#/* ...and now I'm thinking about the rest of the Dillingers (and inlaws/others) and what they're like... */

[not-that-dillinger]

Ed curled his hand loosely around Eve's talons, but then hesitantly dropped his hand back down.

"I... he started. "Please? I could really use a distraction right about now." Ed wasn't certain if he wanted to hack into Encom's cameras or not. He was curious, and he needed to know, but he still dreaded what conclusion would come from today. He also wasn't sure if it would just make the anxiety and upset worse or not.

Eventually, the curiosity won out (Ed guessed he was going to pretend to be Pandora for the day), and he glanced sheepishly at the television stand, and the wireless trackball and keyboard sitting on the bottom shelf of the coffee table. "And... uh, sure? computer's already hooked up."

@not-that-dillinger Continuing from here, because why not :

Eve, meanwhile, is having a grand time flying around and giving everyone flashes of the bright pink feathers on the underside of her wings. She disappears for about an hour and comes back with a shoulder guard so she can ride around on Ed's shoulder (where did she get it? No one knows and she's not telling), and makes a swoop at Ed's father when the man shows up offering (hired) help to shoo the pesky bird away (direct quote).

She makes off with most of his tie, and pointedly puts it down and turns around to poo on it, before delicately picking the soiled tie up and dropping it on Dillinger Sr's head.