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True to her word, Ariadne showed up at Arthur's hotel room the next afternoon, a bag of Thai takeout in her arms and an anticipatory smile on her face as she knocked on his door.

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[isnt_the_same]

Arthur shrugged it off. "You do good work."

[chesstotem]

"You taught me most of it," she pointed out.

[isnt_the_same]

"I know, but you far exceeded my expectations."

[chesstotem]

"Good. That's good."

[isnt_the_same]

He smiled a little.

[chesstotem]

She looked at him, almost expectantly for a moment, then glanced away. "What sorts of movies do you like?" she asked.

[isnt_the_same]

"Old Hollywood, mostly," he replied.

[chesstotem]

She chuckled. "I'll see what I can find, but it might be French."

[isnt_the_same]

"That's fine. I'm fluent in French."

[chesstotem]

"Somehow, I'm not surprised," she said with a smile. "How many languages do you know?"

[isnt_the_same]

"Quite a few. I'm only fluent in French and English, though. But I know enough Mandarin, Cantonese, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, and German to get me by."

[chesstotem]

"How worldly," she said with a laugh. "I bet the ladies love it."

[isnt_the_same]

"Oh they do," he joked.

[chesstotem]

"I knew it; you're in Paris for a hot date."

[isnt_the_same]

Arthur laughed and shook his head.

[chesstotem]

"Let me guess - she has really long legs, and big boobs. And she's... a redhead."

[isnt_the_same]

"No date. Trust me, I don't date."

[chesstotem]

"What, not at all?"

[isnt_the_same]

"Not at all," he repeated.

[chesstotem]

"Why not? I mean, I can understand why you would be hesitant to get involved in anything serious..." She knew better than probably anyone, given what she knew about Dom and Mal. "But not even casually?"

[isnt_the_same]

"No, not even casually. I just don't...I don't want anything like that."

[chesstotem]

"Oh." She couldn't help but feel a little disappointed at that.

Not that she had any expectations, or anything. Still.

"So, that kiss, it was just..."

[isnt_the_same]

He shrugged. "A distraction."

[chesstotem]

She gave him a wry smile. "That's not very nice, you know. Might've given me ideas."

[isnt_the_same]

"Well, then, I'm sorry," he said.