[ saloons. like in old westerns. makes sense with what livio told him about no man's land. dolph suppresses the pang in his heart. it still hurts to think about him. ]
I was in special military ops. This is just a bar.
[ a bar he fashioned to resemble prism. the bar where he met alex. it feels masochistic though to admit that. I made my bar look like the one where I met the love of my life who eventually betrayed me. the truth is, despite all that happened with alex, he's still grateful. grateful to have some of those experiences, the brief tangent of happiness.
dolph sets his glass aside. ]
Usually, since my staff aren't too familiar with them. Are you in the mood for one? It can be on the house.
[ He shifts in his seat to follow where Dolph's gaze is going before he turns back to look at the other man. There'sa moment where he's quiet and spends a few seconds watching Dolph in the dim club lighting. After a beat or two: ]
Are there a lot of places like this, where you're from?
[ he snorts lightly as he fixes up vash's whiskey. ]
Sort of. Eden loved capitalism so anything that made them money was good. But some places — gay bars and the like — weren't really allowed in the main city. Only in the seedy underbelly.
[ he remember how his hands shook when he went in for the first time. how alex grasped them quietly and said, you'll be all right, babe, just breathe. and it had opened his world.
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It's nothing special. Just what I'm used to.
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I don't know about that, Dolph. It takes a lot of hard work to run a saloon, I can only imagine this is even more complicated.
[ Give yourself more credit. There's a pause, next as vash leans on the bar, arms folded. ]
Do you serve drinks the whole time?
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I was in special military ops. This is just a bar.
[ a bar he fashioned to resemble prism. the bar where he met alex. it feels masochistic though to admit that. I made my bar look like the one where I met the love of my life who eventually betrayed me. the truth is, despite all that happened with alex, he's still grateful. grateful to have some of those experiences, the brief tangent of happiness.
dolph sets his glass aside. ]
Usually, since my staff aren't too familiar with them. Are you in the mood for one? It can be on the house.
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[ Well he can't argue with that. He still thinks it's a different kind of hard work. Still admirable.
He's had a drink so far, but he nods a little at the offer. ]Sure. But I'll pay, you don't have to give me anything for free.
I'm probably just going to hang out here, if that's okay. [ And after a moment he considers: ] I could lend a hand if you wanted.
[ He does not know how to serve drinks don't let him do that. ]
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[ he glances at the crowd. no one really pays attention to anyone else here. that's why he liked these places. ]
Sometimes, that's all anyone needs.
So what do you want? We got a little of everything.
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[ He shifts in his seat to follow where Dolph's gaze is going before he turns back to look at the other man. There'sa moment where he's quiet and spends a few seconds watching Dolph in the dim club lighting. After a beat or two: ]
Are there a lot of places like this, where you're from?
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Sort of. Eden loved capitalism so anything that made them money was good. But some places — gay bars and the like — weren't really allowed in the main city. Only in the seedy underbelly.
[ he remember how his hands shook when he went in for the first time. how alex grasped them quietly and said, you'll be all right, babe, just breathe. and it had opened his world.
dolph slides the glass over to vash. ]
I guess I just kind of missed this sort of place.