[SWE] absence makes the heart grow fonder

I'm bringin' sexy back
Them other fuckers don't know how to act

Koa's dreams have not been pleasant of late, but they certainly do not measure up to the horrors regularly experienced by many of Caido's denizens. So perhaps he is more unsettled by the shocking emptiness of it all, more eager than others accustomed to darkness might be to fill this void.

He's already a few drinks in when he makes it to the Lucky Dip, vibrantly enthusiastic and ready to participate in anything, if it distracts him from his thoughts. "I'll have a go!" Koa declares loudly, rolling his sleeve up and shoving his arm in to grab a prize from the depths below.

Then, satisfied and buzzed, he takes himself and his beer off towards a familiar face. "Mateo!" Koa calls warmly to his friend, stopping short and raising his eyebrows as a gorgeous, tiny blonde beats him to the punch. "Who's your friend?" the Dragoon wonders as he slides in near the other boys, raising his bottle to Everest. "Hey, Ever. Been a minute. I hear you, uh, you've been busy." There's the slightest bit of edge to his voice, a reservation shuttering his copper eyes as he regards the aviator suspiciously.

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Koa dips!

Koa Carpenter

If that's your girl, better watch your back
'Cause she'll burn it up for me, and that's a fact