[ The Communion starts as things often do when Gen is involved -- roughly, abruptly, and unceremoniously. Ruby doesn't even get the basic courtesy of a warning. There's just the sensation of her attention being requested, like the sharp rap of knuckles at a door, followed immediately by the equivalent of the door being kicked down the instant she unlocks it. Gen barges in with all the good manners of a loan shark looking to collect what he's owed. ]

Where are you.

[ He's angry, she might note. Though -- not at her. That distinction is important. Gen's very presence across this psychic connection bristles with moody irritation and anxiety, but it seems to be aimless at the moment, merely coloring the air with an uneasy energy. Case in point: his manner of speaking is brusque and sharp, even moreso than usual, but there's no true vitriol or venom in his words.

Not that that caveat lessens how demanding he must come across when he deadpans, ]

You're gonna do me a favor. [ The way he just says this as a fact, instead of a request??? But whatever, she owes him one, anyway. Especially after her return to Meridian. Even if Gen can't exactly blame her for it, he still has no qualms about using that against her to extract some use out of her. ] Gonna give you something you gotta deliver for me. So where are you. I'm heading over.