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 Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:31 pm
"I'm not brave," she said quietly. How could he think that? She's only been shaking the whole time they'd been talking. Actually this whole dealing with crazies thing was pretty exhausting. Hmmm...interesting cure for insomnia.
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:42 pm
"You are very brave. Grown males have run from me. Yet you stand here and face me down in the darkness. It's admirable."
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:49 pm
"It's only because I'm too scared to move..." she said softly. "Not that...you really needed to know that..."
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:15 pm
"I don't want to hurt you. There's no reason to be so frightened of me."
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:20 pm
"But you keep following me..."
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:32 pm
"I don't want you to get hurt. There are dangerous things about in these woods. I would hate myself if I had the chance to protect you and didn't do it."
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:34 pm
She frowned at that, "But...you're the only dangerous thing I've met."
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:45 pm
"And I've told you I have no intentions of hurting you. You were honest with me. Why is it so hard to believe that I am not being honest with you?"
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:52 pm
"When one has known little but ugliness in the world, it is difficult to believe beauty and kindness really do exist," she said quietly. "It's easier to believe the bad things."
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:09 pm
Phoenix turned his eyes to the ground, "I can understand that statement more than you will probably ever realize..."
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:19 pm
His demeanor had changed so quickly, one moment proud, fierce...intimidating. But now...he looked almost broken and she couldn't help but reach out to comfort him, "There's still flying?"
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:33 pm
"Yes. There is still flying. I used to fly a lot, you know. It was how I dealt with the darkness."
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:41 pm
"You look like you could use a nice flight?" she suggested.
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Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:54 pm
"Trying to get me to go away again?"
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Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:54 pm
"Trying to get you to stop looking like there's no hope in the world," she countered.
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