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Madison quietly came down the stairs and glared at God. They went up to him and he clenched his hands into fists. "...you too. Sorry for not being able to help with Jack." They pressed their hand to his forehead and he flinched back, with every reason to. But all they did was give him a memory. One he shouldn't be privy to....but that he had every right to see.

2016-02-21 10:59:01

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Ivory looked at the two of them as well. Don't hurt him.

2016-02-21 20:00:50

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They wouldn't. He'd wanted this.

The memory immediately began to play in his mind. It was in the form of a home video, like it was being projected into the front of his mind instead of seen outside of his old self. There was a hand in front of the lens at first, then it shifted, to show a pretty woman's face, frizzy brown locks hanging down into her face from her bun as she looked off to the side. "Sweetie, keep going." Hanna. She was speaking in English, still with a heavy accent, but fluently. She always did have a knack for learning. Her profile moved out of the frame and the camera focused on a very small child with wispy blonde hair toddling along with one hand on the coffee table. She lifted her hand, took another step, and directed a big, giggling grin towards the woman behind the camera. "Liv's first steps. Good job, Liv! You're doing great. ....look at our little girl go, Mikael. You'd be proud of her."

Liv stumbled and the camera dropped for a second while Hanna caught her and nestled her in her arms. Then the camera turned to her sentimental expression again. She smiled sadly. "...honey, I don't know where you are now, and I don't think you can hear me, but I want you to know that we're safe and we're happy. Well, as I can be without you." She held up her left hand for the recording. The wedding ring from the memory before remained upon her finger. "I haven't remarried....no one could live up to your memory. She has your eyes. You know that? The doctors wanted to see if she had some rare eye disease." She laughed a little, clear and bright. "...she has your mouth, too, and I'm looking forward to her talking just as much as you always did. And she has my nose. She's ours, and she's beautiful.....and I just wanted to let you know I miss you. And I hope we get to see each other again. I'll tell her about you when she grows up, so she'll know just how much of a hero her daddy was for her....I love you." She kissed her fingers and patted the side of the camera. "...Liv, say goodbye to daddy." Her voice broke a little on the 'goodbye', but she held their daughter up to the camera before she could end up crying. She drooled a little, purple eyes sparkling, and reached out for the buttons. "Wait, sweetie, don't press-" The recording ended.

Madison stood still and silent for the entirety of the 'memory', and when it was over, he had tears streaming down his cheeks and a choked smile on his lips.

2016-02-21 20:29:39

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"....Madison?" She asked softly.

2016-02-21 20:34:21

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It took him a few seconds to work himself up to a response. "....I-I'm........I'm okay. ...she's beautiful........"

2016-02-21 20:39:09

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"....Did you see something?"

2016-02-21 20:40:36

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"....yeah....my......my daughter. Taking her first....steps..." The smile widened a little and he wiped his eyes with his fingers.

2016-02-21 20:44:15

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She reached out and took his hand. "That's wonderful."

2016-02-21 20:47:20

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"...it is....she has my eyes....and Hanna....she talked to me." He squeezed her hand.

2016-02-21 20:49:10

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"What she say?"

2016-02-21 20:54:35

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"She misses me...she loves me....she didn't remarry. And she's going to tell Liv stories about me, so she knows who......who.....she called me a hero."

2016-02-21 20:56:09

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"Because you are one."

2016-02-21 20:56:44

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"...how? I left them alone..."

2016-02-21 20:59:46

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"You died. Death happens to everyone."

2016-02-21 21:01:16

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"...but it doesn't make me a hero."

2016-02-21 21:02:32

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"It doesn't. You saved /my/ life. You saved Seculus's life. You are a hero."

2016-02-21 21:05:33

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He stared at his other hand for a second. "...I'm a....hero?" "You fixed the astral plane, too. And beat Beckett. You're a hero."

2016-02-21 21:08:40

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"You're my hero, at least."

2016-02-21 21:12:51

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He turned a little red and looked at her instead. "...I.....I am?" But he was the villain. But nothing he'd done could balance out the pain he'd caused her. ".....but you're mine."

2016-02-21 21:14:32

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"How? I've done nothing for you."

2016-02-21 21:22:22

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"...you were the first person who cared about me."

2016-02-21 21:22:52

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"....It's what friends do."

2016-02-21 21:23:23

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"And you were my first friend."

2016-02-21 21:23:55

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"...." She squeezed his hand.

2016-02-21 21:24:57

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He squeezed it back and looked over to thank God, for doing something nice, for once, but they had already vanished.

2016-02-21 21:29:39