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[socrowdedinhere]

*Breakdown....doesn't return when he said he would.  McC and Khela come to visit, but Breakdown doesn't show up again.  It's almost a week before Duke will see Breakdown again, and it's in the morning.  He walks right up to the cage, grabs the door, and rips it off.*

Breakdown: Let's go, Duke. *in no hurry* You belong to me now.

Duke: */flinches/ in spite of himself...just kind of gapes for a moment*  Breakdown, is everything all right?

Breakdown: *smirks* Nope, just been wanting to do that for a while now.

Duke: Thank you.  *will shift to get up but . . . he's not moved in /three months/, the joints and various mechanisms in his legs - really in most of his body - have seized and become frozen, they need to be freed up . . . he /tries/ to get up, but...winds up just pitching forward onto his face*

Breakdown: */frowns/....and will haul Duke up and....right over a shoulder like a sack*

Duke: Ah! *starts to protest...or apologize...but just...goes quiet, letting BD - his new master - carry him, not like he really /could/ do any differently*

Breakdown: *walks away with him, once away a little bit* You'll be fixed up soon. 

Duke:  I appreciate it.  Where did you go?  What happened?

Breakdown: Things just didn't go as planned.  Don't worry about it.

Duke: You're all right, at least...

Breakdown: Of course I am!  *will step into an alley and put Duke down so he can slowly start working on getting his limbs to work*

Duke: .............. *nods, will let him do as he will*

Breakdown: *getting Duke to move, oiling joints as he does.*

Duke: *patient as he works, helps as much as he can*

Breakdown: *they’ll sit there for the next half hour, slowly getting Duke’s joints working again.* How’s that feel? Think you can transform?

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[dragondancer5150]

Duke: I'm not sure. *but he'll find out by trying*

[socrowdedinhere]

*It'll be a little slow, but he'll manage, and Breakdown will help.*
Breakdown: All right. Folllow me. *he'll transform too and lead Duke away, keeping the pace slow.*

[dragondancer5150]

Duke: *everything is still painfully stiff from disuse, but he'll follow without complaint*

[socrowdedinhere]

Breakdown: *figures the best way to fix that is to start using it. And his freshly oiled joints should make that easier.* *he'll get Duke home and will help him transform again if needed. Once inside he'll run a hot oil back and order Duke to go soak to help loosen up and clean...well, everything.*

[dragondancer5150]

Duke: *deeply thankful, and expresses as much, if quietly, as he slips himself into the oil bath and just /soaks/ for a bit*

[socrowdedinhere]

Breakdown: *will give him a bit before coming in. He sits on the edge, legs in the oil bath on either side of Duke's shoulders, and will take some cleaning brushes to the BP, or at least what he can reach from here. He's surprisingly gentle for such a big guy.*

[dragondancer5150]

Duke: Sir, you don't have to do that. *not that he's going to /stop/ him...if feels /good/*

[socrowdedinhere]

Breakdown: Need you able to move again. And don't start with the "sir" slag, I'm still just Breakdown.

[dragondancer5150]

Duke: You're also now my property owner. *said quietly...and with a bit of humor*

[socrowdedinhere]

Breakdown: *snorts, a bit of a lopsided smile as he lightly flicks an ear fin.* Then that's an order.

[dragondancer5150]

Duke: Mn! *flinches softly, startled more than anything, small grin* Noted. *a beat, then* May I ask what you intend to do with me?

[socrowdedinhere]

Breakdown: *serious* Free you. And help you find the rest of your team, if they're out there to find.