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 Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:07 pm
"Wow, the silent treatment. I don't think anyone's pulled that on me in fifteen years."
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:10 pm
He pretended she wasn't there, reaching for his water to take a quiet sip.
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:11 pm
Aubrey just narrowed her eyes and glared at him.
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:33 pm
He finished the glass, not looking at her as he settled back as though waiting for something.
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:38 pm
Aubrey sighed dramatically and turned to go. "Perhaps we'll try this again tomorrow."
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:46 pm
"How long y'gonna keep me here?" He finally spoke up, his voice low and venim filled.
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 7:48 pm
Ah, much better. Aubrey turned around and gave him a stern look. "Until I'm convinced that you're not going to hurt anyone, or yourself, again. You know. Show me that you're capable of acting like a normal human being."
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:09 pm
"A normal human being," He snorted, "What normal human being's go' tentacles?"
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:10 pm
"Good argument," she said, "but how much of your humanity to retain is up to you ultimately. You can be just as human as you want to be."
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:13 pm
"Wha's yer definition o' human?"
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:17 pm
Aubrey opened her mouth to reply, but realized she was heading down a dangerous path. She knew whatever he said, he would throw back in her face. "Irrelavent," she finally said after a moment. "Are you ready to go back now or not?"
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:21 pm
"Does it really matter wha' I say?" He grunted, tentacles fidgeting anxiously under his hospital smock.
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:22 pm
"Yes," she said simply, judging his response.
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:34 pm
"Hasn' seemed tha' way," He murmured. He was acting childish, he knew. But he was angry, and frankly he felt he had every right to be.
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Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:35 pm
Aubrey pinched the bridge of her nose. "Look, Mr. Woodrow, I don't have time for this. Are you coming? Or do you need more time-out?"
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