She can see the tension creep into his shoulders, even if he keeps it from his face. Her smile just turns a little wry. "Relax, B. Just putting pieces together." Finding faces, names she recognized - it was a part of getting a lay of the land, here. A very, very weird part, but an important one. She's not looking to stand in anyone's shadow again - not Falcone, not Fish, not Penguin. And look at her luck: two of them aren't even players in the game, anymore.
Saying you would be too obvious, so of course she doesn't. But she doesn't have to: the look she gives him is fond and teasing, like she knows exactly what he wants her to say, and that's why she won't.
"Nostalgia." Her mouth quirks into a smirk. "And some well priced real estate."
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Saying you would be too obvious, so of course she doesn't. But she doesn't have to: the look she gives him is fond and teasing, like she knows exactly what he wants her to say, and that's why she won't.
"Nostalgia." Her mouth quirks into a smirk. "And some well priced real estate."