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	''~~Thursday~~, February ~~13th,~~ 1868''<br>		''Friday, February 14th 1868''<br>
	''Savoy-Trieste Hotel''<br>		''Savoy-Trieste Hotel''<br>
	''Trieste, Austria-Hungary''<br>		''Trieste, Austria-Hungary''<br>

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	Water splashed and ran as Josephine rose naked from the tub and reached for a towel. Backstage costume changes and the close quarters of the wagons had stamped out body prudery years ago. She automatically swept the bath and the room beyond with a look, comparing what she saw against her memory, a habit as automatic as breathing, before toweling off her knife. Evie stood three steps into the room on the marble tile, her bare cat feet silent where a human’s would not. Other than that, everything else seemed as she left it.<br><br>		Water splashed and ran as Josephine rose naked from the tub and reached for a towel. Backstage costume changes and the close quarters of the wagons had stamped out body prudery years ago. She automatically swept the bath and the room beyond with a look, comparing what she saw against her memory, a habit as automatic as breathing, before toweling off her knife. Evie stood three steps into the room on the marble tile, her bare cat feet silent where a human’s would not. Other than that, everything else seemed as she left it.<br><br>

	“People eat.” Josephine spared the girl a glance and a smile before calmly drying off, her dark hair shedding water down her back. “Everywhere. It’s one of the universals that ~~tie~~ us together, whether you are a native of darkest Africa or a banker from Stockholm. It’s practically a guaranteed demilitarized zone, though not always. I think I read somewhere that one of the Khans of Mongolia killed all his rivals by having them to dinner.”<br><br>		“People eat.” Josephine spared the girl a glance and a smile before calmly drying off, her dark hair shedding water down her back. “Everywhere. It’s one of the universals that ties us together, whether you are a native of darkest Africa or a banker from Stockholm. It’s practically a guaranteed demilitarized zone, though not always. I think I read somewhere that one of the Khans of Mongolia killed all his rivals by having them to dinner.”<br><br>

	Evie didn't spare any real thought for Josephine's nudity, other than a brief burst of irrational jealousy at Josephine's more rounded figure. Nudity aside, the short one word answer pretty much confirmed what Evie thought. When you got close to someone, that's when a man would sweep in and change it all.<br><br>		Evie didn't spare any real thought for Josephine's nudity, other than a brief burst of irrational jealousy at Josephine's more rounded figure. Nudity aside, the short one word answer pretty much confirmed what Evie thought. When you got close to someone, that's when a man would sweep in and change it all.<br><br>

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	Josephine put foot on dry land the moment Odyssey returned to Trieste. Not from loathing but rather from a need to prepare herself for the coming engagement. Kalashnikov was a sensate medium and if her intentions were false, he would know it the instant he touched her.<br><br>		Josephine put foot on dry land the moment ''Odyssey'' returned to Trieste. Not from loathing but rather from a need to prepare herself for the coming engagement. Kalashnikov was a sensate medium and if her intentions were false, he would know it the instant he touched her.<br><br>

	So, she would convince herself of her intentions in the hours she had remaining. Josephine had lost count the number of times she’d been handed a part by William and ordered to master it the same afternoon before an evening performance. She was a quick study but this time there was no script to read, no stage to tread. She had only her impressions of the man and the response of her own body to go by. She could still remember how warm he’d felt under her hands, how his touch had started an attraction burning within her when she had only meant to open a dialogue that would lead to …<br><br>		So, she would convince herself of her intentions in the hours she had remaining. Josephine had lost count the number of times she’d been handed a part by William and ordered to master it the same afternoon before an evening performance. She was a quick study but this time there was no script to read, no stage to tread. She had only her impressions of the man and the response of her own body to go by. She could still remember how warm he’d felt under her hands, how his touch had started an attraction burning within her when she had only meant to open a dialogue that would lead to …<br><br>

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	''Savoy-Trieste Hotel''<br>		''Savoy-Trieste Hotel''<br>
	''Trieste, Austria-Hungary''<br>		''Trieste, Austria-Hungary''<br>
	''Mid-afternoon''<br>		''Mid-afternoon''<br><br>


	Josephine put foot on dry land the moment Odyssey returned to Trieste. Not from loathing but rather from a need to prepare herself for the coming engagement. Kalashnikov was a sensate medium and if her intentions were false, he would know it the instant he touched her.<br><br>		Josephine put foot on dry land the moment Odyssey returned to Trieste. Not from loathing but rather from a need to prepare herself for the coming engagement. Kalashnikov was a sensate medium and if her intentions were false, he would know it the instant he touched her.<br><br>

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	So, she would convince herself of her intentions in the hours she had remaining. Josephine had lost count the number of times she’d been handed a part by William and ordered to master it the same afternoon before an evening performance. She was a quick study but this time there was no script to read, no stage to tread. She had only her impressions of the man and the response of her own body to go by. She could still remember how warm he’d felt under her hands, how his touch had started an attraction burning within her when she had only meant to open a dialogue that would lead to …<br><br>		So, she would convince herself of her intentions in the hours she had remaining. Josephine had lost count the number of times she’d been handed a part by William and ordered to master it the same afternoon before an evening performance. She was a quick study but this time there was no script to read, no stage to tread. She had only her impressions of the man and the response of her own body to go by. She could still remember how warm he’d felt under her hands, how his touch had started an attraction burning within her when she had only meant to open a dialogue that would lead to …<br><br>

	''To '''what''', Jo? Soon or late, this had to come. You already knew it when you woke this morning, before you ever sent that telegram or received its reply. Acknowledge it and move on''.		''To '''what''', Jo? Soon or late, this had to come. You already knew it when you woke this morning, before you ever sent that telegram or received its reply. Acknowledge it and move on''.<br><br>

