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Post by Anne on May 30, 2007 17:14:11 GMT -5
*Anne shook her head slowly.*
"Thank God we're already married--because no way in Asphodel would that line work on ANYONE who was indifferent."
*She sighed.*
"Not right now, Dickon." *She patted him on the cheek.* "I've just done my hair.*
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Post by Richard on May 30, 2007 17:32:41 GMT -5
"Fine," Richard groaned. "At least come down for breakfast, Posy, I've missed you terribly."
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Post by Anne on May 30, 2007 17:36:46 GMT -5
*Anne relented and hugged him tightly.*
"I've missed you, too."
*She turned and went down the stairs before him.*
"What have you been doing up here, anyway? I mean, in an official capacity."
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Post by Richard on Jun 2, 2007 21:37:11 GMT -5
"Well, I was supposed to be staying with the Lord and Lady Blakeney, but something happened to his wife. It always pays to keep up on what's going on in the living world- all of our new residents are immigrants, you know."
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Post by Anne on Jun 2, 2007 21:39:15 GMT -5
"I see. And what did you find?"
*She sat down in an armchair in the front room.*
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Post by Richard on Jun 2, 2007 21:41:52 GMT -5
"Not much," he admitted.
He sank down next to her.
"Just when I think I'm out, they pull me back in..."
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Post by Anne on Jun 2, 2007 21:48:29 GMT -5
"Out of what?" *she reached out and gently stroked his shorn hair.* "Asphodel? The land of the living? You can't keep trying to balance both, Richard."
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Post by Richard on Jun 2, 2007 21:50:44 GMT -5
"What good is passing for living if you get dragged into the affairs of the dead?"
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Post by Anne on Jun 2, 2007 21:52:15 GMT -5
"It's what we are," *she said flatly.*
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Post by Richard on Jun 2, 2007 21:55:23 GMT -5
"You never get used to it, do you?" he said darkly.
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Post by Anne on Jun 2, 2007 21:57:08 GMT -5
"No," *she said.* "But at least I can pretend like I have. It's easier to just forget our lives before we died."
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Post by Richard on Jun 2, 2007 21:57:33 GMT -5
"I envy you sometimes," said Richard, staring at the empty hearth.
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Post by Anne on Jun 2, 2007 22:00:00 GMT -5
"You could do it, too, Richard. I know you have it in you to put your life behind you."
*She pressed her lips into a thin line for a moment, gazing at him.*
"But you're afraid."
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Post by Richard on Jun 2, 2007 22:02:04 GMT -5
"You aren't followed about day and night by false references to who you supposedly were. You appeared in that play as an innocent heroine- and God's teeth, Anne, every time I mention you, people still believe I tricked you into marriage..."
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Post by Anne on Jun 2, 2007 22:04:42 GMT -5
"Don't think for one moment that what occurs in the minds of the living hasn't given me as much pain as it has you," *she said tightly.* "I'd go mad if I dwelt on my anger or tried to change what cannot be undone. I'd lose what's left of myself...just as I'm losing you to it."
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