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[ukan]

"Well what kind would you like? Beach house, house in the suburbs? House in a trailer park?" He's got a little of everything.

[abrightboy]

He makes a bit of a face at 'trailer park'. Lark, he's from Upper East Side old money.

"Something with an open floor plan. I like... a nice open space."

[ukan]

"The beach house," Lark decides. "The one near Alec and me. You'll like it, it's a new build, custom designed for wolves. All the handles are friendly to paws."

[abrightboy]

Malcolm watches his face for a second.

"...Just like that? We can just... have a beach house?"

[ukan]

He shrugs. Yeah, just like that. "You're pack and I want you nearby so I can help you both adjust to city life."

[abrightboy]

"Where does the money come from?" Malcolm asks curiously. "Does the pack have investments?" His mother is a shrewd investor. Especially in real estate.

[ukan]

He nods. "Investments, real estate, the law firm, grants from the government for the nonprofit interests. It's all pretty above board now. My second pack was made up mostly of lawyers and that got the money rolling in; the pack since then has mostly been veterans so I had to look for outside resources."

[abrightboy]

"And I'll be working... for the Pack? Or... foe you directly?" Malcolm asks.

[ukan]

He tips his head, thinking. "I could see you working for the CBI. California Bureau of Investigations. You still want to stop killers, right? But ultimately, yes, you'd report to me."

[abrightboy]

“…I thought you wanted me to do counselling for the Pack,” Malcolm says.

[ukan]

"I do. And I'll pay you for that. But I thought you still wanted to find killers?" And Lark isn't here to interrupt anyone's life goals.

[abrightboy]

“I think that might be more the sort of thing we do in our travels. Sort of… on our own terms,” Malcolm tells him.

[ukan]

He studies Malcolm. "You want to be a vigilante?"

[abrightboy]

“…Not exactly. We’re going to be traveling in the multiverse,” Malcolm tells him.

[ukan]

He nods; he and Alec are going to be doing some of that, too. "But how will you stop killers without authority to arrest them?"

[abrightboy]

“There’ll be a learning curve, but there must be such a thing as a citizen’s arrest or an authority we can call with our information,” Malcolm says.

[ukan]

He nods; reasonable. "Alec and I are going to take down super soldier programs. Every one we've ever heard of has been rife with abuse and corruption."

[abrightboy]

“That’s a good one, too,” Malcolm tells him, looking down in what’s almost a reflex when he smiles. “Maybe we’ll cross paths out there too.”

[ukan]

Lark grins. "I'd like it if we did. There's plenty of room for your skillset in that kind of work."

[abrightboy]

“I’m sure we’d both be happy to help,” Malcolm tells him.