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"Are you planning on going alone?!" Ilandra nearly shrieked when she saw Raven pack his gear. Of course Raven wouldn't use the gear...but she didn't know that.
"I work best alone." he answered.
"You are going to get yourself killed. Take me."
"No, you draw too much attention... If I have to, I'd rather take Ovi with all her statistics." and the knowledge of his secret. She wouldn't make things difficult.
"Come back safe." Ilandra said, the hurt speaking from her eyes.
"Nothing will happen to us."
"Is there anything I should now?" Ilandra didn't know why she asked that question. A woman's intuition most likely. She just couldn't get how Raven could even think he could pull of breaking into a government facility without a back up. Was he even coming back?
Raven waved at Ovi to come with. He would have to explain his plan on the way. He smiled at Ryan and Merxes and promised to be back by dawn. 

"So... is this a Raven thing, Ikar?" Ovi said.
"Ikar... that's a name I haven't heard in ages."
"It's pretty."
"But Raven adds to the mystery."
"Not to mention you don't lie that way. It's killing you not being able to tell. You could tell them. They won't think less of you for that."
"You haven't experienced what I have gone through."
"No, I haven't... but when have I ever been wrong?" Ovi said smiling. She loved the man, but until he could love himself she would stay away far enough. 
Raven laughed at her comment. "Do you know what my plan is."
"I'm thinking something along the line of: Ovi stays outside where it's safe and big macho Raven gets in, and swipes up the Telps. How ARE you going to get those Telps btw?"
"I made a backpack."
Ovianskina had to laugh when she saw the weird structure that could hardly be called a bag. It hung together with cords and tape, the straps were ridiculously long, or rather, the pack was ridiculously small.
"It serves it purpose." Raven said and put back the bag.
Ovi became serious, her eyes as always narrowing a bit behind her glasses.
"You have done this before, haven't you?" 
"Once. To see if I could."
"What did you do with the Telps?"
"I didn't take any. I knew I would one day come back if it worked."
"Good judge of character."
"Well they do say Wisdom starts with self-knowledge."
They came close to the government building. Raven drove a little off the road and parked his jeep behind some advertisement-trucks. They were both fully dressed in black, though for Raven it wouldn't have mattered if he had been wearing fluorescent yellow breaches.
"What are you laughing about?"
"Picturing you in fluorescent yellow breaches." Ovi said
"I have a pair of those at home."
"You can show them to me later... Get out safe will you."
"For you, my lady, everything."
Though that latest remark carried on the joking mood from earlier, the words were said softer and with more feeling than the others. Raven had made a promise.

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