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The credits of Pacific Rim roll up the screen. The last bombastic note fades, replaced by the soft hum of evening stillness.8964 copyright protection29PENANAQcYPl2Kbsf 維尼
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Jason sighs with deep contentment, arms behind his head.8964 copyright protection29PENANAwiClCQwD1H 維尼
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“God, that movie makes me wanna punch a skyscraper. In a good way.”8964 copyright protection29PENANATsJOvU8cHp 維尼
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K (from the ceiling, monotone)8964 copyright protection29PENANAYvV750vpts 維尼
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The three start cleaning up their trash lazily—popcorn crumbs, drink containers, one lonely sock (Jason’s, somehow). Then, slowly, they settle into their usual “night mode.” Jason flops back on the bed with a long, theatrical groan. A climbs in next to him, already holding a digital reader, flicking through another book.8964 copyright protection29PENANAY3TfcMWuTs 維尼
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K silently lowers himself from the ceiling by his arms—tail coiled neatly—and then climbs back up, upside-down, where he reads from his own stash of weird, thick horror novels.8964 copyright protection29PENANA36bkorGeJr 維尼
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Jason watches him for a bit, pointing lazily.8964 copyright protection29PENANAgfShtbCWMB 維尼
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“Hey, question. What’s it like reading upside-down? Doesn’t the blood rush to your head?”8964 copyright protection29PENANADiJEb4tRLu 維尼
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K (flat)8964 copyright protection29PENANABtG7oc5e2b 維尼
“No blood. No brain. No problem.”8964 copyright protection29PENANA6WYxnsH98F 維尼
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A (thoughtful)8964 copyright protection29PENANAzLjUH82SND 維尼
“But you do have coolant circulation systems. Wouldn’t that affect balance perception?”8964 copyright protection29PENANAl77SyzPv6A 維尼
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“My system is modular. You’re overthinking it.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAruatAwwIfa 維尼
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“You say that like you didn’t once read a 900-page horror trilogy in two hours and then give us a lecture on dismemberment techniques.”8964 copyright protection29PENANA75OopMnEij 維尼
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“That was for educational purposes.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAERBlTsgb62 維尼
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“You drew diagrams.”8964 copyright protection29PENANA8l5DL2a9oM 維尼
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“They were labeled in Latin, bro.”8964 copyright protection29PENANA1bwbkGw4EL 維尼
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K (shrugging upside-down)8964 copyright protection29PENANAKoYVdromeg 維尼
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Jason groans, rubbing his face.8964 copyright protection29PENANAPToBTP5yOd 維尼
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“How did I end up with a serial killer bat and a boy scout with wings?”8964 copyright protection29PENANACrHVKUIJ8r 維尼
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A (smiling slightly)8964 copyright protection29PENANAgAbalpLVmn 維尼
“You brought us home.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAMTRfLJcMW0 維尼
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“Technically, we forced our way in.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAEuR227aqoB 維尼
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“Yeah, and now you’re sleeping in my bed and hanging off my ceiling. My life’s a sitcom made by masochists.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAhqxDLbzPjm 維尼
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They fall into a moment of quiet, not awkward, just comfortable. The hum of electronics, city lights through the window, the occasional creak of the building—like an old man settling his joints.8964 copyright protection29PENANA6ypWxZ1Oz7 維尼
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Jason turns slightly to A, blinking at the soft glow of the reader screen.8964 copyright protection29PENANA99PObVMRKu 維尼
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“What are you even reading this time?”8964 copyright protection29PENANAH6pwHjH90g 維尼
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“It’s a sci-fi novel. About an artificial intelligence that falls in love with a pilot who doesn’t know he’s being watched by the ship’s system.”8964 copyright protection29PENANATEuejuePUq 維尼
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K (snorts)8964 copyright protection29PENANAzFw6oX2231 維尼
“Creepy.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAclZx1iRxOc 維尼
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A (defensive)8964 copyright protection29PENANAVSPUar328l 維尼
“It’s romantic.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAksdhFhYgIM 維尼
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“It’s creepy and romantic. Like 90% of old human literature.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAyhLbD2WjST 維尼
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K (mockingly poetic)8964 copyright protection29PENANA41BE3rTiwE 維尼
“Oh, Romeo, install thy firmware into my drive.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAZxKiuBYfFU 維尼
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Jason nearly chokes on his laughter.8964 copyright protection29PENANAYdiknMz0D1 維尼
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“Kill me.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAMX82lBFJxc 維尼
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K8964 copyright protection29PENANAxNaLkF9VK7 維尼
