MASK OR MENACE IC CONTACT

[selfequipped]

"Hey, it's Kate. Leave a message."

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[selfequipped]

If I spent that very same evening with Tommy, what would you assume?

[inmyothertights]

Tommy has a thing for you and we both know you felt the same way, kind of, for a little while.

And if you told me it wasn't a date I would believe you.

[selfequipped]

But there would be that tiny inkling. "Why is Kate denying that it's a date?"

Of course, I wouldn't deny that it was a date, but that's beside the point!

[inmyothertights]

It's not a date. I wouldn't cheat on Teddy.

[selfequipped]

No, but Mandrake isn't the only one who's lonely. I'm worried about you, Billy. And you've looked better lately, but ...

[She's concerned that in the absence of Teddy for so long, that he might seek something without realizing it.]

[inmyothertights]

I'm not that pathetic, not yet.

[selfequipped]

I'm not calling you pathetic, but you're allowed to be lonely.

[inmyothertights]

Sure, I'm lonely.

And it's frustrating and everything, because I'm pretty sure Teddy'll never come here, but I'm not-

It's lonely. I can manage.

[selfequipped]

This isn't some desperate jealousy thing, but I would really prefer spending New Year's Eve with you than not with you, and even the after-breakfast. That's just what we do.

["We" here implies the team.

Because it is what they do.]

[inmyothertights]

Well-

I can go for most of it. You won't mind if I take some time off and skip out as long as I come back for the ball drop and the breakfast, right?

[selfequipped]

Yeah, but if it gets weird, pop right back. It still sounds like an intimate gathering.

[inmyothertights]

You got it.