[sylvanSpider]

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Josef too felt no need to duck into privacy. Between the two men, they'd both seen most of the other given their treatment by those in the hives and his boxer briefs were the first to go on without his even removing the gown first. His pants were next as he stuck his arm through the leg grabbing the hem and bringing it back through to put it right side out and repeated this same process. His features now exhibited no signs of emotion, save for the fact that perhaps now he looked like a little less light rest behind his face; the fire in his eyes was just a little dimmer.

Being spoken to he lifted his head and offered his own smirk. “Now that I can get clothed? Yes. Not being able to carry our weapons? Not exactly. We have no method of self-defense,” he grumbled sliding one leg into the proper place and hopping a bit to get it on then switching to the other leg finally buttoning up his pants. “But, I'm curious as to how exactly we're supposed to go house shopping without currency, at least, assuming the currency we have now is null and void.” He shrugged. “I nominate we try to get what pay we can and then get the fuck out, bring Drishe and Ashi with us. Start our own little nomad troupe.”

He was musing little more than daydreams now, but having come to the surface—and having just come from the hive—his life before as he knew it was over. He'd never been close to anyone until now, and of his three friends he never thought that they'd consist of a genie, a leech, and a man who at times made him question his own sexuality. They could be the four amigos. Of course, that would have been in a perfect life.

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Ashi watched the nurse writing random, probably false, things onto her clipboard with neutral eyes. She could smell her fear and that predatory instinct within her was attempting to claw its way to the surface. But, decades of repression and a recent feeding helped her keep her actions under control. “Yesterday,” she said, simply, her eyes drifting upwards with a playful glint, “A lot.” The addition was probably unnecessary, and though Ashi knew it should be comforting knowing she was further away from being feral. Ah, the conflicting emotions of one with already existing prejudices!

She rolled her eyes as the nurse winked at her genie. If she only knew Drishe, she'd know that the vampire was not the one she should be afraid of. Drishe was, to put it simply, everything that Ashi wasn't. Strong. Confident....Dominant. In short, she made the blue-haired vampire look like a bunny rabbit and everyone was too blind to see it. The vampire could only glare at the back of the nurse's ignorant head as she walked out.

Ashi began to get into her clothes, a move that she'd done in front Drishe now several times under much more intimate circumstances and she offered a smile. After all, Drishe had been nothing but good to her despite her dominant nature. “I thought your blood was sand,” Ashi murmured, “You satisfy in me other ways, remember?” She laughed here, her mood lifting with someone who treated her with respect being the only one present.