Gym [Saturday evening]

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Rory had immediately checked her messages when she woke up from a nap that evening (lack of caffeine shockingly seemed to make her tired all the time) and headed straight down to the gym.

She didn't really feel like doing much, but she brought her gloves and a bottle of water just in case. When she arrived, she sat down by the bags with her legs folded under her and opened up a book.

[Rory's here to meet Aeryn, natch, but open for all your gym-like needs! And it's fine to say Rory and Aeryn talked, but the subject matter is NFB, pleaseandthankyou!]

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"Thanks. I'll probably take you up on that," she says quietly.

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A thought occurs to her. "Have you talked to Anakin?"

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"Yesterday," she replies. "I tried to make sure he wasn't going to hunt down John."

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"He wasn't happy on Monday," Rory says, nodding a little. "I did what I could, but...."

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"He seemed calmer yesterday," she says. "That's something, I think."

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"He stayed with me all that night and then visited Tuesday," Rory says. "He's been calming exponentially by the day, I think."

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"That's good," she says. "He called while you were in the clinic, but I didn't have my phone. He didn't sound that pleased."

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"He shoved Luke out of the clinic," Rory adds. "He was in a mood. I'm glad he's not going after John."

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"Yeah. No one needs that," she says quietly, going to hit the bag again.

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"Are Molly and Jamie okay?" she asks after a moment.

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Aeryn nods. "Jamie got knocked around before he came to find me, but nothing too bad. He never laid a hand on Molly," she answers.

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"Was he awake during it?" she asks, but she's pretty sure she knows already.

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"The surgery?" Another nod. She's like a bobble head. "Yes. Though handwavey technology I've never understood they didn't even have to put him open."

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"No, everything else," she says. "Though that's good to know, too. I mean - was he aware of what was happening?"

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"He was completely aware of what was happening and what he was doing," Aeryn says, contemplating the bag. "And completely unable to stop it."

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Rory's quiet for a long moment.

And then, "I can't imagine how horrible that was."

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"No," she agrees. "He won't talk about it at all."

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"Can't say I blame him. Has he slept?"

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"A little, I think," she says, not mentioning that she'd slept on the couch where she couldn't watch him. "I doubt he will for a while."

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"Tell him to lay off coffee. It helps," Rory offers and she's only partially joking.

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"Yeah," she says absently, but shakes it off. "Luke told me you couldn't have it anymore."

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"Not until I'm all better or I snap," she says. "Whichever comes first. I've been sleeping a lot. Oh, and he needs to make sure he eats. You too. It'll just make it worse."

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"I know. He's definitely not," she says. "Not that I can tell him to do anything..."

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"Well, you can, but he's probably self-sabotaging and it won't do much good," she replies quietly. "Maybe he just needs to spin his wheels until he feels normal and all any of us can do is try to keep him stable."

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"That's what I'm trying to do. But I try to give him space and he starts getting insecure about me. I try to tell him what's wrong but he doesn't want to hear it, so I give him space. And we've only been back two days."