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[diehard_daniel]

Daniel comes into the bar. He looks tired, which is bad, but his face isn't bandaged anymore like it was last time, so that's good. He makes straight for the bar. Baaaaad sign.

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[maid-of-astolat.livejournal.com]

Elaine approaches, tentatively. "Daniel? How do you fare?" She's a little concerned, but sits next to him at the bar, and orders beer. When it appears in front of her, she smiles and pets the bar. "Thank you."

[diehard_daniel]

Daniel looks up at her, smiling. "Good evening, Elaine. I'm fine, just...very tired. And you?"

[maid-of-astolat.livejournal.com]

"I'm fine. I wanted to ask...You said you could teach me Martouf's language...will you teach me?" She chews a bit on her bottom lip.

[diehard_daniel]

And Daniel's smile suddenly widens almost to his ears. "Of course I will."

[maid-of-astolat.livejournal.com]

She beams at him. "Good, I want it to be secret, though, so hush about it." This will get her mind off what's been coming out of her head and onto her sketchpad lately.

[diehard_daniel]

"Of course." Daniel grins. "I like a good conspiracy."

[maid-of-astolat.livejournal.com]

Elaine giggles a bit. "I know you are probably not prepared at the moment...just let me know when you are. How have you been? I have not seen you in many days."

[diehard_daniel]

"I'll do that." Daniel smiles at her for another minute, then shrugs faintly at her question. "Oh...I've been up and down. A lot's gone on, and not just since we talked last...there's a lot I haven't gotten to tell you and Martouf about."

[maid-of-astolat.livejournal.com]

"I am sure. It seems you have many adventures, Daniel. Do you ever just get to...be at peace, when you are home?"

[skjaldmeyjar.livejournal.com]

"Hm. May I guess that you've had a tough day? Or just a long one?" Svava wanders over, with a faint smile.

"How was your day, Daniel?" Quietly.

[diehard_daniel]

Daniel looks up at her, returning her smile. "Hello, Svava. Bad day? No. Just a long one. A very long one." Daniel chuckles softly. "There was a wedding. And a lot of horses. It's...kind of complicated. But all in all, it was pretty good."

[skjaldmeyjar.livejournal.com]

"Weddings do tend to be good. I'll even ask if the horses were a dowry, though I don't quite think that's done anymore. Is it?" She takes a seat.

"How was it complicated, though?"

[diehard_daniel]

"Ah, no. Well...some places, I think, still do. But they weren't a dowry. See, the son of a friend of mine was getting married. And the girl's...tribe, I guess you'd call them, were being hunted, so we had to offer them sanctuary for a while. Which meant their horses came indoors with them."

[skjaldmeyjar.livejournal.com]

"... Whoever had to clean up afterwards has my complete sympathy." She laughs, shaking her head. "But the wedding went off well, I hope?"

[diehard_daniel]

Daniel chuckles, nodding. "Yeah, mine too, but it went fine in the end. the groom's father took some convincing, and the place will probably reek of horse for a month, but we've had far worse days recently. It was...good...to be celebrating something for a change."

[skjaldmeyjar.livejournal.com]

"Even if it was tiring." She nods, with a faint smile. "I understand that."

Svava motions to the bar. "Can I get you something, then?"

[diehard_daniel]

"Coffee. Black. Strong." Daniel smiles tiredly. "Unless you want me falling asleep in the middle of our conversation."

[owned-by-zot.livejournal.com]

Through the magic of Millitime, Kestrel is in the bar, and sees Daniel, and probably already knows what day it is. Yay.

She waves. "Hey."

[diehard_daniel]

Daniel waves back, also through the magic of Millitime. "Hey. How's it going?"

[owned-by-zot.livejournal.com]

"Oh, not too badly. Went home for a while. Didn't try to find your secret lair, or anything." She grins at him.

[diehard_daniel]

Daniel chuckles. "My 'secret lair' is in a big, honkin' mountain. I don't think you'd have too much trouble tracking it down."

And suddenly he has the mental image of an alternate version of himself, one that's never found Milliways, suddenly meeting a pretty young redhead who knows way too much about his life. It's hard not to laugh, really, so he doesn't try.

[owned-by-zot.livejournal.com]

"Well, no, not finding the mountain, anyway." She grins, a little bit confused as he starts laughing. "But you said it was military, right? Something tells me I might have trouble getting in, for some reason."

[diehard_daniel]

"Oh, I dunno." Daniel smirks at her. "They'd probably take you in when they arrested you."

[owned-by-zot.livejournal.com]

"Yes, see, and that's why I'd really rather not do that. Because I have to say that I would rather not have Darien and Brennan yell at me that much when they have to wait a few years for Darien to catch up to me so he can come rescue me, you know?"

[diehard_daniel]

"...surprisingly enough, I understood that." Daniel smiles at her. "I'd bring you around my place sometime, if you wanted. Though I guess once you've seen one Colorado you've probably pretty much seen them all."