[rl] Harvey and Renee

[thedawniscoming]

What a mess. He nearly said it out loud but the loud crash that blew his hood back covered any sound. It was strange, walking down this mayhem, because he everything felt as though he didn't belong, like watching the scene behind glass. Even as the rubble crashed, a figure fell- he paused before stepping forward.

There were figures all around, rioting, falling. Harvey crouched by the one near him as something caught his gaze, eye widening a touch. She didn't have a face. It took a brief moment to realize the woman was masked, ducking his head as another blast sounded somewhere too close. He almost stood when he felt his coin in his pocket against the shifting, a sigh on his half lips. When he brushed his fingers against the metal it felt smooth. Heads.

The rioting was getting too close, too loud, and Harvey hefted the woman up the best he could, dragging her out of the way of the street and into a more secure alley, stopping only to make sure he wasn't wasting his time on a corpse.

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"In college occasionally. But-" Harvey stopped. Ha, Rachel hadn't liked the stress induced habit, no matter how infrequent it was. He tilted his head back. "Stopped the gamble." He nearly sounded amused in a bitter way.

"In my Gotham-" my gotham, who does that sound like? "-that was it. Corruption, criminals. Now-" he raised his brow. "I guess it evolved." He ran his thumb over the top of the coin.

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"Me too." She matched the tone of voice. Her lips twisted in a sour smile, and Renee pulled her thoughts away from the white expanse of snow where Charlie died. Just outside the place she was sure could have saved him. It was the only question she would never answer. What if?

Tugging the end of her pony tail, Renee snorted, drifting through an open doorway to the kitchen. Grabbing a water bottle from the fridge, she paused before grabbing a second, returning to hold it out for Harvey. "Running water's been undependable," she said quietly. Contaminated or cut all together. That and the power outages made this insanity all the easier. "It always evolves, Dent. Everything does."

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Harvey's good eye fell to the offered water and after a moment he took it, opening the cap and taking a careful drink. Funny how he barely noticed the way he needed to tilt his head, chew on one side, slow down. Adaptation.

"Your Gotham always such a mess?" He asked without condemnation, he was used to something similar enough. Hell he was born and raised within the place, even if it was never quite this bad. "So that's what we are huh? The products of evolution." he snorted.

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"Nope." She watched him bring the water bottle up, watched that first careful sip before turning away. It wasn't that it was too gory, that was hardly the case. It was called up memories of a forced dinner date. Eugh.

"I told you. Happened when Batman died." She wished she could settled for 'disappeared,' but whoever was gallivanting out there new made her feel like a cop again. It wasn't the Batman she'd defended. Laughing, more than a little derisively, Renee glanced back at him. "Hope you're not a Catholic." Which came out a little bitterer than she'd meant it to.