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Post by victoriousscarf on Feb 22, 2011 19:26:53 GMT -8
"Good," Mac said, swallowing and looking out the window.
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Post by qualapec on Feb 22, 2011 19:57:42 GMT -8
"I really did intend for things to be quiet when I came back. I thought coming back and settling down would make everything silent but it...didn't."
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Post by victoriousscarf on Feb 22, 2011 19:58:50 GMT -8
Mac turned his gaze back to the other. "I'm sorry," he said and actually meant it, his eyes straying to the scar around the other's neck again. "What happened, when you were gone then?"
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Post by qualapec on Feb 22, 2011 20:09:34 GMT -8
"You mean in the South," Brachen said quietly. "I...I ran into some trouble. Some folks didn't like my spiritual affiliations so much. And that cat I killed. City got scared." He stopped, shivering at the memory. "They ah, put together a mob."
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Post by victoriousscarf on Feb 22, 2011 20:27:35 GMT -8
For a long moment Mac didn't respond at all, his mind going blank. "Mob?" he said finally. "They put together a... mob?"
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Post by qualapec on Feb 22, 2011 20:30:40 GMT -8
"Lynch mob," Brachen finally managed to say. The words spilled off of his tongue like an impossible weight he'd been bearing. "They ah...botched it."
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Post by victoriousscarf on Feb 22, 2011 20:32:23 GMT -8
Another moment passed before Mac could respond. "Well, I'm glad of that at least... the, the botchin' of it."
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Post by qualapec on Feb 22, 2011 20:37:55 GMT -8
"Earlier you said you thought I was long gone. I almost was." Brachen shuddered. "I didn't want to die without seeing Felidae..." you "...again. That's why I took the risk and came back." He swallowed thickly, ran a paw over the scar. "It hurt a lot." Suddenly, he was wondering if he should give Mac the letter he'd written, but decided not to. This would be bothersome enough anyway.
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Post by victoriousscarf on Feb 22, 2011 20:55:51 GMT -8
Mac took a long shallow breath, glancing around the cafe before returning his gaze to the other. He noticed a waitress about to approach and waved her away shortly. "It looks like it hurt," he said finally. "But you're here now."
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Post by qualapec on Feb 22, 2011 21:00:08 GMT -8
"Yeah," Brachen replied, smiling, "I am. I think something snapped back there but I'm here well enough."
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Post by victoriousscarf on Feb 22, 2011 21:11:08 GMT -8
One of Mac's eyelids flickered at the mention of snapping there, biting back the fact that it seemed Brachen was snapping her just as well enough. But like hell was he actually going to say that. "Good," he said softly. "And, really, come ta me if you need anythin'."
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Post by qualapec on Feb 22, 2011 22:31:41 GMT -8
"I will," Brachen asked. "I know I can count on you."
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Post by victoriousscarf on Feb 22, 2011 22:33:09 GMT -8
Mac nodded, smiling faintly. "Yeah, it's what I'm here for."
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Post by qualapec on Feb 23, 2011 21:28:14 GMT -8
"But that's not why you're here," Brachen offered softly. "What tipped you off that it was me?"
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Post by victoriousscarf on Feb 23, 2011 21:41:41 GMT -8
"Read the newspaper," Mac said quietly. "And I remember you ta well ta not know it was you."
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