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hawk_shot

Help him getting your foot out of his ass, after how hard you've kicked it?

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streetlevel

... I may have slammed his face into the table.

From:

hawk_shot

For real?!

... Matt, I think I've never fangirled you as much as I do right now.

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streetlevel

For real. I don't know if it was the smart thing to do, but it felt good.

... I also saw your mom.

[OOC: If there's anything in particular you want Eleanor to have told Matt just lemme know, otherwise I'll just make it up. :) ]

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hawk_shot

It's not the kick to the balls that I wanted, but it's more than good enough.

[Kate pauses. Even though Matt had promised he'd see her mom, it's only once he states that he did that reality truly hits Kate.]

... How is she? She's not hurt, is she?

[ooc: you have total freedom! I love to be surprised. <3]

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streetlevel

She's not hurt, no. She sounded tired. Guarded. I think she was trying to figure out some ulterior reason for me being there.

I told her I knew you.

From:

hawk_shot

[Kate lets out a deep sigh. Heavy. Carrying weeks of worrying about Eleanor.]

It's as if not trusting people was part of her religion or something.

From:

streetlevel

These days I think a lot of us are short on trust. She did ask about you. I told her you were doing well.

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hawk_shot

I'm guessing the news are reaching prison too.

[Is her mom worried about her own well being? About her daughter's?]

Did she say anything else?

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streetlevel

There are communal televisions in gen pop, yes. Besides that, I'm sure word has spread through other means, too.

She asked how I knew you. I kept it vague. She also wanted to know if I'd heard anything about the company.

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hawk_shot

Kinda hard to miss when a buddy criminal makes it to office.

[Buddies. That might not have been the relationship her mother and Fisk had, but it feels like an appropiate blow.]

Please tell me you said it caught on proverbial fire and we are in bankruptcy.

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streetlevel

I'm sorry. Should I not have gone?

[He gets why she's making scathing remarks, he's just trying to figure out from her words whether his visit caused more harm than good.]

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hawk_shot

[Kate is quiet for a second, actually considering the question. Once she speaks, her tone changes completely. It's not sharp as before, but sounding a little tired herself.]

No, sorry. It's -- The thing why I can't face mom right now it's because... Because part of me is worried and misses her, who mom used to be. The other part of me wants to punish her.

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streetlevel

You don't have to explain why you don't want to see her. I just didn't want to make things harder for you.

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hawk_shot

It's not.

I'm sorry, Matt. I'm really am. I just -- Guess we are all on edge right now.

But I really, really wanted to know how mom is doing in there. If she's safe. Even if Cherry already said so.

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streetlevel

You're fine. There's nothing to apologize for. I was just checking in with you.

From:

hawk_shot

I promise I'm grateful. Even if I sound bitchy.

What did you tell her about the company?

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streetlevel

You don't. You're fine.

The truth, as far as I know it. What you've told me about how it's doing.

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hawk_shot

[Kate sighs, actually glad to hear that.]

Okay... So my plans to let someone else manage it. Mom must feel relieved.

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streetlevel

I think she was relieved that you are okay, and then that the company is okay. She did ask about you first.

From:

hawk_shot

[She snorts to it, but for the first time today something feels good about it.]

If I visit her for her birthday, would you come with me? As my lawyer, of course.

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streetlevel

Of course I'd come. As your lawyer, but also your friend.

From:

hawk_shot

You're too good to me sometimes, did you know that?

And people later accuse me of being spoiled.

From:

streetlevel

Maybe it's a good thing when people are spoiled on the amount of friends they have. Even if I have a bad habit of running away from mine when times are tough.

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hawk_shot

It's a good thing you were spoiled with stubborn friends then, Matt.

Just remember that even if you need time for yourself, we'll always be here for you.