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Post by Pietro Maximoff on Nov 13, 2007 23:05:39 GMT -5
::Pietro nodded, comprehending, if not the actual experience, at the very least what she attempted to convey. Pain, despair, both of which were to be avoided.::
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Post by Typhoid on Nov 13, 2007 23:08:18 GMT -5
She took a breath, trying to order her thoughts. "What I felt when I died...was like that idea of hell."
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Post by Pietro Maximoff on Nov 13, 2007 23:10:32 GMT -5
::Pietro nodded again; it was a concept to which he could relate. His manner of thinking, as a set of scales, translated that into an imaginable experience.:: "That is reason to fear."
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Post by Typhoid on Nov 13, 2007 23:14:49 GMT -5
Ty exhaled, relieved that he understood what she was trying to say. "Xavier said it was because I didn't want to leave." She shook her head. "If something happens to me, I'll feel exactly what I felt then."
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Post by Pietro Maximoff on Nov 13, 2007 23:25:28 GMT -5
"To my last, I will keep you from that," ::Pietro replied, his hand reaching for hers.::
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Post by Typhoid on Nov 13, 2007 23:27:28 GMT -5
She took his hand, running ungloved fingers across the back of it. "Not if it means sending you there."
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Post by Pietro Maximoff on Nov 13, 2007 23:34:20 GMT -5
::Pietro covered her gloved hand with his other, clasping it between both larger hands. That is what he would say in her place.:: "You and I are of a kind, Rossignol."
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Post by Typhoid on Nov 13, 2007 23:37:12 GMT -5
"Thick headed and stubborn, you mean?" Ty joked softly.
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Post by Pietro Maximoff on Nov 13, 2007 23:41:02 GMT -5
::Pietro knew it was a joke, and he did not reply to those specifics. Instead, he simply clarified.:: "Prepared to make sacrifices given a reason."
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Post by Typhoid on Nov 13, 2007 23:44:36 GMT -5
She nodded, though it was pained. "It doesn't make the thought of it hurt any less."
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Post by Pietro Maximoff on Nov 13, 2007 23:45:41 GMT -5
"No," ::Pietro agreed, it would not. Not everyone was as hardened as he was to such ideas.:: "It gives meaning, not comfort."
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Post by Typhoid on Nov 13, 2007 23:47:23 GMT -5
"I look for comfort elsewhere," Ty said simply, nodding at thier joined hands.
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Post by Pietro Maximoff on Nov 13, 2007 23:48:40 GMT -5
::Pietro followed her gaze to their joined hands. He clasped her hand more tightly.:: "In those who care for you."
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Post by Typhoid on Nov 13, 2007 23:57:58 GMT -5
She nodded again, squeezing his hand, wordless. The support she'd lacked growing up was being made up for now, just in that. "In you."
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