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Jan. 2nd, 2010 02:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
river_meimeiThe rafters have a few advantages.
They're comfortable, for one thing! (If you're River Tam.) And interesting. And sometimes you find candy. And they provide a fun change of perspective.
And sometimes they're a good way to find people.
They're comfortable, for one thing! (If you're River Tam.) And interesting. And sometimes you find candy. And they provide a fun change of perspective.
And sometimes they're a good way to find people.
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Date: 2010-01-09 07:17 am (UTC)Damned if you do . . .
"Can I ask about the other party?"
She's pretty certain it's the vampire, but it can't hurt to check.
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Date: 2010-01-09 07:20 am (UTC)So that's a yes.
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Date: 2010-01-09 07:21 am (UTC)"So. The vampire?" She swallows. "Just checking."
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Date: 2010-01-09 07:29 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-09 07:39 am (UTC)(I prefer the quiet and the comfort of darkness. . . . I have forgotten my manners.)
I know."
She folds her arms, tucking the bite on her wrist against herself.
"You don't have any suggestions for finding lost memories, do you?" she adds, very rueful, then shakes her head. "Sorry. That's kind of -- tangential."
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Date: 2010-01-09 08:00 am (UTC)River's posture is a little hunched; her gaze is now firmly fixed on something across the room.
(The names of the doctors. The names of the teachers. What were they?)
Low, "Hypnosis is a proven facilitator. Under optimized conditions."
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Date: 2010-01-09 08:04 am (UTC)"I'd thought about that," slowly, "but I don't think I know anyone with that particular skill set."
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Date: 2010-01-11 03:06 pm (UTC)"Watch the bullets."
If Roland comes around again, maybe.
A beat; her eyes dart back to Nita. "Ask the undermind. You know it. Just got hidden."
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Date: 2010-01-12 07:17 am (UTC)"I know," tiredly. "I guess if I'm supposed to find it, I'll find it. The Powers have a way of making that kind of thing work out."
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Date: 2010-01-12 04:04 pm (UTC)Ka, she'd say, because she was well taught by one Roland Deschain. But it amounts to the same thing in the end, maybe.
(Except that Nita's much fonder of her Powers than River is of ka.)
"We'll help. In the couch cushions."
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Date: 2010-01-13 12:20 am (UTC)Blowing out a breath, she straightens. "Okay, let me see if I've got all this. Puck has promised the vampire that he'll do something, in exchange for his own safety, and he'll be released from that bond when he completes that task. And in the meantime, he can't talk about it. Does that sound right?"
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Date: 2010-01-13 03:38 am (UTC)At the end of that, she waits for a second or two more, to make sure, and then nods once, firmly.
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Date: 2010-01-14 07:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-01-16 04:18 am (UTC)"It's a deal," she says, and oh, there's the smile, tiny and sweet.