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#2016-06-28 05:32:11, as written by penelope lemon

Ben saw the flicker of pain cross Rosemary's face and was glad when the subject was changed. He watched as she pushed herself off the desk and moved towards the tank, explaining the breeding experiment she was conducting. He listened, a bit distractedly, as she talked about iridescence, her eyes brightening at the mention of her wok. He had forgotten how passionate Rosemary had been about her research, and how absorbed she became in her work, and he found it amusing. She rambled a bit, then glanced at him, and Benjamin realized the he was staring at her when he should have been observing the maggots. He hastily turned his head to look into the tank where Rosemary was pointing, ducking slightly to get a better view at their coloring.

There was something about being back in the lab that gave Ben deja vu. After all these years he thought it would be different, he thought that Rosemary would have changed and that he would be a shadow of the person he was before, but it felt nothing like he had assumed it would be. There was a small rift between the two of them, something inevitably brought on by the fact that they hadn't spoken in years, but they were still the same people. Rosemary was still the ardent scientists she was before and Ben was still the same extractor he was three years ago. For all anyone knew, Ben had been in Rosemary's lab last week chatting about the weather. Ben was torn with the feeling. On the one hand, he was grateful that everything seemed normal between them. With everything going on, Rosemary was the one thing in his life right now that was concrete and he needed that more than anything. But on the other hand it pained him to admit that for as much as he struggled to put some distance between himself and his former life, dream extraction just kept coming back, and coming back with a vengeance.

He had so many mixed emotions about this mission, he didn't even know where to begin to sort them out. He sighed to himself and realized that Rosemary had asked him a question. He looked at her, trying to give her his full attention.

"Ginny?" he asked.

Ginny. Rosemary had met the architect a few times before her accident, Ben recalled. Rosemary and her were acquaintances at best, nothing like the relationship Ben and her had, but it was nice of Rosemary to ask about her. Nice, but a familiar wave of guilt washed over Ben at the mention of Ginny and he struggled to keep it from showing on his face.

"She's still in the hospital. I haven't gone to see her yet," Ben said, "But knowing Ginny she'll greet me with a few of her favorite curse words and then be done with it. Can't say I'm looking forward to it."

He shot Rosemary a quick smirk.

"Speaking of architects," he said, "I told Wilkins he needed to find me a new one. Any idea who they're sending from the program?"

Ben turned and walked towards Rosemary's desk, glancing at the paperwork scattered over it. His eyes flickered to the computer screen briefly.

"Who's our mark anyways? Have you got a name? A file put together?"

Ben figured there was no more time to waste. The sooner they buckled down at did the extraction the sooner he could be done with the mission.

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