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"I can't say that I've ever heard of such a thing." Shep responds with a hint of confused amusement in his voice. "Ar-cade, you say? With games? Like card games and such?" Nonetheless, he allows himself to be led away.

Shep barely registers the conversation of the couple as well; caught up in the moment. A small part...a very small part...of his mind can't fully ignore it, either. The accumulation of all of the small insults that Carry has to endure daily will likely catch up to him at some point. But for now ...

Having grown up in a household with two men, it's not often that Dane has seen this level of feminine touch. Even Meg's bathroom doesn't feel like this. Recovering from his momentary sensory overload, he looks around for a washcloth that he can wet and use to dab the potatoes off his shirt. At the ...

Dane’s surprise shifts into cautious suspicion at the faint snicker. Her casual reaction to the mishap only strengthens his sense that it might have been deliberate—but why? Was she flirting? The idea seems absurd in hindsight, and he lets out a quiet laugh while dabbing at his shirt with a napkin ...

[Ooc: does Dane hear the snicker]

Dane freezes for a moment at the mention of Teddy as well, but not for the same reason as Meg. For him it's the sudden mention of Teddy after the other conversations he was just having with Marty. He quickly recovers as his mind files that little tidbit away for a moment as he plays the part of the ...

Shep feels his resolve crumbling as he listens to the words floating through the air between them. He digests the depths of the feelings behind. Part of his mind says he should tear away from her and make a clean exit now. But there is still a part of him that is driven by emotion, adrenaline, and ...

Shep stops and closes his eyes for a moment, collecting his thoughts. He knows she'll interpret his silence as confirming her fears, so he doesn’t let the moment linger longer than a few flickers of a flame before opening his eyes again. “Carry… I’m broken,” he begins quietly. “If you saw into my ...

Dane watches Meg’s back as she enters the house, trying to calculate what variable changed to make her suddenly give him the cold shoulder. He runs through recent interactions...tone, phrasing, body language… but nothing obvious surfaces. With no actionable ideas, he files it away as either a puzzle ...

[OOC: Streetwise was the best match in Dane's skill set. Either there was nothing to tell or the roll didn't go in his favor this time.]
Coming out of his internal musings with a start, Dane says, "Umm... thanks, but Meg and I just ate." he points at the car where Meg is [OOC: apparently] still ...