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She moved him away from the situation with Louhkie, slowly guiding him to a much more quiet and deserted area. "...You okay?" She asked once they were alone.

2015-09-26 10:06:21

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No. Absolutely not. "Yes. I've.....just never done something like that before. Pain for the sake of pain, and not......." In many ways, it was even scarier than killing, quickly like I'd tried with Calypso. To see the expression of pure agony and fear on his face was just....

2015-09-26 10:09:40

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She moved her hands to his cheeks. "Hey, it's alright. Things happen."

2015-09-26 10:11:42

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The roles were reversed. Now it was her warm hands on my cold skin. "Not things like /torture/."

2015-09-26 10:18:19

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"I know. But...." How could she possibly explain this?

2015-09-26 10:20:29

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"There's no 'but'. He didn't deserve that. I should never have done that, and I should never have been given the power to be able to do that....."

2015-09-26 10:21:59

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"I guess it /was/ a bit of my fault. I probably should of stopped you sooner."

2015-09-26 10:22:59

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"No, /I/ should've stopped myself, but I wanted him to feel pain like mine, but he didn't deserve......."

2015-09-26 10:25:58

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"And /I/ was standing there the entire time, allowing it to happen."

2015-09-26 10:26:30

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"Because you were scared, I could've hurt you too."

2015-09-26 10:27:14

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"I highly doubt that. Even here."

2015-09-26 10:28:23

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"I've been hurting you this whole time, just by making you upset, and getting Tassek mad at you, you don't have to bother, I don't need....." I do. I need you.

2015-09-26 10:29:35

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"Seculus, if you did /truly/ hurt me, my hands wouldn't be on your face right now."

2015-09-26 10:31:08

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".............." Well, they might. If I threatened her to do so. I raised a shaky hand to hers. Louhkie, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

2015-09-26 10:35:15

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"Like I've said many times before, I'm not leaving."

2015-09-26 10:38:11

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And I've believed her every time. But then again, every time something like this happens, I doubt it once more. How could anyone ever stand to stay with me after all this? I'm surprised enough at Anndrea, much less someone I'm not even dating. "....I know you have."

2015-09-26 10:40:05

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"And I'll keep saying it until you believe it."

2015-09-26 10:40:55

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That would take a while. But oh well. We both had eternity. .....that joke was absolutely horrid, Seculus, especially to yourself. It's not like you'll be around that long anyways. "Please don't bother."

2015-09-26 10:43:54

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"I will bother."

2015-09-26 10:45:15

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"Don't, I'm not worth it."

2015-09-26 10:46:26

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"You are most certainly worth it."

2015-09-26 10:46:56

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"I'm not, I......" Our surroundings changed. What is this? Nothing about this scenario seemed familiar. Well, aside from the fact that we'd gone through it a dozen times. We were back behind the corner of the door, with the kitchen right there, and once again, it was Seth and his mother. My mother, still. This time, it didn't look like it would even be possible for him to see us. "....oh dear," I breathed with a very quiet sigh.

2015-09-26 10:51:05

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She slowly dropped her hands. "What is it?" She asked quietly.

2015-09-26 10:52:00

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He was speaking to her. "Sweetie, are you okay? You've been down lately." "Mum, no. I'm fine. Do we have wrapping paper? I have something I wanted to give to Russell." "It's not even his birthday. Are you sure something isn't wrong?" "Yes, I'm sure. I just thought he would like it." Wait. No. He was lying. Yes, there was a present for Russell, but no he wasn't okay, I could see what he planned to do, I almost wanted to run out there and tell him not to, what a horrible mistake it would be, but what good would that do? "It's in the hall. I'm heading off to work. Come right back home when you've delivered it, there's a potluck tonight." "Alright, mum." They hugged, and he held her much longer than a quick goodbye hug should require. Because this was a long goodbye. The longest. "I love you, mum." She laughed a little. "What's gotten into you? Normally you're too independent to even say 'thank you'." "....I just do. Goodbye, okay?" "Goodbye, sweetie. I'll see you when I get back." She reached up and kissed him on the forehead. My expression had gone empty. She hadn't noticed. How could she? He hid it very well. How /couldn't/ she? She was a therapist! But either way...how could he. To her. How did she feel when she returned that night to find out he was never coming back again? I could picture it in my mind's eye, and it made me want to cry again. But I wouldn't let myself. Never. Not in front of Ivory.

2015-09-26 11:00:56

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She glanced from the scene, to Seculus. It seemed like he couldn't pull himself away from this scene. He knew something. Something bad. Probably something she knew as well, but didn't want to voice that kind of darkness. Ivory reached over and gave Seculus's hand a gentle squeeze.

2015-09-26 11:06:34