Obligatory flashback

She looked around, seeing to realize the hour. "Hey... Did I wake you?"

"No, not at all," he assured her. "Is everything okay? You want to come inside?" She mentally relaxed at the concern in his voice.

"If that's okay with you... I need someone to talk to."

Magdalena did not appear pleased with this new development.

Linao found a comfortable place on the bed and grabbed a pillow, hugging it to her chest. Dom settled himself on the floor against the wall.

"Sooo... what's up?" he queried.

"I... um..." She floundered for a place to start. How was she going to tell him this? Distracted, she noticed a bloodstain on his clothes. "What happened to your leg?"

"Huh? ...oh... Uh... Just an accident at the garage."

Running from the technocracy, because Tamur had the brilliant idea to summon a fireball, Lin.

What could he tell her?

"I... scraped it on a workbench."

summary written by Cherie