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 Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:23 pm
:::Kal wasn't sure what to make of this one... his people experimented all the time with human science, it was the nature of trying to seperate from a controling society... but somehow he didn't think it was what Luana meant:::
Like... experimenting with ways to revive him?
:::he looked unsure:::
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:38 pm
"That's part of it." she leaned forward and placed her elbows on the table. "In the crash he suffered extensive damage. He lost his left arm and both his legs, and there was internal damage to boot. The doctors said there was nothing they could do, and they weren't even sure if the pain medications they were giving him had any effect.
"My father took it as an opportunity to try some of his company's technology on a human subject. He talked to Roger, faked Andy's death, and brought him to sub-basement three. My father has him on some experimental drugs not approved for human testing, and we won't know if the organic and mechanical parts will work together until he wakes up." She took a breath. "And with the head trauma, there's no telling what he'll be like when that happens."
She sat back up. "Basically, my father has been playing God on my best friend."
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:42 pm
:::Kal's face blanched pale... he tried not to look disgusted, because it was her father after all, and he didn't know what was going to insult Luana. He did the only thing he felt he could do to be helpful at the moment. Kal reached out and wrapped his arms around her shoulders, and held on tight:::
I'm... I'm so sorry, Luana. I don't know what to say, that's just...
::but what it was sounded like the things the Tropos did to their own humans, but that again might have been insulting:::
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:55 pm
Luana leaned into the embrace.
"It's not right, what he did," she said. "All I do when I'm home is sit by Andy's bed in case he wakes up. I don't know what else to do. Party of me wishes that Andy really had died, just as I thought, and yet..."
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:00 pm
:::He glanced downward, though all he could see what the back of her head:::
Yet...?
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:02 pm
Luana paused. "If you were in danger of losing that one person who means more to you than anyting or anyone else in the world, what would you do to keep that from happening?"
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:06 pm
:::Kal thought of Kara right away, but he was in NO mood to think of her so kindly at the moment. He shook it off and tried to answer objectively:::
Everything in my power...
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:09 pm
Luana pulled away. "I think when I go back I need to apologize to my father. I don't know if I'll thank him, but I'm not so sure he deserved it when I called him a b*****d and struck him in the face."
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:15 pm
:::Kal held her by the shoulders... he couldn't contain his disappointment with her father for acting the way he had any longer:::
No... I think perhaps he deserved it for not being honest with you about something that important...
:::But just then, as the words left his lips, he felt something drop in the pit of his stomach. He suddenly felt very ill. It was the same sort of thing Kara was accusing him of doing to their people... being dishonest. But... this had to be different somehow. He had a very good reason for keeping this all from his people... he stayed quiet trying to explain it to himself:::
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:19 pm
"I can kind of understand why he did that though. The more people who know, the more likely the secret can get out. And If I knew, just me, well... I'm not an actress. There's no way I could have faked tears for the press or anything like that. That doesn't excuse it, but I can understand the logic."
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:27 pm
:::He sighed, still holding on to her:::
I just... hope he knows what he's doing.
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:28 pm
"Join the club." She sighed. "So what's been bothering you?"
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:30 pm
:::Kal suddenly hung his head, and his arms drooped off of Luana's shoulders. He didn't move or say anything for a moment:::
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:31 pm
Luana's expression turned to one of concern. "K?"
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Posted: Wed Jun 07, 2006 2:34 pm
:::He sort of just hung there, as though invisable strings where they only thing holding him up:::
Kara... did something terrible. And... I don't know what to do to fix it...
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