After that boat cruise thing.

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Despite Atin's continued insistence that he didn't want to go fishing, both Jeimu and Jav had manhandled him out of the house and Vanya, with her unique sense of humour, did nothing about it.

It had been funny at the time, but now here she was in the kitchen with nothing to do.  She'd already cleaned out every cupboard and rearranged all the canned goods in the pantry both alphabetically and by food group, had wandered by the local blood bank for her weekly stash of reject bags, managed to get a gravy stain out of her coat and do all of her laundry.

And now she was bored.  Truth be told there was only so much to do in this town, and her one usual distraction was out to sea.

She sighed and flicked on the television, waiting for someone to come along, because, hey, this was the Phoenix Bluff.  You couldn't stay solitary for long.

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Vic opened his eyes and watched the channels flick for a moment, then yawned and gently booted her off the couch.

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"Oh come on." Vanya stood and turned off the television, then sat on the nearby armchair. "You act as though there's no room there."

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He looked at her through half-closed eyes, then smirked and stretched before yawning again.

Then he lifted his head and listened. "Mu 'n the runt gone?"

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"They and Atin went fishing." She looked up at him with a grin.

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The smirk turned to a grin as he cautiously pushed himself up to a sitting position. "Where's ever' body else?"

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"Made it t' a nexus the other day 'n came through fine. Gonna need help gettin' there, though." He looked up from slowly getting his feet into the boots as Jabez loped down the stairs and stopped to look at him with quirked eyebrow.

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"You know, I could use this." She pointed to her watch. "Unless you'd seriously rather walk." Vanya dealt Jabez a smile over her shoulder.

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He paused and considered, wondering how the neighbors would take it. "Y'know where the church is?"

Jabez smiled back and wandered over to see what was going on.

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"It's by Cohen's, right? Where the old convenience store once was?" She wandered to the foyer and grabbed her own boots, pulling them on and clipping the multitude of buckles.

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The furry girl nodded and smiled shyly, then braced herself for the teleport.

"Hit it before I keel over." Vic frowned with concentration.

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She did so, and after a disorienting wrench, they appeared in front of the newish church beside the furniture store.

"I've never been here before," Vanya said. "I usually hang out at the Catholic church up the street..."

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"Yeah." Vic looked toward the steeple. "Notta fan 'o the slow line dance."

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"To each their own, I suppose."

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"Whoa," said the pastor finally. "Um... do you want to share your testimony?"

"Where'd Uncle Vic go?" asked Jabez suddenly.

"Huh?" The pastor's eyes snapped to the back of the room. "Oh oh."

Vic paused on the shore and looked out to sea, then pulled out his cellphone and hit the speed dial. "Whaddya want fer supper, Mu?"

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Sadri blinked. "There isn't really much of one," she said with a grin. "I'd come to terms with everything and I was sitting there. Vic asked me if I wanted to walk.

"And I did."

Her grin gave way to a smile.

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"That...." His learned English failed him. "Rocks. Anybody wanna sing?"

Sing, or pray, or praise. The sermon was pretty much forgotten by now.

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And Sadri just sat there, quiet, but smiling.

Because now she understood exactly what had happened to bring everyone back together again. What had happened and who had acted to bring Jeimu back from the dead.

Someone was singing a lively tune, and the words were being projected on the far wall. She sang quietly under her breath, the smile never faltering.

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"Nope," he said without turning or swallowing the mouthful of fish he was chewing.

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Vanya rolled her eyes. "If he comes out here with his shotgun I'm not going to stop him from shooting you."

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"Who sez he'd do somethin' like that?" He contemplated the hanging pieces of fish, then selected several and turned toward the door, a satisfied grin on his face.

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"I didn't say 'when'. I said 'if'." Vanya followed him at a gentle, laid-back pace.

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"Ever'body's got secrets." He drained the beer bottle, then burped loudly and went for another.

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She hefted herself up onto the chair and continued to watch him with a quirked eyebrow.

"The only problem being that I don't know where to go."

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The big man paused and frowned, then looked at her and projected a picture of two women; one of purple hair and eyes, and the other with Native American features and turquoise eyes. "Go ta them."

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"Where are they?"