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 Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:16 pm
:::He gulps:::
This is the friend you thought was dead. The one your father brought around... but I had no idea it was at that kind of cost...
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:20 pm
"I actually fainted the first time I saw him," she confessed. She had started to relax, and stiffened up as soon as she realized it.
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:23 pm
:::As hard as it was for Kal to grasp the concept of Andrew's condition, it had to have been immeasurebly more difficult for someone who loved him...:::
Luana, I'm sorry...
:::He got up finally. Unable to keep himself away from her anymore. But he didn't go to sit next to her. He walked up behind her, not touching her, but staying close...maybe if she couldn't see him then...:::
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:27 pm
She followed him with her eyes at first, but stopped when he went out of range, not moving her head.
"Sorry... for what?"
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:30 pm
I'm sorry you had to go through that... I can't imagine what that was like. If anything like that ever happened to someone close to me...
:::Kal had lost a few friends in the fight against Omegatropolis years back when he was just 13 or 14, but he'd never had to watch them suffer that way:::
:::He closed his eyes trying not to think about it, and he silently kissed the back of her head, breathing the scent of her hair:::
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:35 pm
She closed her eyes. That way, all they had to be careful about was what they said and how they said it. She reached one hand back behind her, hoping it would find his.
"I hope it never does. I wouldn't wish it on anyone."
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:37 pm
:::Kal found her hand looking for his, and he took it, still leaning his cheek to the back of her head. He took a moment there before asking the next question:::
How does Andrew feel about it...?
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:40 pm
"He's taking it about as well as anyone I guess. On a good day he finds ways to cope, takes care of himself, practices origami to get used to the new hand... On a bad day he mopes, says things like, 'they should have let me die...' And on the worst days..."
She couldn't finish.
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:43 pm
Ugh...man...
:::The thoughts were distrubing. He would have liked to change the subject, but to what now?:::
I take it, this is the first time you've seen each other here? He said this was his fourth time in the Brink.
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:46 pm
"Yeah, it was. He didn't know I came here, but Luke and Cora had told me about it." She paused. "Kal, about what happened last time..."
Come on. If we can resolve this in the open, we don't have to act.
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:48 pm
:::...he knew where she wanted to go with this. Was it really alright the Seraphim to think they were so close? But deep down... he wanted it just as much as she did:::
...Yeah?
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:51 pm
"It might be best if we layed down some ground rules," she said. "That way we don't have another misunderstanding, like last time."
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:52 pm
:::He steps back from her, smiling... but when he comes to face her, he's stern and all diplomatic:::
What are the terms?
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:54 pm
She opened her eyes again. This was definitely something that could be seen. She blushed a little. "I'm trying to figure out how to say this exactly. It's not a topic I'm comfortable with."
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2006 10:56 pm
Well, take your time to articulate the terms. I'm willing to wait until you've come to a decision.
:::This was court talk now:::
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