	She made it to the room Bertie had arranged for her and Evie and stepped inside relieved to see her trunk had been delivered ahead of her. She hadn’t a room number to give the station porters that morning, only an address. Locking the door behind her, Josephine spied the en suite bath and she made a beeline for it, shedding her clothes as she went. The hotel had provided everything from towels to toiletries and ten minutes later, she was up to her neck in hot water and suds. Draping her arms on the rolled lip of the tub, Josephine closed her eyes and emptied her mind and slowly started to fill it, point by point.<br><br>		She made it to the room Bertie had arranged for her and Evie and stepped inside relieved to see her trunk had been delivered ahead of her. She hadn’t a room number to give the station porters that morning, only an address. Locking the door behind her, Josephine spied the en suite bath and she made a beeline for it, shedding her clothes as she went. The hotel had provided everything from towels to toiletries and ten minutes later, she was up to her neck in hot water and suds. Draping her arms on the rolled lip of the tub, Josephine closed her eyes and emptied her mind and slowly started to fill it, point by point.<br><br>
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	She turned to walk out. "I'll give you your space, miss." If Josephine didn't want to talk, it weren't no fur off her back.<br><br>		She turned to walk out. "I'll give you your space, miss." If Josephine didn't want to talk, it weren't no fur off her back.<br><br>

	Josephine’s ear caught the tone even as her eye caught the offended line of Evie’s ears and whiskers and internally she felt her balance shifting from the mission-mind to the everyday. Dammit. That’s torn it. Well, get in there and mend that fence, Jo. You need her on your side tonight. Josephine wrapped the bath towel under her arms and strode into the bedroom. She called out, he voice soft. “Evie, wait. Please. Don’t leave.”<br><br>		Josephine’s ear caught the tone even as her eye caught the offended line of Evie’s ears and whiskers and internally she felt her balance shifting from the mission-mind to the everyday. ''Dammit. That’s torn it. Well, get in there and mend that fence, Jo. You need her on your side tonight''. Josephine wrapped the bath towel under her arms and strode into the bedroom. She called out, he voice soft. “Evie, wait. Please. Don’t leave.”<br><br>

	"Why? Don't want to get in your way, miss. You got dinner to go to and all." Evie was just guessing, but she was pretty sure Miss Josephine had plans with the Russian prince tonight. "Unless you need help getting dressed, miss? Do you already have your things picked out?" Evie moved over to Josephine's trunk and made to start removing clothes. Her voice had slipped into what she called her Sally Servant, good for appeasing high ups who were concerned about people stepping out of their place.<br><br>		"Why? Don't want to get in your way, miss. You got dinner to go to and all." Evie was just guessing, but she was pretty sure Miss Josephine had plans with the Russian prince tonight. "Unless you need help getting dressed, miss? Do you already have your things picked out?" Evie moved over to Josephine's trunk and made to start removing clothes. Her voice had slipped into what she called her Sally Servant, good for appeasing high ups who were concerned about people stepping out of their place.<br><br>

	"Stop." Josephine went to Evie and gently turned the girl away from the trunk. "I don't need a servant. Not tonight. And never you. You’re my partner." <br><br>		"Stop." Josephine went to Evie and gently turned the girl away from the trunk. "I don't need a servant. Not tonight. And never you. You’re my ''partner''." <br><br>

	She didn't have to look far to meet Evie's eyes. The girl was only sixteen but already they were of a height. Josephine took a deep breath and confessed.<br><br>		She didn't have to look far to meet Evie's eyes. The girl was only sixteen but already they were of a height. Josephine took a deep breath and confessed.<br><br>
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	She yanked her jodhpurs on with some force and buttoned them. Her camisole and sweater went on next. She pulled her hair free, then picked up her harness and slid home a knife.<br><br>		She yanked her jodhpurs on with some force and buttoned them. Her camisole and sweater went on next. She pulled her hair free, then picked up her harness and slid home a knife.<br><br>

	“Ezekiel was angry at me the other day in London, positively livid. And you know what?” Josephine slid another knife into its sheath. “I resented him for it. I took his anger to mean he thought I couldn’t be trusted to hold to my end, to make my decisions, and do the job. Dammit, Evie, he should have ''known'' without my having explain ''why'' I had to detain that airship. That it turned out for naught wasn’t the point.” A third knife and a fourth slid into place. “The point was eliminating the parties aboard as conspirators against the Crown. I had reasonable doubt as to their innocence and I had to verify it. For all I knew, they’d rigged it to explode over the Palace or the Houses of Parliament.” A fifth knife and a sixth. “Had it, it would have been on my head alone, because I had the power to stop it from happening and didn’t follow through.”<br><br>		“Ezekiel was angry at me the other day in London, positively livid. And you know what?” Josephine slid another knife into its sheath. “I resented him for it. I took his anger to mean he thought I couldn’t be trusted to hold to my end, to make my decisions, and do the job. Dammit, Evie, he should have ''known'' without my having explain ''why'' I had to detain that airship. That it turned out for naught wasn’t the point.” A third knife and a fourth slid into place. “The ''point'' was eliminating the parties aboard as conspirators against the Crown. I had reasonable doubt as to their innocence and I had to verify it. For all I knew, they’d rigged it to explode over the Palace or the Houses of Parliament.” A fifth knife and a sixth. “Had it, it would have been on my head alone, because I had the power to stop it from happening and didn’t follow through.”<br><br>

	She buckled the harness into place and swung her arms to check how it lay. A pat for a knife. Right where it should be. Good. She sat on the bed and pulled on a boot.<br><br>		She buckled the harness into place and swung her arms to check how it lay. A pat for a knife. Right where it should be. Good. She sat on the bed and pulled on a boot.<br><br>