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[UPDATE] Anna Heath - 23rd June 2006 - The Lunch Date
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echidna
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 		[UPDATE] Anna Heath - 23rd June 2006 - The Lunch Date
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The Lunch Date
Friday, 23rd June 2006

If I didn't owe all of you before, I certainly do now.

I was terrified all this morning, waiting for lunchtime to arrive. You'd think a woman of my age and experience would be a bit calmer, but something about dredging up the past made me feel like I was that callow girl all over again. I'm sure I'm going to have to redo all of the work I touched this morning, as nerves kept me from thinking straight.

I met Henrik in his office. He of course locked everything up on his way out - I suppose it was foolish of me to think I could ever snoop on the Academy's head of security, of all people. We walked to the Bridge Restaurant, making awkward chit-chat about the weather, or Fleming and the children, or the latest gossip about the senior fellows. Shallow, harmless things.

When we were settled at a very private table in the back of the restaurant, he nodded to himself a bit and asked, 'So why is it we're here today?'

And here, my friends, is where I owe you, because I took your advice. 'Henrik, I felt it was high time I cleared the air between us,' I said. Then I embarked upon a recitation of all of the ways in which I was insensitive, or ungrateful, or thoughtless, or immature, and as I itemised them I apologised for my behaviour and for any injury I had done to him, intentionally or no, then and in all of the years that have passed since. I thought of more as I went on, so it was a veritable flood of apologetics I unleashed on poor Henrik, but he weathered it gracefully.

When I was done - it must have been after a solid ten minutes - he smiled like the sun rising and said that he had always forgiven me, and that no further discussion of it was necessary. 'That was all a long time ago,' he said. 'We've both grown up quite a lot since then. Though I do wish I could've seen your wedding.'

There was a bit of a silence as the waiter set our meals upon the table. I have to tell you, I felt like someone had given me a billion lecks. A weight I didn't even know I was carrying has been lifted from my shoulders, and for this, I am grateful to all of you.

And then he leaned back in his chair and gave me a long, measuring look. 'So,' he said. 'What is it you really wanted?'

I of course stuttered and protested regarding my sincerity for a minute, and probably turned an alarming shade of red. I thought I might take a week or two to work up to this. Some spy I am, as easy to read as a traffic sign.

Henrik shook his head. 'It's all right, Anna. I'm glad we've had this talk, and I'm sure you mean it all, but it's definitely not why you wanted to see me. So what is it?'

I took a long drink to try to regain my composure. Truth tempered with prudence, that's the line I tried to walk. 'I need information,' I said at last. 'Last year, there were reports about some equipment being stolen from the Academy, and I need to find out more about what went missing, and what was found,' I took a deep breath, 'in the Five of Cups.'

Henrik had developed a peculiar thoughtful look, and was tapping his finger on his chin. 'I think we can help each other,' he said, slowly. 'Can you meet me after hours next week? Discreetly. Not on the Academy grounds.'

'I likely could,' I said, cautiously.

'It'll take me some time to gather all of the pieces I need,' he said. 'Keep your schedule free, and I'll give you word on when and where to meet me.'

Gyvann help me, I agreed.

Then Henrik shook himself a bit, and stood up straighter, and asked me how I'd really been doing all this time. We spent the rest of our lunch just catching up on everything that we've missed these past few years. The time flew by unbelievably fast. It even feels like we might be friends again! Do you know Henrik is seeing a woman who works in the Maitland? And he still paints mazes in his spare time. His mazes were always so elegant and beautiful to look upon. He's even promised to make one for my boys!

So. It looks like I have a secret rendezvous for sometime next week, and I'll hopefully get some of the information we need then. Yes, don't worry, I'll take utmost care for my personal safety. I feel I'll be perfectly safe under Henrik's watch, anyway.

(As a bit of a postscript, I'm taken aback that you ever for a moment considered sending me against Henrik as some kind of temptress. A woman with three children of course knows how that game is played, but I do take my marriage very seriously!)

And with that she was vindicated Very Happy
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 		Is it only me who finds the phrase
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'I think we can help each other'

slightly... unnerving?

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European Chris
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 		Not yet. All it means is that he's looking into things as well. For which 'side' we don't really know yet. We're not the only people looking for the cube.

As has been said before, proceed with caution.
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 		I dare say it could mean some rather good things actually. Perhaps he has been tracking/noticing things that he hasn't been able to divulge to anyone. We could have a whole new world opening to us here. I take it as a 'you fill in the gaps for me and I'll fill in the gaps for you'.

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UKver2.0 wrote:
I take it as a 'you fill in the gaps for me and I'll fill in the gaps for you'.


* snigger
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UKver2.0 wrote:
I take it as a 'you fill in the gaps for me and I'll fill in the gaps for you'.


haha, nice.

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 		The part of me that attempts to be a collected and mature individual thinks you're both behaving deplorably and disgracefully, even in such a minimally important situation.
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The part of me that's sixteen is saying "LOLOLOLOLOL I GETZ IT NICE 1 DOOD!!!!1!".
Laughing

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rohina
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 		He agrees with me. Smile I said Anna needed to show Henrik what was in it for him.

He seems pretty sharp, which doesn't mean he isn't also bad.

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