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Post by Erik on Oct 5, 2008 20:00:45 GMT -5
"My own, perhaps," he said. "That which made my face fair was not intended as cruelty--the cruelty was in fate deciding it was not to last. To give Erik a taste of what other men might have as their birthright, and then remove it from my grasp. Though one could argue I did not need to race into a burning room after my daughter. Even so... I do not regret that."
He sighed, his hands tightening into fists at his sides as he recalled Pina's leaving.
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Post by The Girl on Oct 5, 2008 20:02:43 GMT -5
*She turned her head towards him, something shifting in her manner.*
"You...you have a daughter?"
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Post by Erik on Oct 6, 2008 9:20:33 GMT -5
"I had a daughter," he said, the bitter taste of her abandonment puckering his mouth. "She left."
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Post by The Girl on Oct 6, 2008 9:50:32 GMT -5
*Something akin to pity stirred in her mind. He had given everything he could to this daughter of his, it seemed, and yet...*
"I suppose I had a father, once," *she said vaguely, as if speaking from a dream.*
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Post by Erik on Oct 6, 2008 10:01:53 GMT -5
"There's no supposing about it," he said a little sharply. "You still ended up here."
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Post by The Girl on Oct 6, 2008 10:14:28 GMT -5
"Through no fault of my own!" *she snapped back.*
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Post by Erik on Oct 6, 2008 10:28:52 GMT -5
"Most likely not," Erik returned more mildly, "but the fact remains that we all had fathers, and mothers, and are none the better for it."
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Post by The Girl on Oct 6, 2008 10:43:56 GMT -5
"...what is your name?" *she asked after a short silence.*
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Post by Erik on Oct 6, 2008 10:53:31 GMT -5
"Erik," Erik said in surprise, though whether because she did not know or because she cared to ask was uncertain.
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Post by The Girl on Oct 6, 2008 11:09:07 GMT -5
"Ah. Erik." *She nodded briefly.*
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Post by Erik on Oct 6, 2008 11:18:41 GMT -5
Well, that was settled, then.
"But don't go telling just anyone," he said suddenly, after a pause. "I have a reputation, you know."
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Post by The Girl on Oct 6, 2008 11:20:47 GMT -5
"I have no one to tell any secrets to," *she said truthfully.*
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Post by Erik on Oct 6, 2008 11:27:28 GMT -5
"Good," Erik said, not certain what he was supposed to do now.
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Post by The Girl on Oct 6, 2008 11:54:00 GMT -5
*Well, she had no idea, either.*
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Post by Erik on Oct 6, 2008 11:56:58 GMT -5
Erik sighed, bored now.
"So you came back," he said. "Evidently you want me to do something. Out of respect for the man who, er, procured you, I may be generous."
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