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KATE BISHOP

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Does that even make a difference? He lied to me.

[alsohawkeye]

Of course it makes a difference. They all suck but some lies are worse than others.

[uncurse]

We both went home a few jumps back. He went home for longer.

A year longer.

We were separated. All of us were. My family and Hook went back to the world we came from, and Henry and I had to stay behind.

[alsohawkeye]

[ Kate's not actually sure which part of this is the lie, and she's wracking her brain trying to remember what exactly it was that Hook had told her about them being apart for a year. She knows she passed it along to Emma, but presumably there's some key bit here that's different that she's missing or remembering wrong. Not that she can just say that yet. She's supposed to be being supportive, not interrogating. ]

That sounds like it probably sucked. Why didn't he just tell you?

[uncurse]

Hell if I know.

[alsohawkeye]

Sounds like he's being an idiot. I'm going to take a wild guess it was same variation on "I was trying to protect you." People do the dumbest shit trying to protect each other instead of just being honest.

[uncurse]

Well he sucks at it!

How the hell is that supposed to protect me from anything?

[ Taking a step back would have helped more. He definitely should have stopped trying to hop her dick. THat would have helped. No, it wouldn't. ]

[alsohawkeye]

I have no idea, it's just a guess. He totally sucks at it. What'd he say? Or did you just find out and he doesn't know you found out?

[uncurse]

He doesn't know. I haven't talked to him.

[alsohawkeye]

Do you want to talk to him first or get a drink first and talk to him tomorrow?

[uncurse]

Why do both of these plans involve talking to him about anything

[alsohawkeye]

Don't you want to know what happened and why he didn't tell you about it? Do you want me to talk to him? [ They can do this middle school style if she'd really rather. ]

[uncurse]

Why so he can keep hiding things and stringing me along? Not interested.

[alsohawkeye]

So that you can make an informed decision about whether or not you're going to cut him out of your life instead of an angry kneejerk reaction you might regret later.

[uncurse]

He's gonna be out of it whether either of us like it or not the minute I go back anyway. And so will the rest of my family.

[alsohawkeye]

For a year, not forever.

If anything isn't that more reason to make sure you're not wasting your time here?

[uncurse]

For a year this time. Until the next thing comes around. If it's not curses and Cora, it's Peter Pan.

I just got my family back and now I'm gonna lose them all over again. And it keeps happening.

[alsohawkeye]

Where are you?

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O2 gardens.

[alsohawkeye]

[ A little while later, from the 5th floor entrance of the gardens: ]

Where exactly?

[uncurse]

Pretty close to the filtration systems.

[ There's no docks, so she takes the next best thing, and watches the water filter through to try and chill out. ]

[alsohawkeye]

[ Kate doesn't spend a lot of time in the gardens but she tracks them down. She's got her bow with her and quiver hanging from one hip, but it's hard to say if Emma caught her at the range or if she brought them just for this trip. She takes them off when she's in site, setting them carefully down so she can drop to a seat beside Emma. She's near enough that their shoulders brush but she doesn't touch her other than that just yet. ]

Hey.

[uncurse]

Hey.

[ Glancing sidelong, Kate's presence doesn't seem to brighten Emma's despondent look. Just the opposite, even. One more person that she she loves, that she can and will lose, sooner or later. ]

[alsohawkeye]

Everything pretty much sucks, huh?

[ It's more or less a rhetorical question; cynicism may not suit Kate but there's no denying this much. She's not done trying to help fix this and make Emma (and Hook) see sense and talk this over, but she gets the feeling that really isn't what Emma needs just at this moment. It might be she doesn't need an arm thrown around her shoulders either, but Kate's going to give that alternative a shot. ]

[uncurse]

As a rule?

[ She shakes her head, glancing away and rubbing her hand over her mouth, back to push her hair behind her ear. Worrying at her lip, she hunches her shoulders ambiguously. ]

Ever since I got to Storybrooke, it's been like … Even when we win, we lose. All magic has ever done is take the people I care about away from me. I can't do that again.