arianne
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Post by arianne on Dec 15, 2006 21:58:03 GMT -5
"I do know him." She stared down at him, then knelt down so she was at his level. "And right now I don't know how I feel about him at all."
His eyes were open, slightly. He was awake.
"Hello," she said.
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ranik
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Post by ranik on Dec 16, 2006 9:49:48 GMT -5
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arianne
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Post by arianne on Dec 16, 2006 10:03:20 GMT -5
ooc: No, he wrote that he was awake a few posts ago.
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Post by erryn on Dec 16, 2006 14:44:50 GMT -5
Erryn watched his cousin silently. He certainly hadn't been expecting her at all.
He still wasn't sure he was ready to see her yet. And she still seemed a little angry with him, or maybe more than a little angry. And he still felt too ashamed to even talk to her, yet.
And that man - how did SHE know him? Maybe she met him at Queri? But that's so strange. Out of the thousands of people living there, she runs into him?
Strange...
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Post by matthias on Dec 16, 2006 18:29:00 GMT -5
Matthias got up a little. "I suppose now I should ask, 'Where am I?'......." He was still dazed.
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arianne
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Post by arianne on Dec 16, 2006 18:34:38 GMT -5
"You're in Thala," Arianne answered patiently, though a bit coldly. She still wasn't particularly happy with Matthias. "And, as strange as it might seem... you're at my house. My brother and I..." She let her eyes wander around the room. It was painfully familiar.
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Post by erryn on Dec 16, 2006 21:29:25 GMT -5
"I found you lying on the ground in a nearby feild," Erryn added. "And I brought you here." Here his eyes moved to Arianne, and he said, as if explaining, "It was the closest place."
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Post by matthias on Dec 16, 2006 21:37:07 GMT -5
"........I see you tended to my wound........thank you. I'm sorry to be such a nuisance." He turned to Arianne. "And there's a lot of things I haven't told you. Forgive my harsh rebukes and actions earlier, they were not meant in earnest." He stood up, and noticed the blood on the bed. "I'll clean this up. Even with one hand if I have to."
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arianne
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Post by arianne on Dec 16, 2006 21:40:36 GMT -5
"No!" Arianne said, sharply. "I can take care of a little blood. You sit down. Now. That cut of your is still too fresh for you to be moving around much. You could rip the whole thing open again if you aren't careful."
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Post by matthias on Dec 16, 2006 21:46:53 GMT -5
".............." Matthias held his peace and sat down again.
"Please don't think of me as a liability. This wound isn't that bad."
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arianne
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Post by arianne on Dec 16, 2006 21:52:46 GMT -5
"I think that you're delirious, because it looks fairly awful to me."
She hesitated, feeling a tightness in her chest, words wanting to come out. For a moment she was silent, then she said, "I was only trying to help, you know. On the road. I didn't mean to... to... I just..." She closed her eyes and sighed. "I was angry with you, for leaving me like you did. I still am - well, less angry than hurt, now. But I didn't want to just leave you there. So I tried to... to help. Just..."
She let her voice trail off, knowing that she would never be able to express fully what she meant.
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Post by matthias on Dec 16, 2006 22:11:24 GMT -5
"I understand. But I need YOU to understand; I am a thief. An expert one, or an amateur one. It doesn't matter. I have been a thief for 14 years. Nearly all of my life. Authorities have tracked me down all these years." He stopped, then continued again. "This is why I couldn't stay in Queri. I have to keep changing areas. And if you were to follow me, you would be associated with me, so that if I were to get caught, you would be taken away as relentlessly as I would." He stopped there, to tired to continue.
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Post by erryn on Dec 16, 2006 22:13:16 GMT -5
Erryn, suddenly feeling very uncomfortable and somewhat regretful, slipped out of the room.
This just hit too close to home, this conversation.
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arianne
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Post by arianne on Dec 16, 2006 22:16:43 GMT -5
Arianne frowned, and sighed. In a way this was a comfort, to know that he was only doing it, seemingly, in her best interest, but it was little consolation.
"So that's it? You are just going to keep running away for the rest of your life?" Her frown deepened. He didn't deserve that. No one but the worst deserved that. "You promised that you would change."
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Post by matthias on Dec 16, 2006 22:16:52 GMT -5
He noticed the man leave the room. "I'm sorry. I've overstayed my welcome."
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