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[fiery-fella]

His countenance brightened a bit at the other's response. He nodded, smiling.

"Uh... Yeah! You will! It might help huh? Hahaha, nothing wrong with that..."

He scratched his chin, awkwardly swaying on one foot to the side.

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His eyebrows went up. It finally clicked that the Pyro had inadvertently revealed something about himself. “…wouldn’t hurt ta try it, Oi guess.” Laughing at the suggestion now would truly be mean, something that he never intended to do.

"Oi’ll havta look fer one the next toime Oi’m in town." He patted Norman’s shoulder as he straightened. "…thanks…"

[fiery-fella]

He stiffened a bit, suddenly going quiet and once again avoiding eye contact. He almost wanted to chicken out, but for the sake of the other, he'd say it.

"A small light might help. Like I had when I was little. Yeah, a night light."

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"….Dark?" Yeah, that wasn’t it.

But this was kind of amusing, in a confusing way. He leaned in as well. “…what’s that?”

[fiery-fella]

"Oh............ It's the... Dark, huh?"

Norman nodded knowingly, glancing around to see if anyone was around. Seeing the coast was clear, he leaned in towards the sniper, in a whisper.

"I think I know what to do... But you can't tell anyone."

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The other eyebrow raised quizzically. “Sometoimes it’s hard ta fall asleep, ‘n Oi never can stay asleep fer very long when Oi do…”

He wasn’t sure why the Pyro continued to ask, but he’d humor him. For now.

[fiery-fella]

"Can you get to sleep? Or do you wake up?"

Norman thought about the situation, ready to put all of his medical knowledge to work.

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He sighed and shook his head again. “Oi wish Oi knew.”

'Nightmares' seemed like such a silly reason… and it wasn't even the most accurate description. And he still didn't know why they plagued him.

[fiery-fella]

He tilted his head, frowning and trying to think of why.

"...Why not?"

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Riley gave the Pyro an odd look before shaking his head. Was it really so obvious that he wasn’t sleeping? "Oi wish Oi could, mate. Oi wish Oi could…"

[fiery-fella]

Looks like he didn't like the sound of that.

"Oh uh... Not really old... Just older than you said... Maybe if you got more sleep?"

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"…d’Oi really look old?” Apparently this news is somewhat distressing.

[fiery-fella]

Joking? He hadn't caught the joke, but it wouldn't be the first time...

"Heheh, I know."

He gave a smirk, having no idea what the joke was even supposed to be.

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He winced a little from the force of the other’s pats. “…Oi was…j-joking…” His eyes watered a little from coughing.

[fiery-fella]

Norman blinked, patting him hard on the back to help his coughing.

"Huh? You ok?"

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He’d been halfway through another drink of water when Norman made that comment, and he choked a little on the water. “..wh- …*coughcough* …-what?”

[fiery-fella]

"Yeah... Kind of tired..."

He looked closer at the Sniper's face to see what else made him look so old.

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"Me? Oi’m 27." He raised a curious eyebrow. "Why, d’Oi seem old ta yeh?"

[fiery-fella]

He wondered why the other'd asked... Hm. He should probably ask too.

"...Uhuh? Uh... How old are you?"

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[fiery-fella]

He took a deep breath, collecting himself, before glancing up at the other. "Uh, twenty-one. I dunno, I see lots of guys who look younger than that..."

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Riley just shakes his head and smiles. It’s clear the other is very young. “How old are yeh, Norman? Yeh seem a mite young ta be workin’ out here…:”

[fiery-fella]

He takes it and gulps it down, flashing a smile and nodding, heart rate finally slowing.

"Right... It'll be fine then... Right."

And if things did go for the worse, he could always set a fire anyway... Fires always seemed to take care of problems.

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Sort of on autopilot, Riley moves back to the kitchen, fetching two fresh glasses and filling them with water from the sink. “Here.” He presses one of them into Norman’s hands.

"…just…stay calm, alroight?"

[fiery-fella]

[fiery-fella]

"Huh? Yeah..."

He glanced up and nodded, quickly looking back down, but sticking close to the other. He didn't think he'd do very well if they got stopped, he'd really on the sniper to do any talking.

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He noticed the other’s silence, feeling a little guilty. Had he been too harsh? It hadn’t seemed like it…

"…are yeh alroight?" Oh, thank goodness. The cooler temperature in base was a welcome change from the blazing mid-morning heat outside.

[fiery-fella]

Norman picked up the pace, walking extremely close to the sniper, right beside him, head still hanging a bit.

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"Just… c’mon…" Riley resumes walking back to base. "..let’s get outta the heat…"

[fiery-fella]

He nods quickly, shifting from foot to foot.

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He sighs and rakes a hand through his hair. “We’ll figure it all out, alroight.”

[fiery-fella]

I...

-He quickly stuffs his lighter into his pocket, glancing back up with a guilty look to see if she noticed or not.-

#you must use lots of flammable hairspray huh

Don’t even try