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[runningred]

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Jay opens the door into a hotel room. And a rather expensive one at that. With a spectacular view of the city at night, all lights and sprawl. Jay chuckles. "Okay, so it might have to be dinner. I forgot it was night when I left here."

He tosses his bag on the bed and picks up a leather jacket. "Shall we?"

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Bonnie stares out the window in awe for a moment, then gives him a grin.

"Sure thing. You really travel in style."

[runningred]

"It's a way of thumbing my nose at my family - traveling as a Prince of Gotham. Every time I book into a hotel on Dad's account, I know he wonders what I'm up to this time."

He leads her through a plush lobby, ignoring the doorman's offer to hail them a cab. This section of the city is quite and wealthy but it's only a couple of blocks stroll to busier, louder streets. The real city.

[is_the_motion]

"Use the map to spell out a rude word?" Bonnie suggests.

[runningred]

"Now there's a thought!" Jay grins. Hijack some bat-surveillance gear and paint interesting shapes with the GPS.

He leads her a couple of blocks towards where the street stalls are, the smell of frying meat, noodles and spices fill the air. "This looks good. What do you feel like?"

[is_the_motion]

"What do you recommend?" Bonnie says. "I can eat near enough anything."

[runningred]

"Trust me to order?" Jay asks with a grin, gesturing to a pair of stools in front of a noddle place. Jay waves the proprietor over and orders in fluid Mandarin.

A moment later they're presented with a thick soup with dumplings and several bowls of sauce and flavourings.

[is_the_motion]

"Oh absolutely." Bonnie says. "Anythin' good enough fer the locals is good enough fer me."

Much cheaper than eating in a restaurant, too! Bonnie takes a seat and sniffs the various bowls.

"I shoulda brought Billie, she'd be all over this."

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"It's always a good sign then a place is busy with locals." Jay points out as the tables around them fill up.

He grins, "Happy to bring her any time." He slurps his noodles happily, adding a little more chilli to his broth.

Two foreigners attracts a bit of attention and Bonnie may here the word laowai being muttered around them. Not generally rudely but muttered never the less.

[is_the_motion]

"Are we welcome?" Bonnie asks, softly, though her face shows no hint of intimidation.

[runningred]

"Welcome. Mostly. Just something of a novelty." And the jacket Jay is wearing isn't exactly cheap.

"So how was Billie's birthday?"

[is_the_motion]

"She enjoyed herself. Lot of my boys turned up." Bonnie says. "And a lot of the bikers. We went fer a picnic. Turtle didn't make it along, he was too busy gettin' evicted fer not payin' his rent."

[runningred]

Jay shakes his head. "How did things go with the paperwork?"

[is_the_motion]

"Got the meetin' with the father in law, then hopefully it'll get sorted." Bonnie says.

[runningred]

Jay nods and slurps his noodles. He lifts his cup as the owner offers them more tea. "All good steps."

His head swings around at the sound of explosions from the other end of the street. Fireworks, as it turns out. A troop of dragon dancers come up the street, banging drums and cymbals. It takes Jay a moment to relax but he does.

[is_the_motion]

"I only ever been abroad once before." Bonnie muses. "When I went to France ter look fer Bill's grave."

[runningred]

"Well you can now say you've been to Hong Kong. Even if how you got there is kinda hard to explain."

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Bonnie laughs.

"They'd have me off to the sanatorium."

[runningred]

"Milliways certainly does push the envelope for crazy." He pays without a second thought, sipping the last of his tea and watching the crowd. "Shall we go for a walk?"