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"Technically both, but once your in I can make sure you two are registered with the barriers, so you don't need to worry about it." Harmony answered as they approached the car.

"However, it's a bit of an effective barrier otherwise." She added. "Can't get in without walking in, and if your mana isn't familiar, I can lock the place down so you can't get out."

"Handy." Hazel commented as they climbed into the car, Hazel in the back seat.

"Very." Harmony agreed.

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Hazel nodded, but didn't say anything. Then again, she wasn't super chatty with just Ash, either.

"Not a problem. I can easily fit the three of us. Plus, it'd be pointless to pay for a taxi just to go around the block."[b/] Harmony commented.

[b]"We can't use quicker means, either." She continued.

"Due to the barriers. Have to physically pass the barrier, so we'll just drive it."

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"I did drive." Harmony answered honestly.

"And we can head out whenever you wish." She added.

"Also, if you're worried about it, it's the dark grey car right there." Was the last thing she said, motioning to the vehicle in question near the window they were by.

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Harmony paused a moment before sighing.

"I know." She said.

"We will talk once we get back to my place, if you still feel like checking it." She told him.

"I will answer any questions that you might have at that point, as well. However, right now? It's likely not the best to speak so freely and likely emotionally about that kind of thing, since we are in public." She added.

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Harmony just shrugged.

"Hey, if I don't give you a chance, then I wouldn't expect someone to give ME a chance if I asked." She stated.

"What do you mean?" Hazel asked, still not looking toward the woman.

"I mean that no one is perfect." Harmony answered, "and everyone has things in their past that they are ashamed of. Why should someone be held to that, especially when not their fault?" She asked, directing the question at Ash.

"I know the reputation of the Fyrane line. I also know that you shouldn't be alive, and only are because your mother decided to break tradition." She added

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Harmony paused a moment.

"Oh, I know who you are." She told him.

"I received your number from someone who knows of both of us, as I told you, and was told that you are a Fyrane." She added.

"And... Fyrane's are known for their firey hair."

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"So, is it temporary?" Harmony asked, her voice curious.

"It is. I get about a week between applications." Ash answered.

"I'm a hairstylist, I can put those streaks in far longer lasting. My sister likes to play with potions and lightly with alchemy, so it'd be nothing for me to ensure those streaks stick." Harmony told him honestly before pausing.

"If... if you would like, of course."

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"It was gifted me to a couple of decades back by someone I owe my life to. Haven't seen him for awhile though, I admit." Harmony answered.

"Why the black streaks?" She then asked, motioning to his hair.

"You even covered the natural blondes that your hair has, which is surprising. That's not easy to cover." She paused a moment.

"How did you do it?"

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Hazel shook her head.

"Don't worry. I am all right." She assured him.

"I just have a small headache." She added, figuring that he'd probably clue in to that bit of pain on her face anyway.

"It will pass, though."

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"I... I have no idea." Hazel admitted after a moment or two.

"I know you two likely have no idea what's even on offer around here. Go take a look." Harmony commented with a light chuckle.

"I'll wait. Not a problem."

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Hazel certainly followed, but didn't say anything. It wasn't often she was outside, like this. Even back at Ash's, she tended to stay inside during the day, and be on the balcony through twilight and the night.

They approached, stepped in, and Hazel winced, before they approached the woman with the hat.

"Hey, AJ." She greeted, the voice telling him all he needed to know, this was the woman they were there to meet, Harmony.

"Here." She slid a large bill across the table.

"You two, go get whatever you want, on me."

♫Feed my insanity || Write me a tragedy || Let's make a memory || A night to forget♫

Hazel shook her head.

"I am all right." She told him honestly. She wasn't looking at hime though, but that didn't seem to be too unusual a thing. It was pretty regular, if he were to be honest.

She seemed to make every effort to NOT look at him.

"Lead the way."

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"As you wish." Was all Hazel said before vanishing into the kitchen.

---

The next day, she stepped into the cafe with a sigh. She had spoken with Ash again that morning, and she told him to look for someone with a large tan witches hat, and had been told he had short red and black hair, also to look for a tanned teen with grey eyes and far more hair than she'd likely ever expect to see someone with.

She made an order for a tea - one of her sisters blends - and took a seat by one of the windows to wait.

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Hazel nodded.

"Of course." She answered, pushing herself off the railing, where she was leaning to look out over the city.

"I shall get a start on that."She then said.

"Shall I prepare some coffee or tea as well?" She asked as she made her way past him, her red hair smacking him slightly as it wasn't tied back or anything.

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