I walked all over the city looking for her. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.
I figured it would just be better if I came back here and waited.
You know, you'd figure you'd get at least one super power with the job, right?
Ya, I know, right?
Something was wrong with her. Could you tell?
And she looked so young. I mean a girl on the streets is so dangerous.
Where do you think she sleeps at night?
I don't know, V. There's nothing you can do about it right now.
I left the coat outside. As an invitation.
She'll come, she'll come.
[Andy typing]
Jenna: You!
Jenna: Working late.
Hi Jenna.
Jenna: That's a first.
Andy: Hi
Jenna: Hello. Wow I didn't even know you knew the company password.
Security incident reports. Why do you need to see those?
Ahh...it's for an assignment.
Andrew?
Mmhmm?
What's going on?
Nothing.
Those are civilian memory wipe reports, that's not nothing.
Ok. I was...I was worried about V. Okay? Like she still kind of new here. And you remember what it's like
keeping your work from the people that you care about.
Everyone I cared about thinks I'm dead.
I'll let you get back to work.
I didn't know. I mean--
I knew you never went back down, but...
You just thought I was a heartless bitch?
So why didn't you go back?
Show me your death tracks.
Only two marks. You didn't suffer for very long.
V has one herself which is the norm for everyone in this office...
...which I guess makes me a special case.
Oh wow. Wow Jenn-- um.
I didn't know.
I never want to go back there again.
Oh! uh, ahh. Hey, do you want to--
Oh oh oh! Don't worry about Shane. He's a harmless beta male. Uhh, I'm V.
Uh, Laura. You left this outside?
It's too small for me. It's yours if you have any use for it. Come on in, we're still open.
Shane was just about to make coffee.
Shane: Coffee? Tattoo? V does both!! [Under his breath] She's good at both.
V: And he's very caffeinated as you can already tell. Here.
I uh, I'll take the coffee, not the tattoo.
Ok!
Do you have any muffins? Anything with sugar at all?
Ya, are you ok? Laura?
Laura, are you ok?
Laura: Uhh--
V: Oh my god! Oh my god, Shane!
V: Can I get you anything else?
Laura: Oh, no thanks. Sorry about all that.
Oh don't be sorry.
Diabetes?
Ah, Type 1.
Oh, that's the bad kind, right? Can't it be fatal if you don't get insulin?
Ya, I don't need a lecture though. Thanks.
Uh, here. If you want, for your lip?
[something crashing and breaking in the other room]
Shane: I'm ok!
V: How's that mug?
Shane: Not very bouncy!
[V and Laura laugh]
V: So where do you usually spend the night?
Laura: Um. At the shelter. But it's full of drunks.
[V's phone rings] Oh, sorry. It's just my Mom.
This place is really cool. Do you crash here?
Ehh, sort of. My sister has an apartment upstairs, but, she's kind of intense.
What about your family?
I don't know. I don't know...I haven't seen them since I left.
How old are you?
Seventeen.
I was sixteen the first time I left home. With a fight with my Mom over a tattoo.
It only lasted a day.
Ya. I had to last a lot longer than that, 'cause my Mom is-- she's crazy.
She would go out all the time and not come home for days, and then--
when she did come home she would find this way to make all her shit my fault, and...
Do you have any sisters?
Uh, no, I have a brother. Glen. He's awesome.
But my Mom sent him to this military college down south. So I don't see him.
[knock at the door]
Shane: Who's that?
Laura: Um, what's going on?
V: Oh no, it's ok. Don't worry.
Shane, whispering: Are you expecting someone?
V, whispering: No, Penny's upstairs.
Shane: Oh. It's you.
V: Ugh, David.
David: Good evening V. Shane.
Hi little girl from the back alley!
Shane to V: He's one of them, isn't he?
V: Yes, obviously.
No it's fine, he's fine. Don't worry.
David? What are you doing here? I don't need security.
It's not for your protection, it's for hers.
I heard from Andrew about your third assignment. And after what happened last time, I came to help.
But it's cold out there, and since you know I'm observing you, I thought I might do so from inside for a change.
Hey! What the hell are you doing?! V, your boyfriend just tried to steal my stuff!
No, no Laura he just-- Laura wait!
Shane what the hell were you doing?? You totally freaked her out!
I wasn't doing anything! I was just putting her bag on the ground, until stalker dude from your afterlife
strolled in uninvited.
David: So he does know!
It's a long story.
Probably not.
Shane: Ya look we already talked about it with the other guy okay? V trusts me. I'm fine. You're totally crazy.
V: You know what? Both of you need to shut up, because I was in the middle of something and my assignment just ran out the door.
I don't even know her last name!
David: Maybe this will help.
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