He shifts about, turning slightly. It gives more blankets to them but in the warm summer of Hell, that's fine. And besides that, he's stretching out a wing and folding it over. It goes past him and lays slightly atop of Nekane, a small sort of enclosure that doesn't block the "view".
"A better Heaven in Hell," He muses. "Now there's irony for you."
They smile a little and blow on one of the feathers. Nekane doesn't actually mind and for a moment brings one of their own wings up simply for the contrast. But they can't keep it there forever and return it to normal before snorting at his remark.
"It sure is some fucking irony. But it's got a better view then Nu does."
They didn't know what they were expecting when they went there for a case, but it was quite literally a waiting room with a long queue. After that they stopped wondering why some opted for resurrection over reincarnation.
Still wasn't worth going through. But they get it.
He watches, noting that contrast. His, fully feathered and new, but awkward. Theirs, bare and battered, but fluid and beautiful.
"I don't think you told me what the view in Nu is," He says, though he imagines they're right. He vaguely remembers it being described as a sort of limbo, not a place to stay.
But then, Hell wasn't a place to stay anymore either, not for everyone. He turns his gaze up.
"I figure this will almost be like sleeping in the sky. The one thing no creature can do." Not even the flying sort.
"Ain't much of a view since it's just a waiting room. No water or anything since everyone's already kicked it. I didn't see it because I wasn't dead when I went but apparently the pit people jump in to reincarnate is pretty cool."
But they had no choice but to take that guy's opinion on it. Nekane had been there to investigate a case, not for sight-seeing and they both decided that the detective should stick to that. Better to get in and then out when it came to Nu.
Nekane turns their own gaze skyward when he does. What he describes is something Nekane could answer because airplanes exist in their time, but they don't. No need to ruin what he's imagining.
Instead Nekane rummages around in their pocket to pull out their phone to take a picture of the sky.
"Nope. Besides, I don't think I could sleep if I was up there. Too much to look at. Say cheese."
Maybe it's life's last give to someone. Just something pretty to look at before oblivion takes you into another life. Nekane's heard the process of reincarnation is painless so that helps. Really, it just sounds like the fear of something new causing people to slide into resurrection.
"Yup, cheese." They grin at his sputter because it'll never not be funny. And save the photo. "One last fucking trick from me."
Logically these photos mean nothing. When they go back home then it'll all go away. But they'll hold onto these memories until they end, until it's stretched so far that it threatens to snap and break the detective.
It's how they've remembered everyone in their life and they won't stop now.
They save the photo and put their phone away. Nekane's half tempted to start an 'argument' that by technically they win because it didn't involve magic but it's pointless. And they're tired. The warmth of the blanket and Héctor's wings are not helping. As much as Nekane liked the cold, warmth was pretty fucking good too.
So they bury themself a little more before finding Héctor's hand to hold onto. Under Hell's idea of a night sky and the wing of a weird not-angel, Nekane closes their eyes.
"Yup. Another day with you."
They're asleep before they can ponder what exactly they mean.
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He shifts about, turning slightly. It gives more blankets to them but in the warm summer of Hell, that's fine. And besides that, he's stretching out a wing and folding it over. It goes past him and lays slightly atop of Nekane, a small sort of enclosure that doesn't block the "view".
"A better Heaven in Hell," He muses. "Now there's irony for you."
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"It sure is some fucking irony. But it's got a better view then Nu does."
They didn't know what they were expecting when they went there for a case, but it was quite literally a waiting room with a long queue. After that they stopped wondering why some opted for resurrection over reincarnation.
Still wasn't worth going through. But they get it.
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"I don't think you told me what the view in Nu is," He says, though he imagines they're right. He vaguely remembers it being described as a sort of limbo, not a place to stay.
But then, Hell wasn't a place to stay anymore either, not for everyone. He turns his gaze up.
"I figure this will almost be like sleeping in the sky. The one thing no creature can do." Not even the flying sort.
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But they had no choice but to take that guy's opinion on it. Nekane had been there to investigate a case, not for sight-seeing and they both decided that the detective should stick to that. Better to get in and then out when it came to Nu.
Nekane turns their own gaze skyward when he does. What he describes is something Nekane could answer because airplanes exist in their time, but they don't. No need to ruin what he's imagining.
Instead Nekane rummages around in their pocket to pull out their phone to take a picture of the sky.
"Nope. Besides, I don't think I could sleep if I was up there. Too much to look at. Say cheese."
But even if he doesn't, they take a photo of him.
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As if they'll see each other again when either one of them returns to their place. But he allows his own foolishness for the moment.
Nekane gives in to their own bout of it and he looks at them with an expression of confusion.
"Cheese?" He repeats, not at all understanding. And then the photo snaps. He splutters.
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"Yup, cheese." They grin at his sputter because it'll never not be funny. And save the photo. "One last fucking trick from me."
Logically these photos mean nothing. When they go back home then it'll all go away. But they'll hold onto these memories until they end, until it's stretched so far that it threatens to snap and break the detective.
It's how they've remembered everyone in their life and they won't stop now.
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He's huffing and making face until they suggest it as one last trick. He squints them a moment longer and then sighs.
"Oh, fine, that's fair play. A win to you."
But despite all that huffing and puffing, there's a slight grin at the corner of his mouth.
"We'll both rest and tomorrow will be a new day..."
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They save the photo and put their phone away. Nekane's half tempted to start an 'argument' that by technically they win because it didn't involve magic but it's pointless. And they're tired. The warmth of the blanket and Héctor's wings are not helping. As much as Nekane liked the cold, warmth was pretty fucking good too.
So they bury themself a little more before finding Héctor's hand to hold onto. Under Hell's idea of a night sky and the wing of a weird not-angel, Nekane closes their eyes.
"Yup. Another day with you."
They're asleep before they can ponder what exactly they mean.