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"Gone fishing."

[ so don't leave messages to ruin the after fishing glow !!!

your one stop shop for not leaving him alone ]

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Checking off another box on order forms isn't putting me out.

[There's so little she could do that would really count as putting him out at this point, he can't really think of anything that's not...well, homey.]

What do you know about cats?

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That you don't like them. :) I know a lot. What do you want to know about cats?

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I have one that I can't take care of and the home I thought might work for it fell through.
It can't live in my bait shop forever.
You want it?

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Yes! How did you get a cat?

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It's been hanging around the shop.
I left the door open because I was moving some stuff in and out and came back to find it behind the counter.

[The Baltimore crew might wonder if it was a legitimate stray, considering his first idea of what to do with it was use it as an apology to one Karen Starr, but he's not giving out any details other than it was a stray cat. Will Graham "stealing" cats? Please.]

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:D What does it look like? Is it a boy or a girl? Do you think it's feral or was it someone's cat that ran away?

[ SHE IS SO EXCITED. a pet! finally! it only took her eighteen plus years to get a pet of her own. ]

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[Emoticons. Emoticons because of cats. Not his child by blood, but the water's thick enough with it that it doesn't matter.]

It's a girl. [He checked.] She's gray/black and doesn't sit still long enough for me to take a picture. She's been well-behaved ever since she got here, so I'm assuming she's domesticated in some way. Hasn't tried to attack me or Gunther.

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[ animals are better than people, that's why. ]

Cool. Can I come see her or are you busy?

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[No lies detected.]

You can come see her if you take her back with you.
If you need $$$ for litter boxes and food and whatever else, you can take that, too.

[Come take the cat and his money.]

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Can I have money for a car, too?

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When you go through what you have to in order to get your license here.
Pretty sure Chilton's got a car.
Maybe he'll go over the test with you.

[That wouldn't be strained AT ALL. That pretty red convertible he'd seen Chilton driving with his mind could use a few scratches.]

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Ha! No. Never. I don't think I really want to get my license anyway. Public transportation is better for the environment.

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And your health.

[By which he means her health during the stress of having to deal with Chilton as a teacher. And Chilton's health, too, really—Will knows that Abigail's no saint. But he didn't kill Frederick Chilton's father and then get sentimental over it all and then throw up his ear and other terrible things, so the concern remains firmly in Abigail's court. Helmet on, Team Abigail it is.]

I don't imagine it would be too difficult to learn here if you really wanted to.
If you ever do, I'll see about setting it up with someone else.
Or get one myself.

[JUST LET ME SPOIL YOU PLEASE CAN YOU JUST LET ME SPOIL YOU]

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A license or a car? I do know how to drive, I learned in high school.

[ in high school, like that was so long ago. it seems like so long ago, okay? she is an old, jaded lady now.

with a cat.

abigail hobbs is a cat lady. ]

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A license. I'm sure they operate similarly enough, but I haven't done anything with the hovering cars here yet, not on my own.

[Maybe he can get the basics from Chilton along with that clean bill of health if things go a certain way.]

Cars are expensive and the bigger fishing seasons are winding down. Business isn't what it was in the summer.
But there's plenty of time for other work before Christmas.

[LET ME SPOIL YOU]

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Where would I drive it? To all my friends' houses? [ L O L oh wait, speaking of will's house... ] Oh, hey did you get my note? I left it while you were at work. And met your new roommate.

[ it was a thank you note. for her scarf and book and for will existing, basically, but in abigail's sparse prose and delicate handwriting. ]

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Wherever you wanted, that's one of the joys of owning a car.
I got it. Thank you.

[He wasn't going to bring it up. Gratitude is such a tricky thing. But it's totally one step short of being framed in his room like it should be.]

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Okay, good. What if I drove to Minnesota and lived in a cabin in the woods with my cat? Would you visit me?

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Depends on who you ask to build the cabin.

[There are no antlers in this decorating, the budget for it roughly the size of a barge.]

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I was thinking more like rent to own, already furnished like a seaside cottage without the sea.

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Have you ever actually been to a seaside cottage?

[That's a little easier to get together than a brand new cabin. Rather less worrisome, too.]

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No.

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Would you want to go to one sometime?

[It'll be lovely and the only lures required are the ones used to catch fish.]

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Sure. That'd be nice.

[ like she was ever going to say no. this child loves nature, a cabin by a lake or the florida coast would just be more nature for her to explore. she used to have a babbling brook outside her bedroom window. she is heart eyes at nature. ]

Like camping without the tent, right?

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[There's a delay in this message the others don't have, one he doesn't mention but would blame on a customer, the dog, the cat, anything but what it actually is.

Seaside cottage, camping without the tent, Will Graham smuggling Abigail Hobbs away from the pure show of filth and blood, the mess of Baltimore that's followed them both, been here before Will himself (as he remembers it), the septic tank that's busted and overflows and threatens to swallow everything in its wake and make it just as miserable and foul. But he's part of that show, he realizes. He can be just as toxic if there is a need for it. He might be better than the Ripper (that's not saying much), but he's gotten down on his stomach and crawled through the muck and mire all on his own, knowing it for what it was and wallowing in it just the same. That it could be argued he did it "for Abigail" isn't something that excuses it, shifts blame around. He did it, won't give away details about the Boyles, wouldn't have done so whether she was living or dead. That's not Abigail's fault, that's not Lecter's fault. That's solely Will, and he knows it.

He can get away from the rest. He could take her away from them, too. But in the end, there's no one in their little sounder who can claim any level of purity.]

Pretty much. Just me and you or...?