The Closest Thing I've Got

Rory had needed to talk to Officer Genovese sing before her talk with Jude. Then she'd promised her best friend she'd do it after their talk, but she'd been busy worrying about everyone. So, she was finally getting around to that promise. Not a home though, she was sick of sitting around the house talking to people.

Instead, Rory invited Officer Genovese out on a walk after he was done with work. She might have tried to catch him on a lunch break, but she didn't know his schedule well enough for that and she didn't know how much she needed to say or how long it would take to say it all.

"Yeah," she told him and stifled the urge to point out that she was not a skipper. Rory had tried never to skip in her life. That sort of went to shit when she became a hero.

He liked tired. Rory hesitated, looking between the bench and a small hiking path. Was he sure he could handle a walk looking that tired?

"We don't have to walk if you're tired."

"Uh, a few things maybe. I wanted to ask if I could request a nullification bracelet to start, one with some kind of locking mechanic with a key or something?"

God it felt weird to say, it was probably going to be weirder to explain.

"I think I could do more with one than without, you know? I feel.... restricted and besides, one would keep me honest."

She grinned at him somewhat nervously.

"Regeneration makes me stupid," Rory told Angelo. "I once broke my bones just to see if I could. It still hurts, but I do it because I know I don't have to be careful." Which wasn't something Rory had ever had to say before.

"Look, I'll be honest because you don't know me well, but I'm going to find a way to turn them off one way or another and this is just the safest method."