[04: video] - I know you said he's just a dog astray

[emptynight]

[The impact with the ground triggers the PCD's on button and the video flicks on. The camera has landed against a rock or something, giving it a skewed view of the sky, of skeletal trees and grey clouds. There's movement though, against the trees. A familiar figure, usually careless and flippant, with a pet name and some irritating compliment on his lips. This time, however, Thomas looked focused, and he moves with lean, predatory grace as the cavalry saber in his hands gleams silver. He's moving between the stand of anemic trees, sparring against invisible opponents, practicing or reliving some old encounter, every so often the saber biting through a tree limb to send it to the ground.

The feed continues in this vein for a few minutes, before a sweep of silver above the PCD sends a skeletal tree branch falling on top of the PCD, obscuring its view once more.]

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[emptynight]

[By the time Xanxus gets to the clearing, Thomas is about twenty or so feet away, sitting on a low branch in one of the trees that still has branches. The cavalry saber is sheathed at his hip and a heavy, bent-bladed knife rests in his lap as he watches.]

Well doesn't someone look pleased with himself.

[harmoniousstorm.livejournal.com]

Didn't I say there was nothing else to do in this dump?

[Besides, the fresh air felt nice. Not that he'd ever say that out loud. Besides, this guy was weirdly charming. He wanted to figure out why.]

[emptynight]

[Thomas drops out of the tree with a thoughtless, easy grace, landing lightly on his feet.]

Oh there's plenty to do, sweetheart. There's at least twenty types of animal out in the Wastes that'll try to eat your face.