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Post by Meadowlark on Mar 9, 2011 23:45:33 GMT -8
Cori studied Misto for a long moment, trying to figure out if there was anything else he could say, nothing came to mind. He glanced at his watch before rising.
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Post by victoriousscarf on Mar 9, 2011 23:56:30 GMT -8
Misto's eyes tracked him rising before he abruptly let them fall again, swallowing but unsure what to do. Was there even protocol for something like this?
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Post by Meadowlark on Mar 10, 2011 0:00:34 GMT -8
Cori considered for another moment. "Are you going to be alright?"
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Post by victoriousscarf on Mar 10, 2011 0:19:12 GMT -8
For a moment all Misto could do was blink at him. "Really? No, I'm not going to be alright, but I'll survive well enough I suppose."
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Post by Meadowlark on Mar 10, 2011 8:23:33 GMT -8
That was enough to make Cori stop. He could just call in to the courthouse..."I...I see."
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Post by victoriousscarf on Mar 10, 2011 9:11:46 GMT -8
Shocked, Misto's eyes actually snapped up toward Coricopat's face. He was stopping...? One ear flickered back again. "Oh, you still don't make sense," he muttered more to himself than the other. "Why does it matter to you?" he asked softly.
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Post by Meadowlark on Mar 10, 2011 9:15:30 GMT -8
Cori considered the question and then half-shrugged. "Why shouldn't it?"
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Post by victoriousscarf on Mar 10, 2011 9:18:10 GMT -8
He got another slow blink and Misto sagged against the bed slightly more. "I... because you've been doing almost everything you possibly could to show how little you care. Then you show up here, saying you were concerned and..." he shook his head very slightly, not wanting to hurt it again. "And I'm tired, and I'm hurting, and am I ever actually going to get an answer out of you? A straight one, about anything."
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Post by Meadowlark on Mar 10, 2011 9:20:19 GMT -8
Coricopat almost protested that he hadn't, but he knew that he couldn't even spin that as a half-truth. "I..." He took a deep breath. "I can't risk it."
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Post by victoriousscarf on Mar 10, 2011 9:26:07 GMT -8
"Risk what?" Misto asked softly. "Me?"
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Post by Meadowlark on Mar 10, 2011 9:27:32 GMT -8
Coricopat sank back down in the chair before nodding very slightly. "Yes. You. I just...I can't."
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Post by victoriousscarf on Mar 10, 2011 14:57:46 GMT -8
Misto blinked at him, shocked by the honesty of the answer. "Why? Because of things like this?" he asked, motioning slightly to his different bandages. "Or, other things, or, what?"
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Post by Meadowlark on Mar 10, 2011 15:00:26 GMT -8
"I don't know. Perhaps. I can't afford it." He kept his gaze averted from Misto's. "I can't risk that sort of a weakness."
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Post by victoriousscarf on Mar 10, 2011 15:01:37 GMT -8
"So," Misto said slowly, hardly daring to believe it. "I would be a weakness then."
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Post by Meadowlark on Mar 10, 2011 15:02:54 GMT -8
Cor swallowed before nodding very slightly. "You would."
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