Avalon

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Leap Of Faith

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They'll say, no one can see us

That we're estranged and all alone

They believe nothing can reach us

And pull us out of the boundless gloom

The transport that came to pick the ex conman appeared on point and Neal made sure to be there, where the spot was set across the street from his sad accommodations, slightly before the set time.

He carefully set himself down inside the tiny autonomous vehicle that greeted him in smooth robotic voice that tried to hide its supposed gender.

It was cool inside and after hearing the approximate length of the ride Neal decided he could use some heater. The ride said nothing to that and just as Neal was done lifted up into the air. One of the things Neal wasn't enjoying too much was flying. Despite all his flight hours in all kinds of things and positions still couldn't make the fear fade.

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~ "We don't know anything about him. It's like he didn't exist before his eighteen birthday. It's like Neal Caffrey dropped from the sky and that's it. And he's not telling anything about his past besides tiny things that doesn't help up locate anything or dig deep enough."

~ "Peter, look, maybe he doesn't want to talk about it. What if there is something nobody wants to know? What if he's forbidden to tell? Peter, what if his past is something so dark that would change absolutely everything and just think of all that you've built together so far. Think about how far you've both come.

You can't just jump at him and accuse of hiding his past when it barely ever touches any of the cases or anything. Have you even considered that maybe he doesn't remember?"

~ "El, I know. I've thought about this before but I can't prove anything. Neal just drops hints of so many things but after a while it just turns out he sold us lie or something twisted and misdirected from years after. And then whole office keeps putting bets on his actual age as he looks so much younger and never actually admits his age. It's overwhelming sometimes because there's too many guesses and no facts. El, sometimes I wonder too. And sometimes I just don't want that answer. "

~ "Oh, I know, hon."

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Lifting feeling ended as soon as they connected to the desired line and filled in to the mass. Autonomous vehicles still were a liability even in this technological bloom and they still caused a lot of trouble. Statistics hated them just as much Neal did.

For some reason he felt trapped and that gave him creeps. Yes, he'd flown before but that was different. Planes and likes never has given him so much entrapment feelings.

Even when flying back to New York after their island adventure wasn't that scary. There still were people on the plane and Peter was beside. Also he was mostly so out of it because of the bullet in his leg even though Mozzie kept rumbling about all the possible fails and government trying to kill them because they now had a great chance.

All he could think about was to pass out and not to feel or hear anything. The pain wasn't too bad after hospital and course of antibiotics for mild infection that had made its way to his leg. For most part pain didn't bother him the way he expected and that let the long ago experienced moment of sheer panic after seeing nightmare so weird he was convinced maybe some of his childhood memory surfaced. And on that plane he had another one. Which made things complicated since he was taking the ride with Peter who was like dog with a bone onto Neal's secrets even he didn't know about.