Happy New Year and Then some.

[expectremorse]

[Hoffman has the video on. He's got a thing behind him, except several times bigger as only the admiral can manage it. Right above it he has a flatscreen TV and a shelf with a small collection of films

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[der_umgekehrte]

I wasn't expecting my haul either. Thanks for the viewing materials. And I suppose if I can't talk you into bed, the bear will do. [Said very gently, as he thinks Hoffman may've been drinking and in the mood to take things literally.]

I didn't celebrate any holidays at home. Leave was a holiday. No cultural meaning; just stopping work for a while and relaxing. This is new. Fortunate that breach prepared me for the concept a little.

That man, Bruce, he was deeply fond of his friend. Pleased to have a place to be and people to celebrate with. [Implied: So is Stildyne. But catch him saying so out loud in anything but the most mushy of spirits.]

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[expectremorse]

...his pal was just...frustrated. He wanted everything to be perfect. He...

[wave of the hand] ...'m glad you liked all of it.

[another little swoon]

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[der_umgekehrte]

So'm I; pleased that you liked things.

It was all right. So's this. You doing well?

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[expectremorse]

You can't...

[he grins] You can't laugh but look.

[He gets up-wobbling just ever so slightly and returns a moment later with a purple ball and a hamster inside]

...George...George got me a rat. A pet rat. A hamster but he's a rat. Goddamn he's cute isn't he?

[Private]

[most_feared]

Yeah. It's guardin' the fish tank.

Why do you think that kid would have deserved to be hit? He seemed like a pretty normal kid to me.

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[expectremorse]

I was big into "gag gifts". [smile] I like it.

[Hoffman stares at him-shocked-then he grows quiet.]

...Next Christmas that kid uh...will be spending it in a foster home with his sister after witnessing his parents deaths.

Well..His mother's death and father's incarceration in Riker's.

Private

[mrs_persson]

The flowers are lovely. Thank you. And I've never read this Robert Hass fellow before.

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[expectremorse]

...You're welcome. [he smiles] Thank you. These books are...

[gorgeous?] These books are wonderful.

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[mrs_persson]

I hope you enjoy them. I reckoned you ought to have your own set, really, rather than having to dig them out of the library.

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[expectremorse]

.....It'll be uh-inspiring. In case I decide to write...you know, more about poetry.

[He almost said "write my own". almost]

Private

[sirius_is_a_dog]

[He grins, but he doesn't laugh.]

I'm glad it's being put to good use. And it should last forever. I don't see why it wouldn't. There's the chance it could croak when I croak, but I didn't tie it to my soul or anything.

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[expectremorse]

Magic can do that?

[he grins] It meant a lot man, thank you. How are you?

[flashy_magic]

You were a kid, why would someone hit you?

[expectremorse]

...The last time I was an adult I had an altercation with a kid that people didn't appreciate at all.

[flashy_magic]

...oh. I'm not really surprised. People tend to frown on that. I mean, I guess I can't really say anything, because there was that one time...but I was just following Arthas's orders. And he was seventeen, so not a kid kid.

[expectremorse]

...Right.