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[tibetanmethod]

Seven forty-five in the morning, when Moiraine Sedai comes to Twin Peaks, and the very first thing Dale Cooper does is drive her to the Bookhouse, funny sound in his engine be damned. Once she's safely asleep in the back room, under the guard of one of the boys, Cooper calls the sheriff's station and tells Lucy that they'll need to get somebody else to make the donut run, and he needs to see Harry, immediately.

Hours pass. Cooper conferences, explains what he knows, tells Harry and Hawk what they'll need.

The small bed is behind a wall dividing the back room into two sections. Cooper sits on the other side of that wall with a book and a cup of coffee to hand. He's begun to get his concentration back; he hasn't had to restart a chapter in several hours.

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[tibetanmethod]

"I thought you might be able to." It's accompanied by a very small smile.

[blue_ajah]

Moiraine nods a second time, then returns her gaze to him.

"What is there that I should know to expect? You have told Harry, obviously..."

[tibetanmethod]

"You won't get any questions from anyone attached to the sheriff's department."

Cooper is sitting up very straight in his chair. "Or from the Bookhouse Boys, for that matter. The questions you will get aren't likely to spring from any sinister intentions. Rather, more natural curiosity than anything else -- where you come from, what you do, why you're in Twin Peaks, how long you plan to stay. There's an easy way to forestall all of that for the time being, but I don't know if that's what you want."

[blue_ajah]

She tilts her head slightly, considering.

"It depends, perhaps, on what that way is."

[tibetanmethod]

"And that depends on how quickly you'd like to get acclimatized you'd like to get to society. Assuming you'd like to do it at all."

"The Bookhouse does tend to be... heavy-traffic. If you'd prefer somewhere a little quieter, we can arrange that."

[blue_ajah]

"I would; you may be certain of that."

A brief pause.

"But I shall not deny that the luxury of time and quiet in order to become accustomed to ... things ... would be a great gift."

[tibetanmethod]

"It's easy enough to give." Another small smile. "Here's what we'll do, if it works. We'll go there, and -- there are a few things you'll need to know how to use, if you don't already."

Like a telephone. And a stove.

"And you're welcome to stay there as long as you'd like."

[blue_ajah]

"Thank you," the Aes Sedai says quietly. "I very much appreciate it."

[tibetanmethod]

"It's no trouble," he says, no louder. "Would you like to go there now?"

[blue_ajah]

"If it is no inconvenience to you," she says, with a touch of wry amusement coloring her words.

[tibetanmethod]

Cooper pushes his chair back and stands. "None at all. Though my car is still making a few strange noises." He shakes his head. "But we won't get stranded. Possibly because we're not going all that far."

Cooper offers Moiraine his arm.

[blue_ajah]

She rises, takes Cooper's arm, and together the two of them head for the door.