Disclaimer: I don't own LOCI, or it's characters. Just Steven.


"I've seen a lot, but I've got to admit: that freaks me out."

The 'that' Logan is referring to is the worn teddy bear sitting on Eames' bedspread. It's black plastic eyes are heavily scratched, giving them a murky gray cast that makes the bear look blind. The bear is a bit of a patchwork, all it's limbs have been reattached with brightly colored thread. The head of the bear has light brown matted fur, it's left arm and paw is covered prickly black, the torso is stained white, and the remaining limbs are made of ruby corderoy. None of the limbs are the same size as the other.

It's a Franken-bear.

"The fact that Eames has a teddy bear on her bed, or the way it looks?"

"Both, I think. First, I never thought of Eames as -- girly -- enough to put stuffed animals on her bed, as old as she is. Second, that bear looks like it's been through Brooklyn with a "mug me" sign strapped to it's back... If Eames were a boy I'd have understood, but girls --their not supposed -- what the hell did she do to it?!"

Bobby smirks, opening the closet and collecting the suit Eames had asked him to pick up. Logan had seen him driving and flagged him down, apparently his car had broken down he needed a ride into work. Why he couldn't have just grabbed a taxi -- who was he kidding, Logan was way too cheap to take a taxi. He'd told Eames that he'd picked up a passenger and she hadn't seemed to mind, but she probably would if she knew Logan was snooping in her bedroom.

"I don't know, I'll tell her you asked--"

"Don't! If she'd do that to a defenseless teddy bear, I don't want to know what she'd do to me!"