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Here is Aurum. Harley is home again.
"I minted you," Elspeth murmurs to him, sending a notice to the Joker that he's got a new alt he could choose to entertain because she's busy and teleporting herself and her ward to their living room in Québec. "And stuck it on."
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Harley emits an untintelligible mumble and hugs her.
He needs to be held for a while.
Eventually, he says haltingly, "Love you, Elsie."
Eventually, he says haltingly, "Love you, Elsie."
Snuggly hug. Where is his poof? His poof is cuddling him. He cuddles it back.
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And Elsie is holding him and everything else can wait.
Everything else waits for... a while.
But not forever. Nothing lasts forever.
Harley sits up, still hugging her but now more uprightly.
"I've... kind of - forgotten - words," he says. "How long...?"
But not forever. Nothing lasts forever.
Harley sits up, still hugging her but now more uprightly.
"I've... kind of - forgotten - words," he says. "How long...?"
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"You were in the sun for five years in Gift. Here it's been only a few more months since you dreamed here," says Elspeth, petting his hair.
"Five. Years," he echoes, leaning his head into her hand. "Long time."
"—Zeus okay?"
"I - not," says Harley. "Until. Until I can come back."
"I went," he says. "I couldn't come back. I won't - wake him up - until I can."
He shakes his head.
"Not. Good enough."
"Not. Good enough."
"I know," he says. "Love him."
He hugs her some more.
He hugs her some more.
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Hugs.
"You can talk to Sue, when you're ready. He knows how to move like that controllably and it's possible he could teach you."
"You can talk to Sue, when you're ready. He knows how to move like that controllably and it's possible he could teach you."
"Okay," Harley murmurs. "Later."
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"Yes."
She conjures up a little two-sided fountain for the poof. She doesn't know when it last drank or how often it needs to. She sets it aside. She hugs Harley.
She conjures up a little two-sided fountain for the poof. She doesn't know when it last drank or how often it needs to. She sets it aside. She hugs Harley.
Harley snuggles back into her lap.
His tummy rumbles.
His tummy rumbles.
He thinks about it. For a few seconds.
"...Yeah?" he says hesitantly.
"...Yeah?" he says hesitantly.