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Dinner
Apr 15, 2009 20:07:58 GMT -5
Post by Micaela on Apr 15, 2009 20:07:58 GMT -5
*She smiled sort of tentatively.* "Well, I sort of got hurled out into it."
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Dinner
Apr 15, 2009 20:10:14 GMT -5
Post by Adrian Veidt on Apr 15, 2009 20:10:14 GMT -5
"You see, my parents died when I was seventeen."
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Dinner
Apr 15, 2009 20:10:51 GMT -5
Post by Micaela on Apr 15, 2009 20:10:51 GMT -5
"Ohh."
*You never really knew what to say to things like that. 'Sorry' just sounded so dumb.*
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Dinner
Apr 15, 2009 20:14:43 GMT -5
Post by Adrian Veidt on Apr 15, 2009 20:14:43 GMT -5
She looked so chastened and pitying that he began to laugh.
"It's quite all right. It was a long time ago."
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Dinner
Apr 15, 2009 20:15:03 GMT -5
Post by Micaela on Apr 15, 2009 20:15:03 GMT -5
"Well I know, it's just that has to suck anyway."
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Dinner
Apr 15, 2009 20:20:11 GMT -5
Post by Adrian Veidt on Apr 15, 2009 20:20:11 GMT -5
"Don't worry about it."
Bubastis entered from the hallway, and he slipped her a few scraps as he spoke, the oddity of this only amplified by the fact that none of them were meat, and the cat apparently didn't mind at all.
"I have been attempting to create a clean energy machine for some time."
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Dinner
Apr 15, 2009 20:21:10 GMT -5
Post by Micaela on Apr 15, 2009 20:21:10 GMT -5
*She raised an eyebrow at the cat-feeding but ignored it. People were odd.*
"And I assume this is where I come in?"
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Dinner
Apr 15, 2009 20:33:35 GMT -5
Post by Adrian Veidt on Apr 15, 2009 20:33:35 GMT -5
"Well, yes. That's the start of it, anyway."
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Dinner
Apr 15, 2009 20:34:09 GMT -5
Post by Micaela on Apr 15, 2009 20:34:09 GMT -5
"Of... what?"
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Dinner
Apr 15, 2009 20:38:41 GMT -5
Post by Adrian Veidt on Apr 15, 2009 20:38:41 GMT -5
He set down his fork very slowly.
"You see, Micaela," he began, "the fact is- I'm not certain how to best say this-"
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Dinner
Apr 15, 2009 20:39:59 GMT -5
Post by Micaela on Apr 15, 2009 20:39:59 GMT -5
*She looked warily in his direction.*
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Dinner
Apr 15, 2009 20:44:19 GMT -5
Post by Adrian Veidt on Apr 15, 2009 20:44:19 GMT -5
"I'm not immortal," he said finally. "Nor do I wish to be- not in the literal sense of the term."
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Dinner
Apr 15, 2009 20:44:53 GMT -5
Post by Micaela on Apr 15, 2009 20:44:53 GMT -5
"And?" *She prompted.*
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Dinner
Apr 16, 2009 18:35:58 GMT -5
Post by Adrian Veidt on Apr 16, 2009 18:35:58 GMT -5
"I'm not going to be here forever."
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Dinner
Apr 16, 2009 18:37:03 GMT -5
Post by Micaela on Apr 16, 2009 18:37:03 GMT -5
"You know I think I know what you're going to say, and I'm going to have to say it's a little odd..." *She admitted.*
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