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Post by Teja on Aug 18, 2015 22:22:18 GMT -5
"Your mother, then," said Teja, turning her own gentle smile up to him. Her bad mood seemed to have passed, though really she was on the verge of screaming.
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Post by Adrian Veidt on Aug 18, 2015 22:34:58 GMT -5
"Well, I'll start lining up a team to assist you," said Adrian, "but in the meantime, I'm afraid I still have business in Xechasmenon. I appreciate your... er... taking the time to discuss this, both of you."
Adrian smiled reassuringly at Teja, and then looked to Loki.
"If you would be so kind-"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Aug 18, 2015 22:40:38 GMT -5
Loki slowly released Teja and then went toward Veidt. There was a flash of blue light.
A moment later, there was another one, as he returned alone. He seemed far less dazed now, and more genuinely happy as the reality of what had been arranged settled in.
Loki looked at Teja and grinned, sheepish with joy.
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Post by Teja on Aug 18, 2015 22:43:11 GMT -5
She had sunk into a chair, looking like a consumptive. She looked up when he returned.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Aug 18, 2015 23:04:58 GMT -5
The smile faded a little. Loki hurried to her side and knelt, brushing her hair with his fingertips.
"How are you feeling?"
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Post by Teja on Aug 19, 2015 20:42:59 GMT -5
She reacted as badly as if she'd been startled by a loud noise. Loki being comforting was somehow unexpected from the association of him with self-indulgent complaining on the couch, even though he must have been comforting to her sometimes; she knew he had been, yet no specific memories were accessible.
"I'm... all right," she said cautiously.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Aug 19, 2015 21:18:06 GMT -5
"You don't look it," he said, frown deepening. "I'm afraid of what might happen if you go to the shop..."
He kissed her forehead and stayed there for a moment, nuzzling a little.
"We'll work through this. I'm going to take care of you."
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Post by Teja on Aug 19, 2015 21:22:09 GMT -5
She wished she could believe that, but she didn't pull away from him.
After a moment she broke the silence, tilting her head up enough to meet his eyes.
"Or Adrian Veidt will take care of both of us."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Aug 20, 2015 0:17:49 GMT -5
"I think he already planned on that," Loki said flatly.
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Post by Teja on Aug 20, 2015 18:14:59 GMT -5
After a shocked pause, she burst into embarrassed laughter.
"You don't think so-"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Aug 20, 2015 18:51:59 GMT -5
"He was not subtle about his intent," Loki said.
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Post by Teja on Aug 20, 2015 20:25:01 GMT -5
"....he........Well, he mentioned it a bit. That he wasn't adverse, he said. To you."
There was a long lull.
"Well, I'm not either, you know."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Aug 20, 2015 20:41:37 GMT -5
"I know," he laughed. "But you've always phrased that in a far more complimentary manner than-"
He lowered his eyelids and looked her up and down, then said, in a perfect simulation of Veidt's considerably lower voice, "You're not unattractive."
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Post by Teja on Aug 20, 2015 20:44:07 GMT -5
"Oh," she said faintly.
That oh, meant to carefully conceal her reaction, instead expressed anything Loki could ever need to know.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Aug 20, 2015 20:49:44 GMT -5
"What- oh, no. No, no, you can't be serious-"
He sounded more exasperated than anything.
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