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[OOM: There's only one more Needle to go. And it's someplace lively and filthy.]

Somehow in the hustle and bustle of Milliways, Lucas returned to the Nowhere Islands and evened the score. It was strange, not even bothering to stop in Tazmily. Lucas barely noticed, however, finding the same comfort he would expect from his former home in Ionia's shell cottage.

He means to go back there, sometime after whatever awaits him in New Pork City. Out of all of the Magypsies, Ionia is the one who stayed with him the longest and he can feel the weight of knowing she's gone now pressing down on his very being.

And if all of that wasn't enough, he's still feverish.

But that makes opening the limousine door and finding Milliways instead of the promised luxuries within the car even better. So he's found himself taking up a bar stool, nursing an apple juice and looking over some literature about New Pork City.

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"'Rae?'" he says, testing the unfamiliar name. But he's quick to get it and he visibly brightens. "Oh, Miss Sunshine! I didn't know!"

He eases himself out of the bar stool before picking up his apple juice.

"I'm kinda so-so," Lucas answers, waving his free hand in such a manner while sipping his juice again. "You guys caught me at what's hopefully the tail end of a PSI fever. It don't spread or nothin' and it's better'n broken bones. Fact, if it clears up soon, maybe I can help?"

Ha. No wonder you introduced her as Miss Sunshine.

Autor perks up, though he tries not to move his head much. "What's a PSI fever? Are you going to be all right?"

"Oh, that's right," Rae says, looking worried at the mention of a fever, but there is hope as well. "You have healing magic, don't you, Lucas? Anything we can do to help with the fever?"

"It ain't like a normal fever. It happens when I'm 'bout t'learn a new PSI skill, so I've been gettin'em a lot lately. It'll go away soon."

He steps a little closer to look at Autor.

"They us'lly don't last long. I can do somethin' t'help now but, if we wait a little, I might be able t'use somethin' even better."

"Really?" Autor says, and surrenders to another yawn. "I'd appreciate that, Lucas." He was not looking forward trying out the regrowth part of that regrowth potion.

"You people," the boy says, cheerfully smug and more than a bit sedated, "are all so overly nice. What a place this is."

It is now safe to say that the opiates have kicked in.

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"We can stay with you until you feel better, Lucas," Sunshine smiles, glancing with more than a little amusement at Autor. "Would something to eat help? I make a mean strawberry-banana-orange smoothie."

With mint! Vitamins and minerals and good stuff for fevers.

"That does sound good."

Probably better than the apple juice he's currently got.

"Yeah, let's try that. Then I'd be happy t'fix you up, Autor."

Because the way he's talking certainly doesn't sound like the normal Autor.

"Take your time," Autor says gently, smiling. "Break your fever first. Besides, I really like floating. Have you tried that? Rae, maybe you should float him around, too."

"Glad you like it," she says, tugging very lightly on a lock of Autor's hair as she passes towards the end of the Bar counter. When Autor feels better and when she wouldn't be taking complete advantage of his drugged state, she'll ruffle his hair. "I'll float Lucas if he wants, but it does take a good bit of concentration. Let me make us all some smoothies, first."

"Oh, y'don't have to. I got some gum that makes me float."

But he'll save that for later. For now, he'll just carefully pace.

"Hope I'm not makin' y'nervous; moving around helps sometimes," Lucas explains.

"Oh, right," Autor says, and breaks out into a grin. "The rafter gum. I remember the rafter gum. I remember that really, really well."

Then he shakes his head lazily. "You're not making me nervous. I'm never nervous," he says, and then abruptly changes topics. "Are you really making smoothies, Rae? Really? That's thrilling. My mouth is really dry right now. Almost extremely dry."

"You're not making me nervous, Lucas," Sunshine grins, gathering greek yogurt, bananas, a pint of strawberries, a couple of oranges, a lime, and a generously-sized sprig of mint. "Though Autor might be."

Teasing, of course.

"Your mouth won't be suffering for long, Autor," she adds, beginning to chop up the fruit. "Think you can hang around until I finish the smoothies?"

Lucas stops after a moment and jerks slightly, as if sneezing.

"Okay, fever's gone," he says, wiping away the last little bit of sweat from his brow. "Though I ain't about to turn down that smoothie."

