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[fourlevels]

"Hi! This is Viktor Nikiforov!
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[fourlevels]

Your hand was cut off, how is that okay??

[sleight_of_hand]

Between losing my hand or my life?

I'll take losing my hand any day.

[fourlevels]

[ Oh my god Adachi, how can you be so blasé while saying that. Viktor takes a few (okay several) deep breaths, trying to calm himself down. ]

But ... the hospital thinks they can ... reattach it?

[sleight_of_hand]

It depends.

Both ends were cauterized instantly. If the nanites stayed active in the hand, it might be possible. If they died off, I'll need a prosthetic.

[fourlevels]

[ God how is this conversation even real?? That calm and even temper that Viktor usually keeps has just seemingly abandoned him tonight, being woken up with the news starting him off on a tilt and he just can't seem to right himself. ]

What about healing it? You were the one who told me about healers in the first place!

[sleight_of_hand]

[ This is weird, being the logical one. ]

Might not be possible. I've never seen a healer fix a severed limb.

Viktor, I'll be okay, even if they can't reattach it.

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[ And here's wear Viktor's even temper really fails him; it's probably a good thing Adachi can't see his face at the moment. ]

Your hAND WAS CUT OFF

[sleight_of_hand]

Yes.

I know.

It hurts enough for me not to miss it.

But I'm alive and my Persona is working again.

I'll be OKAY.

[fourlevels]

[ Yet another few more minutes pass while Viktor tries to calm himself down, along with the help of his Yuris who came into the bedroom at his earlier shout. When the reply finally comes, it's without the emotional capslock. ]

You said laser sword—was it a light saber? Like the movies?

[sleight_of_hand]

There's a difference?

Laser sword makes more sense. Light can't really cut anything, but I guess it'd be the same thing.

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[ Oh my GOD Adachi, now is not the time to argue fantasy movie science!! ]

Yura had asked.

Which hospital are you in? What city?

[sleight_of_hand]

[ It's always the perfect time to be a sci fi nerd, Viktor; what are you talking about? ]

Oh geeze, don't tell me you woke the kid up. He doesn't need another reason to be annoyed at me.

I made it back to Heropa okay.

You don't need to come or anything. It's not exactly a pretty sight.

[fourlevels]

He was already up. I'm surrounded by night owls.

Made it BACK to Heropa? Tohru, what happened?!

... Besides the obvious.

[sleight_of_hand]

lol he's an ice owl and an ice cat

[ There's a long pause. ]

Not a conversation to have on a government device.

I'll need to tell you later.

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[ It's then that Viktor remembers their earlier conversation about being involved with dangerous things, his face paling again for Yuri to see.

It's another minute or so before the reply comes in. ]

You can tell me in a few minutes.

[sleight_of_hand]

[ ...wait what? ]

I said you didn't need to. It's not as bad as it was, but it's still not pretty. You don't need to see it.

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I need to see *you*

[sleight_of_hand]

Oh c'mon Viktor.

[ There's a pause before: ]

Don't say I didn't warn you.

[fourlevels]

We're on our way.

[sleight_of_hand]

Okay.

[ Viktor, why do you do this to him?! He's just. Going to take a moment to stop blushing before figuring out how to manuver the bed sheet so it can cover his arm lump before he (they?) gets there. ]

[fourlevels]

[ It takes a while for them to arrive, but then Adachi should hear a familiar accent talking to the nearby nurse's station asking for a Tohru Adachi. ]

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