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Karal had managed to tame his hair since returning from his impromptu worlds tour with Jeff. It no longer looked as if it was set to launch a bid for world domination at any moment, and that could only be a good thing.

There was still no sign of Altra, though, which was a slight worry. As he sipped his morning tea and opened the library, he decided not to worry about it -- the Firecat would return in his own time.

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"No, no, it was--" He put chin on his hand, sighing a little, and resigned himself to being embarrassed. Not that he minded so much. "Jeff has a horrible dog, and she knocked us into a locker. We spent five days jumping between worlds until we arrived in the one with the river. The whole place was made from candy, and we more, umm, fell into the river."

Evey's brows shot up. "You moved between worlds? And one was made of candy? But poor you, being forced to, er, travel against your will." She was dangerously close to laughing, but was trying to restrain herself.

He could tell, and he dropped his forehead onto the table. "There was a mountain of underwear and a very questionable Greek goddess, I had to rescue Jeff from a mob of crazy villagers, I rode a pink sheep and I also insulted a group of men who were dressed as women, which," his ears went red again, "resulted in me wearing nothing but a purple hat with a feather."

The visual part of Evey's brain was dueling between all those images being hilarious, versus the rather...interesting concluding one. The result was more difficulty with keeping her mouth from twitching, and a sudden, bright blush over her skin as her stomach fluttered oddly. Either way, she was glad he wasn't looking at her at the moment.

Laughter eventually won out, and Evey giggled as she reached out and unthinkingly patted his shoulder, very lightly. "There, there. At least the stories are good."

Karal almost jumped when she touched him, it was so unexpected. That and her laughter sent his ears pink again, and he was suddenly nervous. "And I comfort myself that, no matter how embarrassing it was, at least it makes others laugh," he said quietly, turning his head so he could smile up at her.

"I don't see why you should be all that embarrassed," she added, seeming to realize where her hand was and tucking it around her mug again quickly, her cheeks heating up. "It's not like you'll probably ever see these people again."

Sunlord, stop the blushing, please? "Very true," he agreed, and sat up, folding his hands around his mug. "Evey, would you like to come with me to see a movie at the theatre tonight?" he asked, then hastily added, "Not a date, I promise. It's just, I've never seen one, and Andrew said I should, and that I could go with him and Liir and bring someone if I wanted to, and I thought you might want to come with us."

Evey blinked a few times, processing all the information. She felt that odd little flutter again, but then a twinge of disappointment. Nonetheless, she smiled, and her answer came easily. "I'd love to, Karal."

He broke into a huge smile. "Good, that's good," he said, nervous again. He told her what time they were meeting, then asked, "Will I meet you there?"

"That sounds fine," she said, nodding and smiling shyly as her mind immediately launched into a series of trivial worries that she'd thought she'd left behind at...oh, fifteen or so. "I look forward to it."

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