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[turdusmigratoriusmortuus]

I swear to god if you ruin their lives, I will ruin yours.

[He says it without any real malice.]

Not the pimps, I don't care about them.

[theknightshift]

You won't.

[ Though he will gladly ruin the pimps lives. ]

[turdusmigratoriusmortuus]

[He's quiet for a moment, takes a long sip of his coffee.]

I'll give you a few of my leads.

[He has some that Bruce definitely doesn't.]

But you can't tell them you got their names from me.

[Jason is behaving, it's...weird.]

[theknightshift]

[ It's a gesture Bruce isn't wholly expecting and he looks at Jason over the lip of his mug for a minute, brows raised. It is weird. ]

I would appreciate that.

[ He sips his coffee. ]

I hope this new found cooperation isn't because of what happened last night.

[ Or this morning. He's not talking about that though. ]

[turdusmigratoriusmortuus]

What happened last night, Bruce?

[He tips his head just a little, over his coffee cup, like he's trying to figure out a puzzle.]

[theknightshift]

You called me to pick you up.

[ A pause and then ]

You laughed at my car.

[turdusmigratoriusmortuus]

Where did you even get that car?

[He asks without any mercy.]

Even I couldn't sell those tires.

[A pause.]

Anyway, no, I don't owe you for the single decent act of picking me up when I was high.

[theknightshift]

From a guy in the Bowery. Cheddar I think his name was.

[ He had to offload the car fast and Bruce needed something less flashy to drive while he's undercover. It was a win/win. Was it stolen? Probably! Bruce didn't ask. ]

I would have come for you regardless, Jason. I just wanted to make sure you weren't still under the influence.

[ He's cooperating because he wants to. That's new. Bruce kind of likes it. ]

[turdusmigratoriusmortuus]

I hope you got rid of it already.

[Because if not Jason will absolutely make fun of it forever.]

I'm not under the influence. It wears off in a couple of hours.

[So he can also stop thinking that it was the drug that made Jason want him so badly that morning.]

[theknightshift]

[ Nope. Somewhere in that fleet of cars, there's on 2005 Honda Accord with a souped up interior parked.

And yeah that quietly kills any nagging doubts Bruce might have had about that morning. But he won't address is outright. ]

Good. I didn't think you were, but I also didn't have the chance to examine you this morning.

[ At least not like that. ]

[turdusmigratoriusmortuus]

[He laughs at that, and it's honest. It's the most honest laugh he's had in front of Bruce in a long time.]

Okay, sure.

Now you give me something.

[theknightshift]

[ Bruce steals another piece of bacon to keep himself busy. ]

You could have brought it up yourself.

[ Not that Bruce would have wanted to talk about it either way. ]

[turdusmigratoriusmortuus]

Brought what up?

[He thinks about it for moment.]

Brought up the drugs?

[theknightshift]

I'm not doing this here.

[ Bruce isn't in the mood for it. ]

[turdusmigratoriusmortuus]

[He takes a drink, and one eyebrow goes up.]

Fine. You want to cover breakfast? I have shit to do.

[Apparently Bruce has decided that he's going to be doing this.]

[theknightshift]

Fine. Give me my keys.

[ He smiles and once he has her attention, he lifts a hand for the waitress to bring their check. ]

[turdusmigratoriusmortuus]

[He tips his head a little.]

Nah.

You can call Al.

[He gets up, easy.]

I'll see you later, Brucie.