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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Feb 19, 2009 20:25:35 GMT -5
Herbert paced back and forth a few times outside Marishka's door, running various solutions to how he was going to tell her without absolutely killing her.
She'd have every right to be upset with him, he knew. For everything to change so completely over the course of a little more than three years was terribly sudden for beings as long-lived as Herbert and Marishka. It was as though they had happily spent centuries as children together, and now he...
wasn't.
He softly tapped on the door, with the typical regard and tact he usually used for no one but her.
"Marishka?"
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Post by Marishka on Feb 20, 2009 16:42:32 GMT -5
"Come in," she said breezily.
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Feb 20, 2009 16:45:23 GMT -5
Herbert came in and shut the door behind him. He faltered at trying to say something for a moment and failed.
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Post by Marishka on Feb 20, 2009 16:47:07 GMT -5
She looked up with a quizzical expression.
"Is everything all right?"
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Feb 20, 2009 16:50:49 GMT -5
"I don't know if you saw or heard," he began delicately, "but Zira..."
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Post by Marishka on Feb 20, 2009 16:51:24 GMT -5
"What?"
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Feb 20, 2009 16:52:51 GMT -5
"Divine intervention."
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Post by Marishka on Feb 20, 2009 16:54:01 GMT -5
"You mean he's an angel again, then?"
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Feb 20, 2009 16:56:29 GMT -5
"Yes," said Herbert, "and as such-"
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Post by Marishka on Feb 20, 2009 17:06:11 GMT -5
"That's a good thing, right?"
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Feb 20, 2009 17:14:48 GMT -5
"It is," he said slowly.
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Post by Marishka on Feb 20, 2009 17:16:24 GMT -5
"...What?"
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Feb 20, 2009 17:46:48 GMT -5
"Rishka, we're going to be leaving Paris."
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Post by Marishka on Feb 20, 2009 17:59:40 GMT -5
Something about his tone worried her.
"Like for a trip?"
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Feb 20, 2009 18:00:44 GMT -5
He paused.
"No."
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