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Post by Julian on Aug 30, 2007 16:05:36 GMT -5
*Julian arched his brow and scoffed.*
"Believe me...in my short time here I have come to understand that life is little more than one episode of pain against another. I am not surprised that love is the same."
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Post by Lady Norrington on Aug 30, 2007 16:07:11 GMT -5
"I'm sorry for how I have treated you in the short time I have been here."
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Post by Julian on Aug 30, 2007 16:11:00 GMT -5
No you're not.
*Julian sighed and hid his face from her.*
"But is your treatment of me likely to change?"
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Post by Lady Norrington on Aug 30, 2007 16:12:04 GMT -5
"I will do my best. It's very easy to forget that you are so..."
She swallowed.
"Innocent."
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Post by Julian on Aug 30, 2007 16:15:39 GMT -5
*Julian's lips tightened.*
"Just because I am not small...am not ugly...how can you think that I know of the world? A world that I have never seen?"
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Post by Lady Norrington on Aug 30, 2007 16:17:32 GMT -5
"Because you look full-grown. I'm not saying what I did was right, I'm saying that it's hard to change how you think so much..."
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Post by Julian on Aug 30, 2007 16:25:38 GMT -5
*Julian spun on her.*
"So if I was not sentient...if I were ignorant...then you would love me and fawn over me as your own?"
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Post by Lady Norrington on Aug 30, 2007 16:28:56 GMT -5
"Julian, I've never been in this situation before- Do you want me to teach you the ways of the world? Would that help you feel better? You will fit in much better than Erik ever has if you try."
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Post by Julian on Aug 30, 2007 16:31:01 GMT -5
*Julian felt the smile creep into the corner of his mouth. He reached out to touch her hand gently, timidly. His voice was soft and hypnotic.*
"That is what I want...to learn...to know...You will teach me?"
*He lifted his brow softly.*
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Post by Lady Norrington on Aug 30, 2007 16:34:20 GMT -5
"I would love to. Let me set your sister down..."
She gathered a few blankets, pooled them in the middle of the coffee table, and set the now-sleeping Proserpina on top of them.
"All right. Where do we start."
She thought about this for a moment.
"Clearly you know that you are a man. I am a woman, which is like a man but with different organs."
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Post by Julian on Aug 30, 2007 16:36:03 GMT -5
Obviously.
*Julian pursed his lips, but nodded.*
"And this different organs are important to reproduction. That is why you are displeased with me."
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Post by Lady Norrington on Aug 30, 2007 16:38:03 GMT -5
"Let's try to move past that," she said, sounding desperate. "Anyway, you may sometimes see me feeding your sister from a gland in my chest. That is where her food comes from at this point. You, however, have teeth and can eat actual food."
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Post by Julian on Aug 30, 2007 16:39:12 GMT -5
Are we going to discuss something I don't know?
*Julian nodded, trying to be patient.*
"Of course. I am familiar with eating. And I have seen you nurse...Pina."
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Post by Lady Norrington on Aug 30, 2007 16:39:55 GMT -5
"All right, I'm obviously boring you. What do you need to know?"
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Post by Julian on Aug 30, 2007 16:42:22 GMT -5
*Julian sighed.*
"I know what it is to live...here."
*He gestured to the room around them. He met her gaze and took a step towards her, closing the distance between them. Lifting his hand, he brushed the hair back from her face, lowering his voice to a tender whisper.*
"I want to know what it's like...up there."
*He glanced to the ceiling.*
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