrounded by people from over a hundred different worlds, a bar, a forest, and a lake. Are you telling me someone who can plan thefts can't come up with something to occupy her mind in all of that?"

He raises an eyebrow and looks at her.

Ooh an interesting challenge seems to have been issued. leaning to the side with her fingers gently holding her chin.

"Everytime I find something to occupy my mind with something here that is at all interesting it ends up complicating my life. And Bruce I don't like complicated." She likes simple and carefree.

"So plan it out. Think first, observe second, plan third. If something gets too complicated in any of the stages, cut it out and move on to the next idea."

He grinsnat her.

"The key is to do so before getting involved."

"Suppose your right. Perhaps ice skating?" he had mentioned the lake but since it's frozen over she could do that. "I could get the skates from bar. Watch some DVD's, get a book and start practicing."

"Whatever works for you. Ice Skating is best learned, I think, by doing. Just be prepared to fall. It's like l;earning dancing that is particularly high movement? You tend to fall some the first few times you do it."

Amadna luaghs, "I think I can handle it. Perhaps I'll a disappear for a few decades and then come back and try out for the olympics."

He grins.

"Whatever works for you."

He munches some, content with silence and friends and good food.

Amanda gets a sketch pad and pencil and starts drawing an outfit. With all the sewing that she has been doing it may be a better idea to just make a line of fashions or open up a boutique.

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