[truth plot] Asher

[speakscanadian]

In all his time on the island, this was the first that Ray had stood within the orchard overlooking the garden. He'd needed a quiet place to think, where he wouldn't risk questions coming at him left, right and centre. After badgering Danica for twenty minutes in the morning, he'd made the nasty discovery that he too was a pawn in the island's

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[asher_talos]

When Asher spotted Ray up ahead, there was nothing to give him the impression that it might have turned into an encounter he might have regretted later on. It was just an ordinary day, as far as he knew.

If he had know there was something off, he might have rethought the approach, turned around and gone back the same way he had just come from. But on a ordinary day, one where he and Ray weren't on poor terms, there was no need for that.

"Lose a contact?" Asher asked. He knew Ray didn't wear them, but from the way he was concentrating on the ground, one might have thought differently.

[speakscanadian]

Ray shook his head. He must have had a giant neon sign above it that constantly flashed 'ASHER' when he was thinking about him. How else would he magically appear just as Ray decided he needed to speak to him.

"C'mere," he beckoned, even as he walked over to Asher himself. He knew what he did next wouldn't get the best welcome, but he had to check. It seemed hearing the truth from Danica left him with more questions than before.

He started to unbutton Asher's jacket without preamble. He knew he was packing; he could tell by the slight unevenness of the material, but he needed to see the gun with his own eyes.

[asher_talos]

"Whoa, whoa." Asher hands were up around Ray's wrists quickly, gently tugging him away from his jacket.

"What are you doing? Broad daylight, public place, sand." The first two Asher might have been able to square away with, but the idea of sand in unwanted placed was and always would be the deal breaker.

[speakscanadian]

"Not that," Ray told him. Moving his hand over Asher's jacket, he flicked his finger against the barely noticeable bulge. It hit the gun. "I wanna see that."