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[dialscientist]

Small is okay. I don't need anything fancy so long as it's in okay condition. I heard about Ryan's old place. Sounded pretty whack.

[Might be putting it lightly from what he's heard. Ryan, man, what were you thinking. Why do you always tailspin when you're on your own.

Min-Gi takes a moment as they walk, looking over the houses as they go. How is he supposed to know which ones are empty? Gut feeling? Ring and ditch every door? Try the handles? Why aren't there any realtors?]

Thanks, by the way. For taking him under your wing.

[arclightning]

I don't know if we did that.

[ We, casual as anything, accompanied with a little snort of laughter. ]

Wu and Ryan met on the boardwalk and started talking and... it's like they have the same brain, sometimes. Pretty weird to be around. You get used to it.

[ It is kind of hard to tell, now that Mako's really looking. Ruby did a lot of the scouting work for the initial safehouses, and Mako mostly vetted them to make sure they were safe and well-located. How do you tell if a house is empty?

Oh. Lack of lantern outside, for one. They're coming up on a building without one now, a skinny little townhouse with boarded-up windows, which reminds Mako. ]

Whatever we find is probably going to need fixing up. That was Ryan's problem. He just moved in and didn't bother to make it livable. Took us weeks to get the Raccoon Room to a good baseline.

[dialscientist]

[Mako might not think they did anything but without them the chances that Ryan would be living like a cave troll somewhere right now are very high.

Ryan has a support network. It’s not something he really had back home outside of Min and their families and even then Ryan’s parents were pretty busy. Plus, you know, Ryan being, well, Ryan. It was difficult for his parents to support besides letting him go. Min-Gi’s own parents had been aware and made a lot of time for him in their space but the boundaries were always very clear.

That isn’t the network Ryan has here. He has friends who know exactly who he is and encourage it. Who support him emotionally. Who give a shit. That’s powerful.]

I don’t mind a little work. I’m sure I can figure it out.

[Probably. It’s just a hammer and nails, right? How hard can it be?]

But uh. Any pointers would be good if you have them.