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Post by Graf von Krolock on Oct 13, 2008 21:48:58 GMT -5
"Herbert...I've realized something that I should have seen long ago. You aren't meant for a place like this."
*He gestured at their surroundings*
"While I can be content with it, I know now that you were meant for more than that. How I could ever think you'd be happy with this castle indefinitely..."
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Oct 13, 2008 21:59:45 GMT -5
"It's all I'd ever known, though," Herbert replied. "This and Vienna..."
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Oct 13, 2008 22:09:31 GMT -5
"Yes...but, you've done so well on your own here in Paris. This place has had more in it that I'd hoped for."
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Oct 13, 2008 22:31:51 GMT -5
"I'm not on my own," said Herbert, smiling sadly.
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Oct 13, 2008 22:35:52 GMT -5
*He smiled back*
"Indeed not. And I'm happy for you, well and truly."
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Oct 13, 2008 22:40:26 GMT -5
"You were right, though, Vati, and I was terribly unfair to you." said Herbert. "I know I'm not... normal. You were giving me the supervision I needed-"
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Oct 13, 2008 22:54:50 GMT -5
"Too much. Supervision is one thing, but...it's not as though you can't go out and do your own thing--"
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Oct 13, 2008 23:05:22 GMT -5
"I tried. I ended up stabbed in the gut once and shot eleven times the second time."
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Oct 14, 2008 1:00:38 GMT -5
"You aren't avoiding living, though." He said quietly.
"Inspite of me, in fact, you are just as alive as you've ever been."
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Oct 14, 2008 1:24:29 GMT -5
He stared at his father for a long moment, unsure of how to react, and eventually settling on throwing his arms around the older vampire in the familiar way he had since childhood.
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Oct 14, 2008 6:49:38 GMT -5
*He hugged Herbert back, the smile on his face no longer awkward. He had thought, in his darker moments, that this might never happen again*
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Oct 14, 2008 11:26:01 GMT -5
"I missed you," Herbert said softly.
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Oct 14, 2008 12:25:35 GMT -5
"I missed you, too. It's much more dreary around here without you."
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Oct 14, 2008 16:56:48 GMT -5
"A shred of normality has probably been good for you, though," Herbert admitted. "Not having to walk on eggshells around me all the time..."
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Oct 15, 2008 12:18:20 GMT -5
"Nonsense. Normality was something I think has always elduded this family...I stopped seeking that long ago." One could almost think him entirely serious, if it weren't for the twinkle of humor in Krolock's eye.
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