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Angel inna bar, to say nothing of the skirt. Or perhaps something should be said about it, if only because it's not one he's worn around the bar until now.
Table, tea and paradoxes, people-watching... the usual.

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Angel with a Slayer leaning on his shoulder.

"found out why the headache."

He puts an arm around her. "Yeah?"

"Yeah. Curse. Thinger. Going around. Redid that ritual. All the voices."

"...Oh, honey."
Make that a full-fledged hug. "Least you know what it is now, right?"

Faith nods, slightly.

"Maybe can be fixed. Hope so. Anyway, it hasn't gotten really bad yet."

"Hope it doesn't. Like having you of one mind."
Meanwhile, Angel's quietly thanking... someone... that it isn't something with no hope of recovery.

Faith snorts, softly. "I kind of prefer it that way myself."

"For all a little insanity can be a good thing now and then, this sounds like something else entirely."
And looked like it, when she dropped by the bar mid-ritual.

"17,000 plus Slayers living in my head at the same time? Yeeeah."

And there is blinking. "...Brings new meaning to the concept of multiple personalities. Also, I'm kinda surprised your head didn't burst at the seams on the first go."

Wryly, "It put me in a coma the first go. I'm hoping to skip that this time."

"Hope you do too. Even with the Slayer healing, too many of those can't possibly be good for you."

"I've had three," Faith reports. "Which is more than enough in my opinion."

"See, I'm inclined to call one coma more than enough. But then, I'm dead, so what would I know?"
He's teasing. Out of love, of course.

"I sort of deserved the first one."

"Hey, no guilt trips, honey. You've got enough on your plate right now."
Funny, how quickly he can go from joking to serious.

Faith nods, and leans against him.

"They're buzzing. In the back of my head."

Angel hugs her again. "Don't have much experience with that, but I know what it's like to not get better when you should be. 'S not fun."

Faith leans.

And clings.

He's not one to interrupt a much-needed cling. (And he probably couldn't shake Faith off if he tried, what with Slayer.)
"Wish I could tell you it'll be okay. As it is, I'll be hoping for the best. 'M not really qualified to help with this one, outside of moral support."

"Moral support is good."

"Think it even gets underrated, in times like these. Which is a pity."

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