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[upshore]

[Miles holds up his camcorder with his right hand, trying to keep his lack-of-finger from showing. The finger stub is tucked under the hand strap, so, success?]

Okay, I give up. Anyone know where I can get someone to fix a camcorder? It's not really broken - it works fine, but the lens is cracked. [And that's why you don't drop it down several floors, idiot. Never mind that had been totally out of his control.]

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[reluctantaccessory]

Uh, no. (A slightly "sheepish sorry" look.) I don't, but maybe...let me think of someone...

(Ah.)

Tony seems to be good at that sort of thing, I think...

video;

[upshore]

I guess I could ask him.

[He'd prefer not to. Tony's reaction upon learning about the Walrider had been a little too oh-you-wonderful-science-experiment, which. Nah.]

Sorry about the other day again.

Re: video;

[reluctantaccessory]

Um, well...(Marie notices that tone of voice.) Well, you don't have to ask him, I guess. But, there has to be someone else running around that can.

(Then at that. Oh right. That. She had been trying so hard to forget about that little outburst. She looks even more sheepish now.)

I kind of think I owe you the apology actually...

video;

[upshore]

Nah. Don't worry about it. I'm a scary guy. [He grins, because he's a dork and doesn't hit things and is just generally a cinnamon roll.]

I'll go to him if I can't find anything else. I don't want to rely on him, you know? He's already helping me out.

Re: video;

[reluctantaccessory]

A scary guy. (Riiiiiiight. Sure you were, Miles. She might even be rolling her eyes at that.) Sure you are.

I'm sure fixing your camcorder isn't that big of a deal, it's probably not even a blip of a favor.

video;

[upshore]

Hey, I'm plenty scary. [He closes his eyes and grimaces in something that might have looked like a smile. Yeah, he's scary these days.] Just ask the guys I report on.

I guess. Maybe I will ask him.

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[reluctantaccessory]

The guys you report on? (She is just going to raise an eyebrow.) I guess what's what those field notes were for, huh?

(Then.) You still don't look scary. At all.

You look more like, more like...hm, well you're not scary. At all. Not one bit. (She looks so serious when she says this.) I'm not afraid of you. I've seen scarier.

[justno]

I could probably fix it. For a price.

[upshore]

[under his breath:] Why doesn't that fill me with confidence?

I've got a little juulan, but I'm gonna gently reject any other "price". I've had enough weird shit to last me at least two lifetimes.

[justno]

The hell else would I want besides money? Fucking weirdo.

[upshore]

I dunno, souls? This place is fuckin' weird.

[justno]

Yeah, well, I'm not.

Either it works or it doesn't. If it works, I want cash. If it doesn't, you don't lose shit.

[upshore]

Well, that's nice. Satisfaction guaranteed or your money back.

How likely are you to break it, though? Don't take this as an attack. This thing's practically an extension of my arm, so I'm a little paranoid [in general] about it getting all FUBAR.

[justno]

I don't give a shit about your satisfaction. I care about whether or not it works. But assuming "fubar" means fucked, then there's no chance.

video; unfortunately this hurts all three of his feelings

[highprofilerichkid]

I'm a supergenius engineer with flying power armor and you don't trust me to replace a camcorder lens? Wow. Major diss. I'm not sharing my coffee with you anymore.

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[upshore]

[The :| is strong with this one.]

You're already helping me out a lot. I don't want to impose.

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[highprofilerichkid]

[You're gonna have to be more explicit than that, Miles, he's pretty clueless.]

Seriously, it's no problem. I can grind and swap in a new lens in a couple hours. It'll probably be even better than the original.