Four Painful Years

Luca's stuff is still here meaning there is a fair chance she is in the hospital. You should wait for her, for all you know she is here to prevent strange small glowing men from whisking you away.

You really doubt that Luca is here for your sake. She made her stance on your relationship pretty clear, what with the whole everything about you making her sick thing. No, best case scenario is she's here to reveal that by claiming you'd attacked them on company grounds Grosvenor now owes them settlement money or something, and she's here to split it with you out of common decency. Worst case scenario... Well you guess there is no worst case scenario, since you're already living inside one of those. "Effectively dead" just has to be one of the bottom ten cruddiest situations to be in.

... You briefly wonder why the hospital hasn't corrected this gross oversight, or Grosvenor for that matter. They had two whole days to set the story straight, the absolute morons...

Either way, you decide to stay in your room and wait for Luca rather than follow the glowing midget into his tiny pie plate. Better the devil you know, right?

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LUCA: "You're still here?"

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That was fast.

JULIE: "Of course I'm still here. I have six broken ribs."
JULIE: "... And according to this whiteboard, a fractured skull and severe whiplash."

LUCA: "Those notes are two days old. You're fine now."
LUCA: "I made sure of that."

JULIE: "... Huh?"

LUCA: "Shit, did he explain nothing to you?"

JULIE: "Which 'he'? The cute nurse? Or post-washing machine Rowan Atkinson with his hi-beams left on?"
JULIE: "'Cause if you know that guy, I've got some questions for you, but don't worry, I'll start with an easy one."
JULIE: "... What's with all the green stuff?"

LUCA: "What green stuff?"

JULIE: "Um..."

LUCA: "Oh. Right."
LUCA: "You had a visitor. Din't take it well when I told her you've been dead since Monday. So I sent her home."
LUCA: "She won't be coming back."

JULIE: "You know what, forget I asked, and I'll forget you said any of that."
JULIE: "... So there's still people out there that want me dead? And you're, like... protecting me?"

LUCA: "Yeah."
LUCA: "Have been since I moved into your floor."
LUCA: "S'kinda the whole reason I'm down here."

JULIE: "... Really?"
JULIE: "Thanks, I guess."

LUCA: "Whatever. A job's a job."
LUCA: "Client's payin' me fat bags to make sure you don't up and die."

JULIE: "Well... Why are these people hunting me? And why are there people protecting me? Is there anything I can do to stop it?"

LUCA: "The way you are now? Not a chance in Hell."
LUCA: "That's why he's here. That's why any of 'em are here. To give you a choice."
LUCA: "So how 'bout you make my job, keeping you alive, that much easier, an' take your stupid questions to the people who are tryin'a help you out?"

JULIE: "Wow, holy mackerel, FINE! Didn't realize it was such a sore god damn subject, Luqashai!"

LUCA: "Try me, Julian, you'd be pissed too if you had to babysit a grown-ass woman for an entire year of your life."

JULIE: "Wh-! How did you...!?"

LUCA: "Go find Mister 'Atkinson' and find the fuck out yourself."

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Achievement Unlocked: "A Luca-rative Conversation" - Stuck around to gain information (what little there was) from Luca. (50In)

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