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Post by Loki Odinsson on Oct 17, 2015 3:19:01 GMT -5
"It's probably better to prepare myself for the inevitable, after all."
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 17, 2015 3:21:53 GMT -5
Nina looked a bit deflated. "I try to make people like me," she said, "even knowing they're not really seeing me. But that's gotten harder to do. It doesn't work,so much anymore."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Oct 17, 2015 3:28:43 GMT -5
"I imagine more of them are pretending to like you because you're Adrian Veidt's daughter, if that's any consolation. You probably don't have to fake anything for the same results."
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 17, 2015 3:32:35 GMT -5
"Hm, I don't think so - not with the specific people I've met. In fact I think most of them....resent Adrian, actually."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Oct 17, 2015 10:46:46 GMT -5
"There's a lot to resent there," Loki conceded.
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 17, 2015 10:56:51 GMT -5
"I don't think he's realized the extent to which he's alienated people over the years," she said, thinking of Curt, sadly, "but he's started to."
She'd probably alienated Curt herself.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Oct 17, 2015 11:46:28 GMT -5
He looked at her for a moment with a deepening squint of curiosity.
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 17, 2015 11:57:59 GMT -5
"You're coming to your own realizations, brought on by your wrong-doings," said Nina lightly. "About your behavior and what you must change - and so has he."
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Oct 17, 2015 11:59:47 GMT -5
"Well, yes," he said, "but that wasn't what I was thinking of."
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 17, 2015 12:06:58 GMT -5
"Then what was it?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Oct 17, 2015 12:09:34 GMT -5
"You'll have to pardon me for this, but I just made a brief attempt at getting into your mind. I couldn't. That's only happened once before."
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 17, 2015 12:33:50 GMT -5
Nina made a face at him, her priorities clear. "That's rude. Why would you do something like that?"
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Oct 17, 2015 12:39:38 GMT -5
"Because I couldn't get into your father's, either."
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Post by Nina Fortner on Oct 17, 2015 12:41:15 GMT -5
The implications of that immediately became clear to her. Her face fell.
"That's... that's probably a defensive measure," she said resignedly.
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Post by Loki Odinsson on Oct 17, 2015 12:45:08 GMT -5
"By- oh."
He looked away.
"I see."
And then back at her.
"Is that- pardon me for asking, but is... do you suppose that's-"
He waved a hand over the length of her body.
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