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Raven rolled his eyes a little. "I'm not sure if there's any way of changing that," he replied.

Toby didn't seem to believe him, "There's gotta be some country in that boy somewhere," he replied.

Raven sighed a little. "... Maybe when he stops going on missions he'll slow down long enough to find it."

"You don't seem like a missions kinda guy," Toby told him with a head tilt.

Raven shook his head.

"Then yer a good influence," he grinned.

Raven didn't say anything as he polished of the last of his helping.

Wolfe appeared to be asleep.

Toby smiled again, "Want to learn about dragon fruits?" he asked.

"Yeah," Raven replied before starting to clean up.

So they cleaned up and Toby went back to teaching Raven.

Raven went as long as Tony wanted to teach. But the weariness never left.

"Do you need a nap?" Toby finally asked, "I have some nice hammocks."

Raven shook his head. "I'm fine," he told Toby.

Toby raised an eyebrow but continued showing Raven different things.

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Laurel finally released Nic's hand and stared at the rack of guns, "I hate secrets," she decided quietly, her eyes still misty.

Nic remained silent.

Another tear dripped down her cheek as she sniffed, "Wanna go... swimming?" she whispered, at least that would hide her tears.