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Aug 12, 2007 0:02:54 GMT -5
Post by Marius on Aug 12, 2007 0:02:54 GMT -5
*Marius sat up in bed, weak, pale, with dark circles under his eyes.*
"Yes?"
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Aug 12, 2007 0:05:50 GMT -5
Post by Eponine on Aug 12, 2007 0:05:50 GMT -5
*Aimee went and stood next to his bed, her eyes wide and looking very forlorn.*
"Maman's gone." *She whispered quietly, one tear escaping and rolling onto her cheek.*
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Aug 12, 2007 0:06:05 GMT -5
Post by Belladonna on Aug 12, 2007 0:06:05 GMT -5
*is asleep in a chair or something by now*
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Aug 12, 2007 0:08:49 GMT -5
Post by Marius on Aug 12, 2007 0:08:49 GMT -5
"Again..." *he whispered with a kind of finality in his hollow tone.*
"Your hands are cold. Here, come sit with me a while, MeeMee."
*Marius reached down and lifted the little girl into his lap, cuddling her close, pressing his cheek against her hair with a sigh.*
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Aug 12, 2007 0:10:15 GMT -5
Post by Aimée-Cosette on Aug 12, 2007 0:10:15 GMT -5
*She wrapped her little arms around him, snuggling as close as she could*
"The doctor said she had tumerbucosis." *She said quietly, not getting the name quite right.*
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Aug 12, 2007 0:12:42 GMT -5
Post by Marius on Aug 12, 2007 0:12:42 GMT -5
"Tuberculosis, sweeteyes," *he corrected her gently.* "She must have been very ill."
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Aug 12, 2007 0:13:31 GMT -5
Post by Aimée-Cosette on Aug 12, 2007 0:13:31 GMT -5
*Aimee nodded.*
"Yeah. She said something about living on borrowed time... what does that mean, Uncle Marius?"
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Aug 12, 2007 0:16:18 GMT -5
Post by Marius on Aug 12, 2007 0:16:18 GMT -5
"It means that she knew...she knew a long time ago that she wasn't going to be here forever."
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Aug 12, 2007 0:19:38 GMT -5
Post by Aimée-Cosette on Aug 12, 2007 0:19:38 GMT -5
*She looked up at him, confused.*
"Well everyone knows they're not going to be here forever. So isn't everyong living on borrowed time?" *She asked.* "One time she was having a nightmare, and she said she got shot. Was that what she meant?"
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Aug 12, 2007 0:23:01 GMT -5
Post by Marius on Aug 12, 2007 0:23:01 GMT -5
"Yes...yes, that's what she meant. She was once hurt very badly...and everyone thought she would die. It's a miracle that she...wasn't dead."
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Aug 12, 2007 0:23:34 GMT -5
Post by Eponine on Aug 12, 2007 0:23:34 GMT -5
**AIMEE**
*Aimee frowned.*
"I asked her, but she wouldn't say anything. How did maman get hurt?"
*Talking about maman almost made it better.*
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Aug 12, 2007 0:30:21 GMT -5
Post by Marius on Aug 12, 2007 0:30:21 GMT -5
"We were fighting for a new world...that would rise up like the sun."
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Aug 12, 2007 0:31:07 GMT -5
Post by Eponine on Aug 12, 2007 0:31:07 GMT -5
*She frowned.*
"But we've only got one planet, and nobody goes into space."
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Aug 12, 2007 0:32:39 GMT -5
Post by Marius on Aug 12, 2007 0:32:39 GMT -5
"I mean...a new world...from what we're used to, here on earth. A world where everyone is equal...where the tyranny of the aristocrat will no longer tread upon the poor, grinding them into the earth, into sickness and poverty..."
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Aug 12, 2007 0:35:08 GMT -5
Post by Eponine on Aug 12, 2007 0:35:08 GMT -5
*She nodded along, used to not being able to understand.*
"Okay." *She said, leaning into him and resting her head on his chest again, happily ignorant.*
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