[Kurt had indeed retreated to the safety of the catwalks as soon as the magician left him. Despite Trucy's assurances, the possibility of the security guard stumbling across him while he was separated from the one person who could try to help him explain his presence (and appearance) made it seem like the most prudent move. Besides, Trucy had never specified where she was going to take Athena to work on the inducer. So he took to the rafters and resumed his enthusiastic acrobatic exercise high above the stage. This time he swung swiftly and silently, so he had no trouble hearing the voices that preceded the girls' appearance in the theater.]
[He perched effortlessly on the catwalk railing like a gargoyle, his tail swaying lazily back and forth as he watched the pair settle in the back of the auditorium.]
[Athena's long, striking red hair immediately invited comparison to Jean Grey, but the similarity seemed to end there. She wasn't much taller than the extremely petite magician, and as far as he could see from that distance, her face was more round where Jean's was long and quite angular.]
[The most striking thing about Athena was her apparent youth. Didn't Trucy say she was one of her father's co-workers? And her father's a lawyer? Athena sounded way younger than he was expecting! He settled in to listen to their conversation.]
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[He perched effortlessly on the catwalk railing like a gargoyle, his tail swaying lazily back and forth as he watched the pair settle in the back of the auditorium.]
[Athena's long, striking red hair immediately invited comparison to Jean Grey, but the similarity seemed to end there. She wasn't much taller than the extremely petite magician, and as far as he could see from that distance, her face was more round where Jean's was long and quite angular.]
[The most striking thing about Athena was her apparent youth. Didn't Trucy say she was one of her father's co-workers? And her father's a lawyer? Athena sounded way younger than he was expecting! He settled in to listen to their conversation.]