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Elaine comes over, smiling sunnily. "Good even, Nita. Might I get you anything tonight?"

Nita looks up and smiles back. "Hey, Elaine." She considers. "Actually, some tea sounds really good."

"I'll get that for you, then." Elaine goes to the bar and comes back with a cup of tea for her, plus cream and sugar.

"How have you been, Nita? I've not seen you for a long time."

"Thanks." She adds sugar and answers Elaine as she stirs.

"I'm pretty good, actually. Finished a job last night."

"Oh? What did you do?" Elaine loves to hear about magic--it intrigues her.

"Have you met Puck here?"

"I'm afraid I haven't yet."

"He's one of the Fair Folk -- they were having some trouble in his world that I went to help with."

"Oh...is he fae, then? That's fascinating. I don't believe I've ever met one of them."

"He is, and he's -- well, a lot different than the last ones I met."

"How so, Nita? It sounds as if you have lived in quite a magical world for some time."

"Only two years, really, but I've managed to fit a lot in." She rolls her eyes, but smiles. "Last August, when I was in Ireland, I met some of the Fair Folk. Nice enough, but -- well, nothing like Puck."

"So what is he like?"

"Bigger than life," she answers with a grin.

She smiles back. "Ah. So, how did you help him?"

"His master -- well, the being who used to be his master -- was allied with the Lone Power, and sacrificing mortals to gain power." There's a hint of distaste in her voice as she continues, "Plus, he was trying to get Puck back in his service, so he kidnapped some of Puck's friends. So a group of us went to get them back, and I laid a geas on him so that he can't work with the Lone Power again."

"That is...that sounds terribly dangerous. Did everyone you went with return safely?"

"There were some minor injuries, but yeah, everyone got out safely." She smiles, and it's a little sad and a little old -- and a moment later, she looks back up at Elaine and is a teenager again.

"So what have you been up?"

"Oh, readjusting after being in Los Angeles for two months out of the bar...and being relieved that Chris is no longer sick with that shapeshifter's disease. Being with Ryan and being happy..." She smiles softly.

"That sort of thing."

Her eyebrows go up. "You were in LA?'

"Oh, you did not hear? I opened the door by mistake and the door slammed behind me. I think I was gone for nearly three weeks bar time." She chews on her lip. "But for me, in Los Angeles, it was two months."

"Wow." She shakes her head. "I didn't hear. What did you do in LA? I mean, did you get a job or anything?"

"I was able to get a job at a diner, because the owner was good enough to take me on without any papers or anything. I worked but not much else. I went to the beach, and to the library."

"The beach -- that must've been fun." She smiles. "One of the big libraries, or what?"

"It was huge, but remember, in my day, books were rare commodities. I think I must have stood there with my mouth open for a few minutes when I first walked in."