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[noch]

WHO: Merrin + Cal, Merrin + Cobb
WHERE: Cal's workshop, those houses Cobb is fixing up
WHAT: Everything's just hunky dory here, nothing to worry about.
WHEN: Just after the superhero city event!
WARNINGS: Mentions of slavery and genocide in the thread with Cobb.

[ haha just kidding starters in comments below ]

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[heypartner]

Like recognized like, Cobb thought. Merrin lived a hard lonely life losing all her family like that. At least Cobb could hope his family was still alive out there in the galaxy somewhere. She didn't have that. She'd never have that. Cobb would be fiercely protective of her here.

"Well, you've got somewhere here on your side," Cobb says with a nod at her. "Whatever that means to you."

They wouldn't be father and daughter. That just wasn't who they were here but Cobb figured they could be friends, at least.

"Not the whole wall, just this part here. Get rid of the wet stuff, find the leaky pipe, and then fix it up." Cobb only knew this from the Engineering information in his head. He gestures to the part that needs to be removed. "Shouldn't take too much work. Figure I'll be done with it by sunset."

[noch]

Someone here on her side. First Cal, then Cere and Greez, and now Cobb. It... means a lot to her, actually, if only because it was a long time before anyone was ever on her side again. Before she had friends, people she could rely on. That's what sticks out to her most, after her experience in the city—looking back at her real life on Dathomir, after her sisters had fallen, it was... lonely. So crushingly lonely. In retrospect, she's not sure how she survived it.

"It means very much to me. Thank you, Cobb Vanth," she says quietly, sincerely. She wants to ask him more about his life before coming to Temba, how he became free—but she isn't sure how to do it right, without causing pain.

Instead, she turns and studies the wall, taking note of the section he'd pointed out that needs to be removed. "I will help," she announces, just before raising her hands and summoning her magick, misty green ichor flowing from her fingers and into the wall, pulling it free.

[heypartner]

"Ah, just call me Cobb." He waves a hand at her. Using his last name feels so formal and they're well past that. It can be a sign of respect, he knows that, but Merrin didn't respect him less dropping the name.

Cobb's about to hand her a tool when the wall gets ripped out by her magic. It's exactly around the wet parts, smooth as anything. It reminds him of Obi-Wan lifting things with his mind just with a green glow he could see.

"Huh."

He's probably underestimated her all this time but when she explained magic he had just assumed it was like the Jedi. Nope, she's something else.

"Well, that takes care of that."