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Lost
Jun 15, 2008 12:58:04 GMT -5
Post by Julian on Jun 15, 2008 12:58:04 GMT -5
*Julian looked the man over, as if seeking the wound.*
"But...you are undead. How is it that such a thing will cause you to die again?"
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Lost
Jun 15, 2008 13:03:09 GMT -5
Post by Grantaire on Jun 15, 2008 13:03:09 GMT -5
"I don't know. Look at me. And I certainly feel as if I'm dying. Don't animals know? They crawl off to lie somewhere."
The little man gave a sigh and peeled his shirt off to show the filthy rags he'd tied around himself for bandages. They were soaking through near the center of his chest and (unseen) in a larger bloom at his back.
"It just won't stop."
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Lost
Jun 15, 2008 13:08:45 GMT -5
Post by Julian on Jun 15, 2008 13:08:45 GMT -5
*Julian stepped forward again, studying it with a morbid interest.*
"Fascinating. My mother should like to see such a...oddity of nature."
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Lost
Jun 15, 2008 13:12:26 GMT -5
Post by Grantaire on Jun 15, 2008 13:12:26 GMT -5
"You told me your mother would kill me if she ever saw me, if I remember correctly."
He grunted and shivered and pulled his shirt on again.
"Anyway it won't be that impressive, I should think...here is a man wounded, dead in three days as one might expect. If I were strapping and injured so, perhaps more interesting."
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Lost
Jun 15, 2008 17:21:17 GMT -5
Post by Julian on Jun 15, 2008 17:21:17 GMT -5
"He might be able to do something, if it truly your wish not to die."
*Julian pointed out plainly.*
"If he kills you, you only lose three days."
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Lost
Jun 15, 2008 17:29:00 GMT -5
Post by Grantaire on Jun 15, 2008 17:29:00 GMT -5
He?
"Well, I certainly don't want to die violently. Could she...er, he really do something to fix it?"
Grantaire plucked at his shirt front, trying to keep it away from the bloom on the bandages underneath, unconsciously. His brow furrowed and he frowned.
"I don't know. Maybe it really would be better to die."
Damnit all! He was even confusing himself! Perhaps he truly had no idea what he wanted in the end.
"You could make it...easy, couldn't you? I don't know, like going to sleep."
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Lost
Jun 16, 2008 4:47:39 GMT -5
Post by Julian on Jun 16, 2008 4:47:39 GMT -5
*Julian shrugged as if this were a casual conversation.*
"Easy, quick, however you prefer it."
*He glanced down the hallway into the blackness.*
"But my mother is quiet good at fixing things."
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Lost
Jun 16, 2008 4:52:43 GMT -5
Post by Grantaire on Jun 16, 2008 4:52:43 GMT -5
"You wouldn't leave me alone with him."
He shivered, unafraid of death, in general, but other cruelties still weighed on his mind and heart and perhaps something about Julian himself caused the little man to tremble like a terrified mongrel.
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Lost
Jun 16, 2008 4:54:48 GMT -5
Post by Julian on Jun 16, 2008 4:54:48 GMT -5
*Julian tilted his head in curiosity.*
"You...do not want to be alone with him? Or is it that you wish me to assist in the observation?"
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Lost
Jun 16, 2008 4:57:20 GMT -5
Post by Grantaire on Jun 16, 2008 4:57:20 GMT -5
"Observation? Both, I suppose. At least I know you, er, or've met you anyway. You were kind before, roundabout."
He smiled weakly, under his now-crooked nose.
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Lost
Jun 16, 2008 5:05:01 GMT -5
Post by Julian on Jun 16, 2008 5:05:01 GMT -5
((Yeah well, except for that bit I suppose.))
*Julian's brow furrowed slightly. It was something he had never considered.*
"No one has ever called me that before."
Quite to the contrary actually.
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Lost
Jun 16, 2008 5:08:59 GMT -5
Post by Grantaire on Jun 16, 2008 5:08:59 GMT -5
"Well you saw to it that I couldn't injure myself further, you gave me food, and a blanket and you sat with me. That's damned more kindness than I'm used to."
He vaguely remembered bestowing a little kiss to the man's cheek as well, and blushed a bit at his foolishness, rubbing the back of his head.
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Lost
Jun 16, 2008 5:17:01 GMT -5
Post by Julian on Jun 16, 2008 5:17:01 GMT -5
"But..."
*Julian straightened, unsure of the implications.*
I only needed something from you.
"Fine then. I am...kind."
*The way he said it, one would have thought it infectious.*
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Lost
Jun 16, 2008 5:19:12 GMT -5
Post by Grantaire on Jun 16, 2008 5:19:12 GMT -5
"You were kind to me, anyway. And you were trying to be so again, now, I think. When you said you'd help if I wanted to die."
The little man cast his eyes down, and then raised them again to search the taller man's face. His teeth chattered a bit.
"Would you sit with me, then, too?"
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Lost
Jun 16, 2008 5:24:09 GMT -5
Post by Julian on Jun 16, 2008 5:24:09 GMT -5
"Well, I...."
I am a problem solver. I like to solve puzzles.
"Here?"
*He raised a brow at the filthy piece of cellar floor.*
"Why?"
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