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It's been a few days since Rorschach's first experience in the bar, and he pauses in the doorway this time, one arm extended to hold the door open.

Behind him, if anyone cares to notice, lies an eerily quiet and somewhat shadier-looking bar than Milliways.

It only takes him a moment to make up his mind, though, and he lets the door swing shut behind him and heads for the Observation Window.

Apparently the bar isn't a dream, and doesn't just exist in Dreiberg's apartment. This means the next logical step is figuring out where it does exist. Hence the solemn window study.

Long story short: There's a short masked man sitting on a table, making the 'thinker' pose at the Observation Window.

He's relatively botherable.

[tiny investigative tags: Rorschach, Ellen (Vault 101 Dweller), Charlie Monroe, Michael, Tommy Shepherd]

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It's a good hunch, though.

"Rorschach."

"Oh! Ooh, you're named after - like, those ink blot things!"

It would be a simple conclusion to draw, even without the mask, and with it, it's practically redundant. But he beams over making it like he just aced a math test in school.

"It matches your mask and everything! 'S really cool...you aren't a psychologist or something, are you?"

"Not hardly."

Beat.

"Have seen a few in my time."

He doesn't really like psychologists.

"Huh. My dad almost sent me to one, once, when I was littler, but he decided not to."

At the time, truth be told, he'd been kind of disappointed. He has a somewhat inexplicable affection for doctors.

"So, why do you have an inkblot mask, then?"

As if a psychologist having an inkblot mask wouldn't be weird?

"Why do you think?"

Don't consider it brusqueness, consider it Rorschach trying to help Momiji learn.

"Uhm - I dunno."

He props his head on one hand, nevertheless, wearing an obviously thoughtful expression. He may not actually know, but he's definitely good at guessing games.

"Well...if you're wearing a mask, you're probably some kind of actor or performer or something? But you're not showy or anything, so - you could be a superhero, too!"

He's a bright boy, especially when it comes to figuring people out - and having seen a lot of other silly-costumed folks around helps. (And Rorschach, of course, promptly gets fixed with an 'Am I right? Am I right? I'm right, right?' kind of look, wide-eyed and excited.)

"I dunno why you'd wear a thing with inkblots on it, though. For either of those."

He's quick, that's for sure. It's a little impressive.

"Maybe because I like the way it looks," he suggests with a hint of 'obviously' to his voice.

This makes the boy's eyebrows go up, a slightly amused smile quirking onto his face.

He tells people who ask about him wearing the girls' uniform at school something not very dissimilar.

"That makes sense, I guess."

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