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Who| Dan and Nikola
What| Dan promised Nikola time in the lab he has under his house.
Where| Dan's family home.
When| This afternoon
Warnings/Notes| None yet!

Dan's lab had been created shortly after his mother's death. He had built it to help him make gadgets for his team as he was back in the city to deal with her burial. In the end, it had mostly been a way to deal with being alone. Once he was back in the Districts the place had fallen to misuse. With the spur of the moment invitation he had given Tesla he found himself in it again, cleaning and getting it ready. By the time he had made arrangements for the Tribute's transportation to his home, everything was back in working order.

He was out of uniform when we went to great Nikola, but he wasn't entirely comfortable in his clothes. He wore something that was close enough to his uniform to pass him off as an off-duty Peacekeeper. He wasn't sure it would have been appropriate for him to see a Tribute while wearing one of his comfortable sweaters.

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Dan doesn't comment about Nikola's pausing, though when Tesla does touch something he finds himself watching his hands. After the selection is made he gets out a wine opener and two glasses.

He pours only a little for himself and then gives Nikola a pretty generous amount. "I hope it's to your liking. Wine should be wine, no matter where it is made."

"I'm sure it's the same process, but there's good wine and there's swill," Nikola says, lifting the glass to sniff it slightly.

Thankfully, this turns out to be pretty good wine. Mostly because the board members try to outdo each other in their gift giving. Dan watches him before lifting the glass to take a sip.

Nikola eventually takes a sip as well, making a noise of appreciation.

"Not bad," he says, looking impressed.

"I'm glad," Dan says with a small smile. "It came from one of the people on the board of my family's banking firm."

"You're a banker as well as a soldier?" Nikola asks, smirking.

"My father was," Dan corrects. "I still technically own most of the company but I don't run it."

"So you let someone else take control of your affairs?"

"I don't really consider them my affairs," Dan explains, though he does look a little uncomfortable. "I mostly keep the shares because I know my father would be disappointed to have them go to someone else, but we all know that I'd be useless at running a company like that. I don't really have interest in it."

"Best to stick to your strengths, hm?"

"Or at least to do the things we love until they become our strengths."

Nikola smiles faintly, sipping his wine. "And what is it you love, Daniel?"

"That is a really good question," Dan says, glancing away for a moment.

"For which you don't have an answer..."

"I love inventing," Dan points out. "And writing. I also love aspects of my job. When I was younger, I thought the Peacekeepers were some kind of brotherhood. Like those ancient tales about King Arthur." He looks embarrassed as he admits it. Its obvious that he's realized that's not he case.

Well, that is a rather interesting confession.

"And now?"

"And now I think that King Arthur was a legend."

Nikola smirks and spreads his arms. "So was I."

"Yes, but Nikola Tesla was also a real man. You are a real man."

"So was Arthur."

Dan raised his brow a bit and sips at his wine. "Maybe. But Camelot and the knights of the round? Seems like something only a kid would think could really happen."

"There's more truth to it than you think," Nikola says lightly. "At least, there was in my world."

Dan looks interested in that. "It does? How so? What happened in your world?"

He chuckles lightly. "Most of the things people think of as myths are true."

Dan is quiet about that for a moment, because there are a few things that exist now that people think are just stories. He shrugs a bit. "They'll tell you that in school, if you have the right type of teacher. The problem is that what really happened tends not to be what people are told. Because of that, finding out the truth can be disappointing."