[ he might have taken a handshake if Elliot offered; he doesn't go for one himself, though. ]
Juno Steel, PI.
[ the two things should be separate, but in Juno's mind they clearly stand together as a whole: if he isn't a detective, he isn't anything. it's not a title that has any relevance out here, and he keeps introducing himself this way even so, because he needs to be known. without his job and his city, Juno Steel is a wound in too many people's lives, a black hole, a child hiding behind the walls in a too-quiet house. there's a shadow of that in his name.
but in his title, he's a silhouette backlit by glaring neon, tired and always on his feet at the end of the day. maybe still nothing good, but... trying, at least.
he sighs. ] I doubt I'm welcome back at pottery class now.
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Juno Steel, PI.
[ the two things should be separate, but in Juno's mind they clearly stand together as a whole: if he isn't a detective, he isn't anything. it's not a title that has any relevance out here, and he keeps introducing himself this way even so, because he needs to be known. without his job and his city, Juno Steel is a wound in too many people's lives, a black hole, a child hiding behind the walls in a too-quiet house. there's a shadow of that in his name.
but in his title, he's a silhouette backlit by glaring neon, tired and always on his feet at the end of the day. maybe still nothing good, but... trying, at least.
he sighs. ] I doubt I'm welcome back at pottery class now.
[ not even the tiniest bit bothered by it. ]