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 Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 12:58 am
She sighs and looks away. "I'm tired, alright. I'm just..... tired of only being defined by other people. I want to find out who I am. Who me is. I thought thats why I was coming her. She said that I would find what I was looking for here... I just... don't kn ow what in flames she meant...."
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:06 am
Aedrus nodded, taking the chance to pull her into his arms the rest of the way. "I have never defined you by anything other than you. I could not. I know what you are to me, who you are to me, and I am willing to know you and to let you know me. I am sure that if you take the time, you will find out more about yourself than you care to know. And you have as long as I can possibly give you to do so. I give you my word on that."
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:08 am
She blinked as he pulled her close, and she fought the instinctive urge to struggle. It was a real effort not to pull away. Enough so that she wondered how her race existed if this resistance was so instinctive. "Could... you let go of me," she asked, her voice coming out in a near whimper.
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:09 am
"Of course," He instantly let go and put some distance between them. "Forgive me...I sought only to comfort you..."
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:13 am
"Th...thanks.... " She stepped back a bit and tried to even out her breathing. "I'm trying, I really am. I've dealt with soul mates, so I understand some...I am trying... I just,,,," she shook her head a bit, not even sure herself what she is trying to say.
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:15 am
Aedrus once again had to resist the urge to sweep her up. "Please, go on. I appreciate your efforts."
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:17 am
"I want a job...I want... something that is mine... and mine alone. Maybe the job will be that... maybe it won't.... but I know if I just stay here all day every day, no matter what it is like in here, no matter the company or anything... It will be like trying to keep a candle flame on a short wick, in a closed box, eventually I will suffocate, or come to the end of my rope."
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:21 am
Aedrus frowned. "Then find a job. I will not insist on following you to and from work, but I would ask that you try for a job at the inn. The owners are friends of my people and would have an idea of how to protect you or get in contact with me to protect you. Does this sound fair?"
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:26 am
She hesitated then nodded. "Alright. But... I won't be a waitress. Rachel threatened to drown me in oil if I was ever a waitress or a bar maid for any inn, tavern, or similar. I could be a cook..." she said, thinking musingly now. "Or I could work bar, so long as I stay behind it. She just made me promise because she said that serving food and drinks in those kind of places will get a girl grabbed, and then she'd have to show up and kill some one."
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:29 am
"Cook, that sounds like a lovely job. Would you like me to put in a call to my friend and tell him you'll be coming down to offer your services?"
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 1:32 am
She hesitates, then nods. "But only if I can earn or loose the job myself. No favors."
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:11 pm
"As you wish. I will place the call now, then escort you down to the inn when you're ready. And please, do not say that it isn't necessary. I need to go into town anyway for dinner." He went into a different room and dialed the inn, informing the innkeeper of their arrival there later.
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:01 pm
She watched him go. when he came back to where she was, she'd be sitting down, seemingly deep in thought.
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:13 pm
Aedrus frowned, "What's are you thinking about?"
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 5:21 pm
"Trying to figure out who to ask...."
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