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Post by Pina on Mar 19, 2008 15:58:25 GMT -5
"Thank you," *she said with a timid smile.*
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Post by Erik on Mar 19, 2008 16:02:53 GMT -5
*Erik, incorporeal and nosy, had drifted within hearing a few exchanges ago and was still struggling with the idea of Richard and Pina talking.
Of Pina talking to a man.*
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Post by Richard on Mar 19, 2008 16:07:04 GMT -5
"Emmanuelle is... she's not a well woman. I'm not certain where she got the idea that we're... coupled, but... well, I suspect it has to do with her unbalanced mind and her Morlock ancestry."
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Post by Pina on Mar 19, 2008 16:10:29 GMT -5
*That elicited a small laugh.*
"She is a bit terrifying," *she agreed.*
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Post by Richard on Mar 19, 2008 16:12:03 GMT -5
"So... we're not engaged. And even if we were, well, there's the matter of my wife."
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Post by Pina on Mar 19, 2008 16:14:55 GMT -5
*She froze. For a moment, it was as if she couldn't breathe. He was married? But he couldn't be married!*
"Y- your wife?" *she asked, her voice very, very small.*
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Post by Richard on Mar 19, 2008 16:15:57 GMT -5
"Yes, although it's been-"
He paused.
"It's been nearly two years..." he realized.
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Post by Pina on Mar 19, 2008 16:17:37 GMT -5
"Since what?" *she asked, trying to retain a semblance of normality. She could cry after he'd gone.*
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Post by Richard on Mar 19, 2008 16:20:32 GMT -5
"I'm not sure," he said vaguely. "I left, I came back... and she didn't know me. Someone else was living my life. Being father to my children. Two years ago."
He stopped.
"Sometimes, I have to remind myself what color her eyes were. Are."
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Post by Pina on Mar 19, 2008 16:23:03 GMT -5
"Oh."
*Her voice was barely audible.*
"You must have- must love her a lot."
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Post by Erik on Mar 19, 2008 16:24:13 GMT -5
*INVISIBLE LOL*
*Erik stared between the two of them. This conversation was all wrong. Something altogether strange was going on. He just couldn't put his finger on it. What had Richard's wife to do with anything? And did Pina have something in her eyes? Both of them?*
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Post by Richard on Mar 19, 2008 16:25:25 GMT -5
"I do," he said automatically, as though he were answering a question in school.
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Post by Pina on Mar 19, 2008 16:30:13 GMT -5
*Pats Erik.* "Oh, daddy, you're so slow sometimes.
*God, why had she fooled herself into believing that she had a chance? She swallowed and nodded, trying very hard to keep any tears from spilling over her eyes. She didn't quite trust herself to speak at the moment.*
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Post by Richard on Mar 19, 2008 16:31:13 GMT -5
"You're shaking. Are you cold?"
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Post by Pina on Mar 19, 2008 16:33:21 GMT -5
*She shook her head, blinking furiously.*
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