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[glassbox]

it's diamond lil.
leave a message, hon.

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[glassbox]

That's sweet, hon. I don't mind goin'. Might as well -- y'probably got more friends left 'round here than I do, anyway.

[notdaredevil]

Not many friends without baggage.

[glassbox]

Everybody's got baggage, sweetheart. Ain't any avoidin' that.

[notdaredevil]

Baggage I don't remember, Lil.

[glassbox]

Like what?

[ A beat, before she goes on: ]

Does it even matter?

[notdaredevil]

I wish I knew.

[ And then, recognizing what they might be skirting, he carries on with a forced casualness, brushing it aside: ]

It's not worth worrying about, anyway.

[glassbox]

Guess not.

[ Maybe she senses the shift in subject. But maybe she'd rather not fight over the phone -- for once. ]

D'you think it's weird, goin' t'stuff as a couple now?

[notdaredevil]

Why on earth would it be weird?

[ There's a leap in logic if he's heard one. ]

[glassbox]

I dunno. My husband wasn't really in t'socializin'. We definitely didn't go t'parties together.

[notdaredevil]

I think that makes him weird, Lil, not us.

[glassbox]

So, what're y'sayin', that I like weird men?

[notdaredevil]

No comment.

[glassbox]

Uh-huh.

You're the least weird of the bunch, if that makes y'feel better.

[notdaredevil]

What a compliment. [ Dryly. ] I'm so flattered.

[glassbox]

You're also the most fun.

[notdaredevil]

You can't imagine how many people might be surprised to hear you say that.

[glassbox]

[ Wryly: ] Not if they knew who y'were bein' compared to.

[notdaredevil]

Only in comparison to Frank Castle would that be apt.

[glassbox]

An' my husband. Third time's a charm, I guess.

[notdaredevil]

Huh.

[ He doesn't know what to think about that. ]

Well, we can be the kind of couple that goes to parties and has fun.

[glassbox]

Yeah? Y'sure we ain't gettin' too old for that?

[notdaredevil]

Who's old?

[glassbox]

Your cougar girlfriend, apparently.

[notdaredevil]

My what?

[glassbox]

Y'heard me.