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[lostundercover]

[Costigan sounds detached from the subject matter right now, but those attentive may notice a very slight slur on some words. He may or may not be intoxicated.]

Abigail Hobbs is gone, as are Walter Bishop and Rebecca Holiday.

That makes about a dozen in the last month. Anyone else worried about how many people are disappearing? No, why bother? It's not like we get along here and we're all just as fucked as they were anyway, right?

[There's a short silence before he cuts off.]

[100% encrypted to: Dick Grayson]
[He speaks noticeably clearer in his short message.]
Watch the Center. I'll be back in a week or two.

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[lostundercover]

[Costigan turns on the audio to reply, but then can't find any words. So there's only a short burst of silence instead.]

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[wintershepherd]

[ Jack notes the encryption, feels safe to ask: ]

You want anything?

[ Not "need", but "want". ]

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[lostundercover]

[The slur is gone, but emotion is threatening to creep into his words.]

I'm going away for a week or two. Look after my place until I get back.

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[wintershepherd]

[ To Jack's credit, he doesn't voice the sigh. ]

All right.

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[lostundercover]

[He can SENSE it.]

Relax. I'm going to jail for work. I'll be fine.

I can't be here right now.

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[wintershepherd]

You know, we really need to reevaluate the kind of conversations we have when I'm not worried that you started off with, "Relax, I'm going to jail".

I'll keep an eye on your place.

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[lostundercover]

[He pauses. When he speaks again, the emotions leaks into his tone.]

Can you find a place to- to store her things? I don't want to see them.

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[wintershepherd]

Yeah. I'll take care of that.

[ Jack's seen Costigan's apartment before Abigail was in the picture, so he'll use that to reset the man's living spaces to said state. Anything of hers will be stored in Jack's suite, carefully packed -- he has three floors of the treehouse, it's not like he doesn't have the room -- until further notice. ]

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[lostundercover]

Thanks, Jack.