He laces his fingers together and cracks his knuckles.

"Y'ready, Autor?"

Autor giggles at Rae's silliness. "Hang around! Are you serious? I don't have much of a choice, which is probably why you said it."

He blinks at her, and then his eyes widen. "Oh, wow, you're a genius. How did you do that?"

Then he turns to Lucas. "Yes, I'm ready. I was ready before you asked me. That is exactly how ready I am. Was."

He doesn't quite seem to know what he's ready for, but he most certainly is that.

"Hey, Rae, what's a smoothie?"

Sunshine grins as she freezes the chopped fruit - magic is helpful on occasion - and dumps it and the yogurt into the blender.

"Smoothies are better experienced than described. Suffice to say, they're tasty."

And loud, from the blender, but it doesn't take long until she is pouring the fruity swirly treat into three tall glasses, complete with colorful bendy straws.

"They're ready when you are, boys."

Lucas is going to hit Autor with a double whammy wave of healing.

"HealingΩ!"

And after another moment of concentration:

"LifeupΩ!"

Sufficiently wiped of PSI, he goes to fetch his and Autor's smoothies.

"Thank you, Miss Sunshine. This'll sure hit the spot."

The PSI is as warm as it ever is, and in Autor's current state, he has the impression of someone kind wrapping him up in a plush blanket. His metacarpals knit themselves back together and his ankle pops! back into place.

"Oh, goodness," he says, spinning in the air languidly. "That was wonderful, thank you. Would that everyone had a power like that. You're the best, Lucas. Rae, isn't he the best? You both are lovely."

Unfortunately, HealingΩ doesn't detox a system.

"Thank you, Lucas," she smiles at him as she scoots two of the smoothies to the edge of the bar where he can reach.

As much as she argues with Autor and disapproves of his life plans, Rae had been worried about him. Seeing him healed was like feeling a weight lift off her shoulders.

"And yes, Autor, he is the best," she grins, cleaning up the banana peels and orange rinds before emerging from behind the bar. "How're you feeling?"

"Well thanks," Lucas says, sheepishly accepting the praise while sipping one of the smoothies. "I'm feeling pretty good."

Physically that is. But being here is helping with the rest.

"Here's yer smoothie, Autor," he adds, passing the glass to the boy in midair.

"I feel fantastic," Autor says, pulling himself up Into a sitting position. "Actually, you know what? I feel like I could kiss someone. Did you know? My first and only kisses were stolen by a mermaid and a raven, respectively. If I had a choice for my next one, I'd try to hunt Punie down. She's glorious. I'm not worthy, though. Too bad."

Then he holds his hands out. "Lucas," he says seriously, accepting the smoothie. "Lucas. You are amazing. I've always thought so. But you are. Wait, is this a smoothie? Oh, it's good! Rae, why does everything you make taste so good? Hey, is there fruit in this?"

Sunshine chuckles, sipping her own smoothie. "Lots and lots of practice, Autor - and yes, there's fruit. Frozen bananas, oranges, strawberries, and some mint, blended with greek yogurt. It'll keep the heat off you on a summer's day, and is good for you."

See? She can make healthy things!

Though those healthy things are also delicious.

"It's even better than ice cream sodas."

Lucas always did like fruit and yogurt better than the overly sweet soda concoctions, nice as they may be.

"But why'd ya say that, Autor? Y'shouldn't say yer not worthy."

"That's a lot of fruit, Rae," the boy says, blinking. "You put a lot of fruit in this glass."

Then he shakes his head. "Oh, no! That's not it at all? It's just... the difference is so much like a candle flame compared to a star," he says, and drains some of his smoothie. "But I did kiss the sun during Cubefall. What did you do for Cubefall, Lucas? I was a girl."

"You should totally find this Punie and kiss her, Autor," Sunshine grins. Autor's got a cruuuush. Aren't teen crushes adorable?

There's no way Sunshine isn't going to be teasing Autor about this once he's back to his calculating, snarky, and easily-riled self. "You might be her first kiss."

"Hey yeah," Lucas agrees. "Maybe she'd want you t'be her first kiss."

But then the rest of what Autor said catches up.

"Wait, you were a girl? Were you a Magypsy?"