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simon_doctor ([personal profile] simon_doctor) wrote2006-10-04 10:38 pm

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Chittenden's behind them, Shadow ahead.

The mobile-clinic circuit on Chittenden used up some supplies; Simon's in the infirmary, late in the night shift, running down his checklists.
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[personal profile] locks_it_up 2006-10-04 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
"That's what I said."

She's doing such an excellent job of it, too.
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[personal profile] locks_it_up 2006-10-04 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
She looks up, squinting a little, lips pursed.

Her voice is very soft.

"Do you know the story of Orpheus, Simon?"
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[personal profile] locks_it_up 2006-10-04 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
She's still looking up.

"He was my nephew."
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[personal profile] locks_it_up 2006-10-04 03:54 am (UTC)(link)
"I've done far more than I should have here already. Far more."

Boots scuffing on the floor.

"Do you know that Orpheus, the poor kid, he wound up as a head, on an island, for a few thousand years?"
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[personal profile] locks_it_up 2006-10-04 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
"That's about the extent of it."

There's a tiny, humourless smile.

"I tried to talk him down. I guess I should have tried harder."
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[personal profile] locks_it_up 2006-10-05 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
"No."

And now her eyes burn into his. They are deeper than space, and older, and sadder than anything.

"I'm saying that he's getting off light."
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[personal profile] locks_it_up 2006-10-11 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
She eyes him.

"You don't, really."

It's tough. She knows.
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[personal profile] locks_it_up 2006-10-11 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
"This is as bad as it gets, Simon. He goes away for the ghost months. That's it. If there's anything more to this, it's not going to have anything to do with me."

Her tone is gentle, the best bedside manner you ever did see.
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[personal profile] locks_it_up 2006-10-11 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Don't think so. Unless Raven's got something in mind. Nothing from my end."

She doesn't like doing this much.

She made a promise, after all.
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[personal profile] locks_it_up 2006-10-11 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
A small smile.

"You can ask."
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[personal profile] locks_it_up 2006-10-11 03:08 am (UTC)(link)
She leans back a little, arms crossed.

After a while:

"I didn't want you to worry. I didn't want your sister to worry."
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[personal profile] locks_it_up 2006-10-11 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
She smiles, wide this time, and shrugs.

"I like you guys."

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