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[sleepingstar]

Yes.

[She steps aside to let him in, because she knows he's doing this for her brother. Even so, she says:] You don't have to keep stopping by.

[candothat]

[He steps in. No offense to Pai, but whatever she's cooking doesn't smell quite right.] I promised that I would. Am I bothering you?

[sleepingstar]

It's just not necessary. [Chekov may be a useful asset, but he's not a part of their team. He's an asset, not a comrade. The idea of being babysat by him is offensive.]

[candothat]

[He shrugs, unable to deny that. Pai is perfectly capable of taking care of herself; that doesn't mean she should be left to her own devices.]

Maybe not. May I take you somewhere when you have finished eating?

[sleepingstar]

[She looks at him, a little suspiciously.]

Where?

[candothat]

Wherever you would like.

[Hei did tell him to get Pai out and about.]

[sleepingstar]

Can we go see my brother?

[candothat]

Yes, okay. [Even if it sounds like a terrible idea. At least it'll get Pai out of the apartment.] Only after you eat.

[sleepingstar]

[There's a slight twitch in her forehead, although she doesn't deign to look back at the kitchen. It might gall Hei to waste so much food, but Pai knows she can get Chekov to buy her all the food she wants. That homemade dinner of hers is a lot cause.]

I want hamburgers.

[candothat]

[Here is the long-suffering sigh of someone who knows that resistance is futile.]

Nothing would please me more than to buy hamburgers for you. [This is not entirely true. It's not untrue, either.] You are hungry now?

[sleepingstar]

[She smiles sweetly, a reward for good behavior.]

Yes.