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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Mar 6, 2016 22:22:17 GMT -5
"Oh, I do. I didn't mean we'd go back."
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 6, 2016 22:24:04 GMT -5
"Herbert," Johannes said warily. "I didn't come all the way for you just to leave you alone again."
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Mar 6, 2016 22:24:43 GMT -5
"I'm nineteen," he keened.
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 6, 2016 22:28:41 GMT -5
"And terribly unwell," Krolock retorted.
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Mar 6, 2016 22:31:31 GMT -5
"You can't expect Alex to like it at home!" Herbert wailed. "He'd be so bored, he's from cities like this one - not like Teja, she told me so, the city's too much for her, she'd like it there with you, but not Alex!"
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 6, 2016 22:34:27 GMT -5
"You intend to make him as we are, do you not?" said Johannes. "He may acclimate in good time. It's a better environment for us, lad, you know that. You would especially, after fifteen years reviled as vermin by the mortals."
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Mar 6, 2016 22:37:07 GMT -5
"But I'm not, vati," he pleaded, his eyes now earnestly shining. "People like me here... there's nobody at all who likes me at home... I want to stay here..."
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 6, 2016 22:38:11 GMT -5
"I like you," Johannes said, rather affronted.
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Mar 6, 2016 22:39:11 GMT -5
"But you're my father," he groaned. "You only like me because you have to, it's not as nice."
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 6, 2016 22:45:35 GMT -5
"To think you spent all this time living in a storage shed-"
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Mar 6, 2016 22:48:33 GMT -5
"As opposed to living out of a dirty coffin -"
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 6, 2016 22:50:43 GMT -5
"There's at least some dignity there-"
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Post by Herbert von Krolock on Mar 6, 2016 22:53:39 GMT -5
"Daddy, it's not dignified to be dead. I'd rather be alive and poor than pretend to be dead again. We're not really!"
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 6, 2016 22:55:57 GMT -5
Johannes sighed and refilled Herbert's brandy glass.
"You're going to give yourself a fit."
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Post by Graf von Krolock on Mar 6, 2016 22:56:20 GMT -5
Johannes sighed and refilled Herbert's brandy glass.
"You're going to give yourself a fit."
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