Interlude I (Post 'Trash the Stash')
Reggie threw a rock from the destroyed bridge leading to the Lantern District. It landed on the water, skipping a few times before sinking. "How do you know this girl is good for you?"
"I don't know anything about that, Reg." Delsin shot Reggie's next rock out of the air, grinning as his brother glared at him. "What I do know is that she's the strongest person I've ever met. We can help one another. Understand one another. Know what I mean?"
"Yeah. I just don't want to see you get in over your head." He scowled.
"When am I not in over my head, man." Kicking his feet out, Delsin looked up at the massive concrete wall spanning the destroyed bridge. The outcroppings and uneven breaks making what would have been an otherwise incredibly ugly, imposing piece of work even uglier. He thought that maybe it had led Augustine to compensate. At least his powers all looked pretty.
"Probably never." Reggie smirked.
"It was rhetorical." He chuckled and punched his brother's arm.
"You really like her though, huh?" He asked, patting Delsin's shoulder.
"Yeah. Yeah man, I do. I think you'd like her, once, you know, you get past the whole 'drug-dealer serial killer' thing, she's really great." Nodding, he furrowed his brow.
"Not something you're gonna want to say when you introduce her to people, by the way."
"Really? It's like half of her charm!" He spun and hopped off the rail of the bridge and onto the road.
"Please tell me you didn't use that line on her…" Reggie put his face in his hands.
Delsin didn't respond.
"Please tell me it didn't work." He sighed.
His brother looked away, trying to hold in his laughter.
"You know what, I think you two will be good for each other." Reggie shook his head.
"Told ya. See you in the Lantern District?" Delsin nodded towards it.
"Yeah, see you there." He looked up toward the top.
Delsin took off in a blaze of neon, and Reggie rubbed his temples. This vacation was taking entire years off of his life, he could just feel it. Standing up, he headed down to the docks to find a boat that would take him to the other island. Hopefully one without a porpoise on it.