The Gym - Wednesday Afternoon

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Rose hadn't been laying off training exactly, but getting to shoot in Criminal Justice today made her realise that she hadn't been working quuuuite as hard as she had been a few weeks ago.

Which was why she headed down to the gym after lunch, dropped her bag against the wall and started to work over the heavy bag over, punching and kicking slower at first and then faster and faster until she was working full out.

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"Why'd you think that?" he asked, coming closer. "I've been around. Maybe you were the one to disappear."

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"I don't remember disappearing," Rose pointed out. "It'd be sad not to remember something like that."

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"And obviously I didn't disappear since I'm right here," he pointed out. "Maybe you weren't looking in the right place."

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"Who says I was looking?" she inquired.

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"You looked enough to think I disappeared," he pointed out. "That takes some attention."

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"Nah, just random noticing that that kid with the girly name hadn't been around," Rose replied.

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"But you're wrong because I was around," he told her. "And my name isn't girly. It's just stupid."

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"Geez, I wasn't even going to go that far," she said.

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"Hey, I know my name sucks," he said and shrugged. "Not something I can change. And it can't be shortened either. What's got you beating the crap out of the bag today?"

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"Hannie," she said instantly, not having forgotten her amusement from that. Rose shrugged, glancing down to check the tape on her hands. "Nothing in particular. Just need to train harder than I have been. You're free to have it if you want."

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"Stop," he said and made a face, "Rosie. And nah, I'm more an endurance and weights guy. I do all my fighting against real people."

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"Ugh, I'm not a robot on The Jetsons Rocketsons." Rose gave him a measuring glance, automatically assessing his fighting potential now that he'd mentioned it. "How do you train for fighting real people then?"

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"Boxing," he answered, shrugging. "Getting into fights I can't win but learning anyway. Video games. Movies."

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"...movies?" she repeated. Somewhere in Rose's brain, it short circuited between 'that's awesome' and 'how do you expect to learn anything from that.'

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"Don't sound so skeptical," Hannibal said, snickering. "It's not as dumb as it sounds. When you're a kid, it's one of the few things you might have easy access to. Watch a movie enough and you pick up a few things."

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"Uh huh," Rose said, still disbelieving. Because come on, they were actors and half the girls in movies looked like they would break in half if you punched 'em. "Like what?"

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"What, you want a demonstration?" he asked. "You're that much of a skeptic?"

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"You're talking a big talk here," Rose teased. "Why shouldn't I be curious."

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"I didn't think I was talking a big talk at all," he replied, shaking his head. "Stating a few facts and suddenly, you're doubting me. I think you just wanna see me sweat."

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She laughed at him, shaking her head. "You're in a gym. If I wanted to see you sweat, I could just wait until you started working out."

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"You saying you don't want to see me sweat?" he asked innocently.

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"I'm saying that you came to the wrong place if you weren't planning on it," Rose said, smirking. "And I'm here so I'm not against sweating."

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"Oh, I was planning on it," he assured her, stretching his wrists and arms. "The means of sweating is still up in the air."

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"I don't mind if you want to show me some of those movie moves," Rose said sweetly.

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"You just wanna see me fail," he decided, grinning briefly. "So, you can get a good laugh. Don't you?"