“Maybe later.”8964 copyright protection29PENANACq7h2lWqFK 維尼
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A (smiling faintly)8964 copyright protection29PENANAYhQXSy19s9 維尼
“You two are terrible.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAbLIn3j0Uft 維尼
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“And yet you’re here.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAy4CImX21fZ 維尼
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“…I don’t know why, but it feels like home.”8964 copyright protection29PENANA3OUfU0Cj0Z 維尼
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There’s a pause after that. A softer one.8964 copyright protection29PENANAu3nZsDDXb8 維尼
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Jason gives him a sideways glance. A isn’t looking at him, just still flicking through the pages.8964 copyright protection29PENANAFOJEWOWmsY 維尼
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“…Yeah. Same.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAviiVPCQtjn 維尼
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Above, K doesn’t say anything, but his tail, swaying gently before, now curls inward slightly. Like it's listening.8964 copyright protection29PENANAAUuGv1E2Y5 維尼
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JASON (suddenly)8964 copyright protection29PENANAzXpiErTwB5 維尼
“Hey, do those tails of yours ever tangle when you’re fighting or something?”8964 copyright protection29PENANARQmQmaMenn 維尼
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“We don’t wrap around each other like tentacle spaghetti, if that’s what you’re asking.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAQF4bTmR9Uh 維尼
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A8964 copyright protection29PENANATEFBIm6T2h 維尼
“They’re reinforced with flexibility protocols. We can move them independently. Sometimes they act on instinct.”8964 copyright protection29PENANANN8cKkafUB 維尼
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“Like just now?”8964 copyright protection29PENANAhtqtnjUTcK 維尼
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“What?”8964 copyright protection29PENANAnzBaWN3lYu 維尼
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“Something’s poking my side.”8964 copyright protection29PENANADqOynNj3F6 維尼
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There’s a slight pause. A blinks, then slowly turns his head.8964 copyright protection29PENANAWQnR7BrNaa 維尼
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A (realizing)8964 copyright protection29PENANAyNHDO5rYfj 維尼
“…Oh. Um. That’s my tail.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAJpBq0EZ1GX 維尼
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“Wait wha—”8964 copyright protection29PENANAXNymTEmKjc 維尼
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SHNK.8964 copyright protection29PENANAuf4QPqrTIo 維尼
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Jason suddenly sits up with a very sharp, very sudden yelp.8964 copyright protection29PENANA2TxnqTVGZF 維尼
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“OW!! MY KIDNEY!”8964 copyright protection29PENANAwd7UpD6zzI 維尼
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A’s tail, black and sleek, is retracted immediately, but not before it clearly stabbed Jason just slightly in the waist. It’s not serious, but it’s definitely rude.8964 copyright protection29PENANAv9iMjtrdJT 維尼
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A (horrified)8964 copyright protection29PENANAlvw5K5KHx3 維尼
“I—I’m so sorry! I didn’t mean to—I was focusing on the story—I didn’t think it would—!”8964 copyright protection29PENANAuh8my7gbES 維尼
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JASON (groaning)8964 copyright protection29PENANAXsszEeexUd 維尼
“You shanked me with your tail, A! I trusted you! I let you on the bed!”8964 copyright protection29PENANAj2SyFWrTEd 維尼
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K (still upside-down, calmly flipping page)8964 copyright protection29PENANAOIyaPhUAfS 維尼
“Ah yes, intimacy injuries. Classic.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAJdHV6485x9 維尼
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A (panicking slightly)8964 copyright protection29PENANA2gb0ogdeJ2 維尼
“Are you leaking? Should I get a medkit? Oh no—”8964 copyright protection29PENANAeNC7RxFGhd 維尼
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“No, it’s—ugh, it’s a scratch. Just get me an ice pack or something. And maybe a stuffed animal.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAQOR5scPrx9 維尼
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K (amused)8964 copyright protection29PENANAn35y6hy3VP 維尼
“Baby wants his blankie too?”8964 copyright protection29PENANAXkiDmj9p2T 維尼
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JASON (flops back onto bed)8964 copyright protection29PENANAnz8PgTJaeT 維尼
“Baby wants peace.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAHCUyL2qNX4 維尼
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A jumps up to grab the medkit. Jason sighs again, long-suffering. The cable tail sways behind A, now nervously stiff.8964 copyright protection29PENANAJq2GLiWVsD 維尼
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JASON (grumbling)8964 copyright protection29PENANACgMcYBDWcT 維尼
“Worst. Roommates. Ever.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAnqYblpdSEB 維尼
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K8964 copyright protection29PENANA7SHr1U9Lfc 維尼
“You love us.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAhoGWZCOQLZ 維尼
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“I tolerate you like caffeine withdrawal.”8964 copyright protection29PENANAsZKzegCMZG 維尼
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The night grows quieter again… but the laughter lingers.8964 copyright protection29PENANAUPPlNVoEGb 維尼
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