#and pff

“I’m trying, I really am.” Instinctively, Nick responded with irritation as the door to his office opened for the third time that day. He had a client who seemed to check back at least twice a day ever since he’d taken her case, and he’d about had it up to his eyeballs. When the detective looked up, however, it wasn’t who he’d been expecting.

The… man? Woman? Ah, he supposed it didn’t really matter– but he’d never seen the person who just walked in.

“Oh, my apologies. Welcome to the Valentine Detective Agency. Can’t say I’ve seen you around before.”

Pandora held up their hands defensively in response to the irritation, an instinct of their own reading as ‘I didn’t do what you think I did. Probably’. Their relief was evident, but soon abandoned in place of their regular confident guise.