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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 9:56 pm
Valzar took an involuntary step back, "Take my blood?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:05 pm
Callista frowned and sighed. "I'm sorry. Would you like me to remove the memory? I shouldn't have said anything to begin with."
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:08 pm
"No, please don't do anything with my mind or my memories..." he said quietly. "I'd like to keep it all intact."
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:15 pm
Callista nodded. "Of course." She lowered her head to the ground. "I should leave. I haven't hunted yet tonight, anyway."
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:17 pm
Valzar frowned slightly, "You're upset?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:33 pm
Callista sat still. "Yes, a little." She stood up, trying to get up the nerve to walk away.
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:41 pm
He tilted his head, "Why?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 10:52 pm
"Because I can't seem to say the right things. I want to help you, I really do, but I shouldn't make you uncomfortable." She sat back down, taking deep breaths to keep the tears at bay. "I forget you're not used to my kind, and I forget to sensor some of the things I say. I'm sorry."
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:00 pm
Valzar frowned, "I fear you underestimate my abilities. I know I am male, but I am still strong in my own right."
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:15 pm
"I don't underestimate you. I can't. Just as your culture has ideas about gender so does mine. My own culture demands that I listen to you because you are male. And I left myself wide open for a kill. You could have killed me if you would have been an enemy. I know better than this."
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:33 pm
Valzar tilted his head, "That is...unusual."
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:39 pm
Callista stood up once again and took a deep breath, turning to face Valzar. "What's unusual? That I should listen to you? It's what's expected. I don't have to obey, but Daddy insists that I should now to make things easier on my lifemate. Mommy doesn't always listen to Daddy though."
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:04 pm
"Synne and Rowena don't listen to anyone else..." Valzar said quietly. "Neither does my mother, except for her mother and her older sister...she heeds what they say."
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:24 pm
"My father and my lifemate can force my compliance if I disobey them and my safety is in question." Callista gave a half smile. "It's not that bad really. I'm just hoping my lifemate isn't a hunter who thinks he's going to bark orders at me all the time. I like the freedom I have now. Daddy lets me do my own thing most of the time."
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Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2008 2:26 pm
Valzar frowned, "But forcing compliance...it sounds unpleasant."
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