“Indeed. See you soon,” Harrison responded before hanging up. Then he leaned back with a groan. He had no illusions that this would be any fun, unless the other blue man had in fact gotten a personality transplant since the last time they spoke.
But still at the appointed time, his driver drops him off at an artsy little cafe and he walks in to find his ‘date’ already waiting for him.
“Hello,” he says as he sits down across from the other blue man.
“Glad you could make it,” Jack replied, with a small nod. He mentally congratulated himself on keeping his voice steady.
There was no reason to be afraid, he told himself. Harrison wasn’t one of the bullies of his childhood. He was a decent man, and Jack had every intention of being civil to him. He’d meant what he’d said about wanting to clear the air – not just for Katelynn’s sake, but for his own.
From their table, the two of them had an excellent view through the huge picture window that ran along two walls of the cafe. Jack glanced outside briefly, before speaking again. “So … did you and Mr. Scott have a good holiday?”
Apparently there wasn’t even time to order a coffee before they were just going to launch right into… what exactly? Chatting like they were old friends?
“It was a good holiday,” he answered cautiously. ”We spent most of Christmas Day itself with our friend Mykaal in his home dimension and on New Year’s Day a Magic Anon gave me amnesia, but otherwise it was nice to spend time as a family with him and my Minion.”
Jack’s eyes widened. He knew all too well what magic anons were capable of, and the thought of one that removed a person’s memory sounded nightmarish. Whatever his feelings about Harrison, he wouldn’t have wished that on anyone.
“I think the worst thing an anon ever did to me was turn me into a human,” he remarked. “At least you got through it safely?"
This was probably the most bizarre small talk imaginable, but Jack didn’t know what else to say. He couldn’t outright tell Harrison "please like and/or tolerate me so my fiancee will be happy”.
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