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Who: DelPavo + anyone
Where: DelPavo
When: Day 276, evening, post-plotting
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[Whatever locks the Geardorm has on its main doors have now been very securely locked. And then re-locked, just to be sure.

A cranky tiny is scrutinizing them as if he's seriously considering adding more.]

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And if it's a step none of them could do on their own . . . it has to be really special, to know a piece is done.

. . . Edward?

Yeah?

Why are you hurt?

Ah?

Oh... you mean...

*sort of. gestures to his leg.*

Someone on Ophiuchus had... an ancient something affecting her mind, and it overwhelmed her. She snapped and went out torturing people. She knows about it now, so it shouldn't happen again...

'An ancient something'?

Something from the old world?

*shakes his head*

Something from her world. An influence tied to her powers, and far older than hers. I didn't really understand anything beyond that about it.

. . . something from her memories.

I'm glad it's stopped. And that you're healing well.

It's not entirely "stopped," she's just aware of it now, and has a plan to keep it under control the next time it tries to take over. Which will have to do for now, I guess.

Akin came over to help with the healing. It's a lot better now than it would have been otherwise.

He really is amazing.

How is everyone on Canis doing?

Sion was hurt too, but the rest of them are fine. Jace stopped by to keep me company while I was stuck in here, and I was over there to visit them and pay them back for Akin's healing yesterday.

I'm glad. Even before . . . I haven't really talked to any of them in a long time.

*not exactly turning, but his eyes are shifting away from her just a bit*

Yeah, well... it kind of makes sense and all.

It does.

Thank you for dinner. I think . . . I'm going to go lie down for a bit.

*nods*

Ah... sorry if it bothers you if they're coming over.

You should rest, you've been out for a while.

It doesn't. After all . . . I'm really the one that bothers people.

Mm. Good night, Edward.

...you're sure?

[Nods.]

I'm sure.

But I thought...

*sort of. trails off in a world of uneasiness*

You thought . . . ?

*mumbling a bit*

Thought you hated them.

I was a vampire and Canis really, really really didn't like people who ate other people the game before I became that way. So much so that there wasn't any middle ground, or room for mercy.

But, Edward . . . that's not hating. That's being scared. For my team, and Sunny . . . and for myself.

Sometimes... it can have the same results. And I guess what I was told wasn't that you "hated" them exactly, but that you didn't want anything to do with them.

*runs his hand over his hair*

So I just... wanted to apologize, if their coming over was upsetting you. But I can't keep pretending that they're not my friends.

But . . . when people come over, I try not to be around because of Mirror!

*shakes his head*

It's been longer than that... the person who told me you didn't like them, it wasn't long after I woke up here that he said that.

When I was still a vampire. Right?