“Looking for Wraith?” Elliott jolts at the question the young woman asks so innocently. Natalie doesn’t miss the way his eyes flicker along the length of the bar, searching for a familiar face. “Oh? What happened?” The famed legend asks, sliding her a non-alcoholic drink of her choice. “I found out some positively electrifying news today, and thought I should celebrate!” A melodic laugh escapes her at her own joke. “Wattson! What brings you here?” Elliott grins at her from behind the bar. It’s far from her preferred scene, but everyone knows of the one and only Mirage’s talents as a bartender, so here Natalie found herself.

It’s what leads the young engineer to slide into a bar seat that evening. The blonde claps her hands together, beaming at her friend’s confession, the shine in her eyes alluding to the plan forming in her mind. Natalie gives her a look, and the void jumping legend averts her gaze. “I don’t like him,” Wraith’s voice is firm, eyes narrowed and arms crossed. “The way you look at him is very sweet,” Natalie smiles encouragingly. Wraith blinks, brows raised, before she steels her expression, hiding her surprise behind and impassive mask. “You’re fond of Elliott, aren’t you?” It had taken Natalie a long time to reach a point at which she could say she and Wraith were friends, so she hoped this wouldn’t overstep any boundaries. She could see the sparks in Wraith’s eyes whenever the mysterious legend happened to look at him. She could see the sparks that made a mirror of the two subjects. People weren’t predictable.īut Natalie could still find similarities between electricity and people.

It’s why she preoccupied herself with science and engineering - electricity was universal, it had been studied, tried, and tested.

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