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« notanetrunner » TEXT ✧ AUDIO ✧ VIDEO ✧ ACTION V ✦ Cyberpunk 2077
RESIDENCE ✦ Emerald District, alone w/2 cats
GEMBOND ✦ Ruby
It's V; you know what to do.

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Boone blinks- he hadn't expected the offer, and his expression softens after a moment before he puts his card back. "I... thanks. Owe you one."

It means he can get Uldren a peace offering, then. And that won't be as expensive as tonight's mess, for sure. "You can come with me if you're worried. Doesn't hurt to have someone watch your back, I guess."

He does wonder why V is being so nice, but maybe he's just like that. Some people are. Boone doesn't get it but he doesn't have to.

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"Buy me a drink sometime t'make up for it." It was something he wouldn't actually hold Boone to, not really. He was honestly expecting that after tonight Boone would probably just fade away into memory, but that was fine. If he could do a kind thing for a gembonded then that was enough.

"This place got a lot of polish on the surface but parts'f it got a real dark side'f you're not careful." Which was to say that V planned to at least walk him part of the way home. V was sure Boone could handle himself, but so could V and he'd been through a couple of harrowing situations while here.

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"Sure, I can do that." Boone will try to remember through the haze he's in right now. Even if he only remembers a few weeks later, like he sometimes does.

"Figure I'll get myself sobered up and apologise then. He's fine with me drinking but I think a sober apology will mean more." Even if it might be more awkward, he wants to try.

He steps out of the bar and breathes in the cool night air- it braces him a little. Once V joins him he claps him on the back briefly (and perhaps a bit harder than he meant to) in an attempt at a friendly gesture. He soon moves his hand away, though.

"Hey, if I don't contact you in a few days you can get in touch with me about that drink. You seem like a pretty decent guy." And decent guys are always worth knowing.

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V didn't comment on the apology. He personally felt that an apology was a waste of words but he wouldn't press the thought onto his new acquaintance. The man should do whatever felt right for himself and his friend. He got up and took care of the tab while Boone stepped outside.

He joined Boone outside and was maybe a little surprised when Boone clapped his back but he shook the surprise off with a chuckle. For a man who seemed to be pretty standoffish and didn't want to talk it was a somewhat familiar gesture. He was probably just feeling a little friendly because he was full of drinks.

"Ah, don't know'f I'm decent, just been put in my place a time'r two." V chuckled at that as if it were a fond memory. "I'll be sure reach out. Gotta know'f my advice's any good'r not." Maybe he could start charging for it, ha.

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Boone knows actions speak louder than words but there's no point in not trying both, right? Even if his track record with words is... not stellar. As for the gesture, it's absolutely the drink. Doesn't mean he doesn't mean it, though.

"Heh... yeah. Let's hope it is." Said in a way that makes it obvious he really, really hopes it is.

He walks fairly steadily for a guy who's drank half his weight in whiskey, not stumbling or swaying so much as just walking ahead with dogged determination. He'd probably only trip if he had to make a sharp turn or got knocked into. Eventually he reaches his and Uldren's place, and turns to face V again.

"So, uh. Thanks for walking me back. See you some other time, yeah?"