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[grimmopedia]

[Nick gets texted early in the morning from a half crazy guy he met awhile back.]

Dude? You remember that talk about tails and fish we had, there wasn't anything else to that list that you forgot to mention was there?

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[detectivetroll]

[Nick grins back, because Monroe beaming at him like that is actually pretty endearing.]

Exactly. It might be strange, man, but we'll get a handle on it.

[Well, one problem sort of solved.]

Hey, uh. I got one of those pulse things, too. Nothing as fancy as enhanced hearing. Actually, it's sort of vague, and hard to explain, but I - I don't know, I can tell. Somehow. When people aren't entirely human anymore.

[grimmopedia]

[Nick smiling back at him is the only reason he keeps grinning. It's like Nick is infectious or something.]

Yeah man we will.

[This time he noticed the 'we'.

Not entirely human huh? That's sounds familiar for some reason. He answers matter of factly.]

You mean you're a Grimm.

[detectivetroll]

[And now they're both just smiling at each other, and part of Nick thinks there's something ridiculous about that. But the bigger part is - actually happy, for a minute.

Especially since he noticed the 'we,' too. Normally Nick doesn't like working with people that much, especially ones who aren't cops, but with Monroe... well, he likes that they're in this together. Here, he likes 'we.'

And as soon as he realizes that, he starts wondering about something else. But before he can think too much about it, Monroe says that, and Nick's brows furrow.]

I'm a - what? Wait, how do you know that?

[grimmopedia]

[Monroe is too happy to worry about being ridiculous. He'll be mortified once the grinning stops.

So 'we' can be a thing?

Monroe has to think about that for a second.]

I'm not sure man. I just remembered it. But I'm right though aren't I?

[detectivetroll]

[There's no reason to be mortified. Nick's not going to be mortified, why should Monroe?

Yeah. Yeah, 'we' can be a thing. Nick's just not sure what kind of thing yet.]

You had a pulse.

[It's not really a question, because Nick already knows the answer. He pushes his hand through his hair.]

I don't know. I'm not sure how it works, I - it feels like usually I pick up on it, but sometimes, even when there's something-

[And he cuts off again, leaning into Monroe's personal space to look at him closely, trying to get a feel for him. He waits, to see if whatever it is will kick in, but there's nothing.

No. There's not nothing. There's a pretty big something, actually, and Nick wonders why he hadn't noticed it before. Maybe because he's never had feelings for a friend before, not someone he trusts like Monroe. Then again, he's never had someone he trusts like Monroe.]

Oh.

[grimmopedia]

[He smiled at someone. He doesn't do that. It probably came across as creepy.

Neither is Monroe. They can figure that out later.]

Yeah I guess. There has to be a better name for those.

[Why is Nick cutting off? Monroe freezes. Nick is really close. But instead of pulling away he holds his ground, staring back at Nick. Is Nick going to do anything?]

Oh?

[detectivetroll]

[He smiles at Nick. And no, it didn't come off as creepy. Well, maybe one of them did, a little bit. But only to someone who doesn't know Monroe.

Later is always good.]

Some people are calling them echoes, but I don't know, that weirds me out.

[No reason. None at all. All right, yes, there was a reason, but not one that Nick wants to admit right now.

Well, actually there were two reasons, and Nick can talk about one of them. He's just going to pretend it was the only one.]

No, I - sorry. I was trying to see if - you know, what ever it is, the Grimm thing, told me anything about you. It doesn't, you still feel human, but I had another pulse. The Grimm thing, you're right. I remembered asking you about it before.

[grimmopedia]

[So does that mean that Nick didn't find it creepy?]

Dude, no matter what people call them they're going to be weird.

[Okaaaaay? Monroe can not ask about it then. Probably. He'll just speculate a bunch later though. Is it because he smells or something?

Nick's explanation just makes him more confused.]

So I'm human which is cool, but for some reason I was explaining Grimms to you. What do you remember? Or whatever it is people do with those things.

[detectivetroll]

[No, Nick didn't find it creepy. He doesn't think Monroe's creepy at all; he hasn't since shortly after they first met.]

Pretty much. But pulse feels a little less creepy. I'd rather think of it as a pulse that something's causing than an echo of something.

[Or he could not ask and not speculate. That'd be awesome.]

No idea, man, I guess remembering is as good of a way to refer to it as any. And not much, just that I asked you about the books, and you know about them, maybe more than I did. Maybe we were talking about something like the book I got.

[grimmopedia]

[He doesn't? That's unexpected.]

I don't know man. I prefer the only pulse I have to be the one I was born with.

[Monroe isn't skilled enough for that. It's one or the other.]

So pretty much the opposite of what we've got going on now.