the price you pay | former ties vii.
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Oliver Chipping / Companion / Status Unknown
Among the varied list of people Miss Dawson has come to depend on in her life, a young Oliver Chipping was easily among the favored. They had met by chance, a friend of a friend sort of deal. Due to his genius with hacking on account of his 'Cyber Mind', he made even the most difficult tasks seem like child's play where computerized information was concerned. And having the ability to break into systems, scramble information, and generally serve as one of the biggest assets in any operation made him her usual first call when a job sprung to mind.
Through their continued interactions, the two managed to form a bond and she would even stay with him for brief periods of time. He was a show-off and loved to brag, enjoyed the feeling of praise far too much in fact, but he had his good with his bad like anyone else. At the end of the day, he was pretty much family to her. Like the older brother she never had. Having said that, however, his habit of disappearing on her for days at a time wasn't one she was particularly fond of. That wasn't to say they were so often in one another's company that the very idea of being away from him killed her, it was more so the fact that he refused to tell her anything about it. He had other dealings, other people in his life who were far more dangerous to deal with than a mere cat burglar like herself, she knew that much. But beyond those little details, there wasn't much else given and there was always a quick shut down whenever the matter was brought up. After awhile, she just stopped questioning it.
The day he seemed to finally disappear for good was hardly a surprise to her. She had been expecting it to happen sooner or later, honestly. It always did. And as of today, she has no knowledge of what he's up to or where he is now. Or even if he's still alive, though she does genuinely hope for that much, at least.
