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 Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:33 am
Greg looked down as the other professor told his story. “The church seems to have messed up the lives of many people, Professor.” He said with a sad smile and a shake of the head. “Although you seem to have had it worse than many others…. You know you should go and find out about your daughter. The knights and their ‘holly mission’ may have taken your wife, but they did not take your daughter, and you should be happy about that. You at least have her left, and that is certainly something, and something more than others have. If you do not know if she is dead or not then you should find out, as soon as you can.”
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 1:44 pm
"No. No, I don't know if she's dead. But I...I can't search for her, not yet."
He stood and sighed, walking over to the window. "I...have a job to do. And until we manage to dispel this threat, Greg, I can't allow my worry for her to get in the way. And...she'll hate me. She'll hate me for abandoning her."
But somehow he knew that wouldn't be the case. And that hurt even more.
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 2:01 pm
“You think that your worry for her will get in the way?” Greg asked lifting an eyebrow and looking like he didn’t believe a word of it. “You would be able to do your job just fine. You would know that she would be fine. I mean your sister has two kids and she still works here with no problem. Besides, if something happened to your child, then the rest of us would probably be in trouble anyway.” He stood up too, but only made it to around him desk, leaning up against it, as he didn’t want to get too close to the other teacher. Not right then.
“And really, I would think that she’d be much more angry with you never coming to find her than you abandoning her.” He sighed and crossed his arms and looked down. “I guess that I just don’t get it. You have a chance to have something that some never can, and you’re just throwing it away….”
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 4:17 pm
Dante was silent for a moment.
"I think it would be better for both of us if I remain separate from her, at least at this point in my life."
Then he turned to look at Greg.
"And would you mind elaborating on what you said?"
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:04 pm
Greg shrugged, his arms still crossed across his chest at Dantes response. “If you feel its better for now then there’s not much I can do about. I would find her eventually, though.” As Dante turned to look at him Greg put his arms down, resting the palms of his hands on his desk.
“Elaborating on what? I mean I said a lot, and amazingly not much of it was stupid, so you see there’s a big bunch that you could be asking me to elaborate on.”
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 5:35 pm
Dante snorted, shaking his head. "Greg, you can be quite bright, it's simply a matter of you recognizing it. And not trying to court me so often. And don't think you can get it past me, Professor Larine. Did you have a child of your own?"
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 6:22 pm
Greg just looked at Dante for a moment, a forced smile on his face. He looked down, still smiling, and shook his head. “I never had the pleasure of actually having a child.” He said, looking down at the floor, his smile fading. “I was supposed to have a little girl. Her name was going to be Morgaine, but she died the same day the Melenda did.” He sighed and leaned against his desk once more.
“She was pregnant… They tried to save the baby, but she had been cut off from air for too long and she….” He opened his eyes slightly and took a deep breath, willing himself not to cry. “Well they both died. And that was it… I never had a chance to raise my child. All I ever got to do was go to their funeral…” He finished forcing a smile a she looked up at Dante, even as tears gathered at the corners of his eyes.
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:17 pm
....Well, that had been unexpected.
Greg hadn't been anything that Dante had expected. At all.
Except that he was still...by human standards, he would have been well into adulthood. But by Elven...he was little more than a child, an infant...Dante saw part of himself in those teary eyes.
He paused a moment, then made his decision.
He walked over to the Professor, cupping his one hand underneath the chin and looking into those eyes while the other wiped the tears away.
"Someday...together. We'll go and find her together...you and I."
He waited to see if it was the right thing to say.
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 7:35 pm
Greg was quite for a moment, just looking at Dante, then he hugged him. Tight. He held onto the shorter man for a moment, feeling a few tears slide down his cheeks as he held him. He drew a shuddering breath before finally letting go of Dante.
He still held the Elf at arms length by the shoulders and smiled at him. “As long as I get to have a say in her upbringing and am not just shoved into the background as a senile old man. Then yes, that sounds wonderful.” He said, smiling and not really caring that Dante could see the tears that had run down his cheeks.
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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 8:37 pm
"I am certain something can be arranged, Greg," Dante said quietly, warmly, allowing himself to be held. Greg was warm, and felt nice. And for the first time he thought it was all right that he had these thoughts. That he was letting someone close. Even if there was the inconvenient gap of a milennia between them.
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:40 pm
“Well let us just hope that she will care what I say and not brush me off because of how young I am compared to her.” He said with a slight chuckle. He may mentally be about the same age as Dante, but he knew that he was much younger. He knew that by Elven standards he was still a toddler, but…
“And that while we are away the rest of the world does not fall down around our ears, what with our not being there to kept it normal.” He said humorously.
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 7:13 am
Dante nodded. "Which is why I've chosen to wait. Because when this world is safe, I can go back to Dveyr...back to the daughter I never knew."
He was silent a moment, then closed his eyes. "I was debating whether or not to go and see her when Maya sealed us away. I remember feeling so tired and sleepy, and hoping that my daughter would be all right. It was...a frightening feeling."
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Posted: Wed Jan 03, 2007 6:59 pm
“I bet that it was.” Greg said looking at the other sadly. “I could not image what it must have been like, to have been sealed away, but I can understand worrying about someone. But I am sure that you would know if your daughter was hurt, I’m sure that she’s alright.” He sighed. “I simply hope that the world is safe soon enough for me to go and see your child and still understand who it is that I’m seeing.” He closed his eyes for a second and shook his head for a second.
“Anyway, now that all this has happened am I allowed to touch your ears without you getting all mad and trying to hit me?” He asked with a little smile, and an hand on Dantes shoulder.
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Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2007 6:40 am
Dante closed his eyes as Greg spoke. Trying to let the reassurance wash over him, too. Trying to know that things would be all right.
And then Greg had to go and make that RIDICULOUS request. "No. You may not touch my ears," Dante said, eyes opening into a sharp glare. Then his face softened. "...but we can shake hands and you can touch my shoulder from now on and I will not try to hit you."
It was the best he could do so far.
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Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2007 1:22 pm
"Oh." Greg said, drawing his hands back and holding them out in front of him. "So then I'm allowed to kiss you, but...." He slipped a hand around Dantes waist and hugged him once more, the other hand brushing brown hair away from one ear.
"But I'm not allowed to touch the ears....?" He smiled slyly. "Is there something that I should know about Elf ears... Or just your ears Dante...?"
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