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@GasStationJack

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Hey, so
Remember how you told me to tell you if I wrote any blog posts?
Well, I put one up here if you still wanna read them.

ACTIONY, near the end of December/beginning of Jan. THE "MOVING OUT" ANNOUNCEMENT

[conning]

Neal is, shockingly, cooking. It is, shockingly, tofu. He's been leveling up his vegan and vegetarian skills ever since finding out about Abby's history, and he's starting to actually be satisfied with some of what he makes.

He's also got a very nice cut of swordfish thawing in the fridge. That isn't going to be cooked, just cut in half, one part being left on the terrace and the other inside, in the hope that Thackery will make himself known at least in passing.

He's in pajamas, though even those are tastefully chosen and well-fitted. Neal doesn't do casual, not really, not for a long time. Image is everything.

ABBY'S MOVING DAY

[conning]

Neal withdraws after Abby tells him what she has to do. He understands, he cracks a joke about it being her funeral deciding to room with Jeff, he teases her about the living habits of twenty-year-old boys. He puts on layer after layer of good humor to barricade himself off both from his own feelings and any guilt or suspicion that she might have that he's not as supportive as he's acting.

He also spoils the gremlin rotten, or tries to, ostensibly to make the little demon spawn insufferable when Abby moves out.

Which she is doing.

Today.