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Post by victoriousscarf on May 5, 2011 21:50:25 GMT -8
"What am I supposed ta do?" he asked softly, placing a paw against her cheek and looking for a moment like the lost kit he sometimes suspected he was.
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Post by Meadowlark on May 5, 2011 21:54:08 GMT -8
"I...wish I had an answer for you. You...do what you can for him and trust others to do what they can for you." She leaned very slightly into the touch.
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Post by victoriousscarf on May 5, 2011 21:58:36 GMT -8
"But, I," he shook his head. "I just..."
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Post by Meadowlark on May 5, 2011 22:04:17 GMT -8
"There's only so much you can do, Mac." Grids murmured.
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Post by victoriousscarf on May 5, 2011 22:10:56 GMT -8
Macavity swallowed hard. "I want ta do more..."
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Post by Meadowlark on May 5, 2011 22:14:06 GMT -8
"I know. Do what you can, but you'll drive yourself batty if you push beyond what you can do." She ran her thumb along one of the tabby marks on his cheek.
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Post by victoriousscarf on May 5, 2011 22:30:44 GMT -8
That was perhaps the worst thing to say, considering Brachen. He drew back abruptly, eyes hurt.
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Post by Meadowlark on May 5, 2011 22:33:55 GMT -8
She flinched, realizing what she'd said, "Mac...I-I didn't mean that. I'm sorry."
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Post by victoriousscarf on May 5, 2011 22:37:23 GMT -8
"What would you do?" he asked softly, eyes haunted. "If I did?"
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Post by Meadowlark on May 5, 2011 22:47:39 GMT -8
"I-I..." don't know. "I would do everything in my ability to stop it, and if I couldn't then I'd be there for you to help how I could."
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Post by victoriousscarf on May 5, 2011 23:22:22 GMT -8
He considered her for a long moment, his paws coming up to frame her face. "Oh..."
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Post by Meadowlark on May 5, 2011 23:25:15 GMT -8
One of her paws came up to cover one of his, "O-oh?"
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Post by victoriousscarf on May 5, 2011 23:33:17 GMT -8
"I..." he paused and shook his head, sinking out of the chair to wrap around her. How was he supposed to come close to saying something he hadn't ever said, and at a time when it would only sound like desperation.
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Post by Meadowlark on May 5, 2011 23:37:19 GMT -8
She gently took him in her arms, "Shh. Oh, Mac..."
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Post by victoriousscarf on May 5, 2011 23:42:54 GMT -8
"I don't deserve you," he murmured into her hair.
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