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Post by Fear on Nov 22, 2006 13:03:27 GMT -5
"Hello there." Khe said with a kind smile. "Bored with your serpentine self?"
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Post by Avi on Nov 22, 2006 16:25:50 GMT -5
"No," she said dryly, "I think it got bored of /me/..." Tessa sat back down beside him, leaning against the foot of the bed.
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Post by Fear on Nov 22, 2006 17:05:37 GMT -5
"So...I guess now its time to get to the point I think...so why did you run when I offered you that mouse?" He asked, curiosity plain in his voice.
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Post by Avi on Nov 22, 2006 17:38:36 GMT -5
"I..I don't know," she faltered, avoiding to look him in the eyes. It was complicated. And Tessa didn't want to explain.
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Post by Fear on Nov 22, 2006 17:52:59 GMT -5
"Is it really complicated, or do you just not wanna tell me...or is it both?" He asked with a sly grin. He had a talent for reading people's expressions, a talent that had saved him more times than he could count.
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Post by Avi on Nov 22, 2006 17:54:35 GMT -5
"Both," Tessa replied reluctantly, meeting his gaze again. He still hadn't managed to pick up his hat and put it back on...but in her mind, he looked better without it. And why was she thinking these thoughts?
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Post by Fear on Nov 22, 2006 18:06:18 GMT -5
Khe smiled kindly. "Thats alright, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to, i don't mind."
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Post by Avi on Nov 22, 2006 21:56:06 GMT -5
((You use the word kindly too much...it's beginning to become irksome....))
"I wouldn't tell you even if it wasn't okay with me not telling you." she said somewhat coldly, topaz eyes squarely meeting his. As soon as the words had left Tessa's mouth she regretted them; they were too harsh, too devoid of emotion. And as for emotion, she was experiencing a very odd one right now for the man, one which she had never experienced in either the Collective or Guild. It was, however, akin to the feeling that had enveloped her as she had Bonded to Oyam, a feeling of wholeness, and.... No. Tessa wouldn't think of the word. Especially if it only brough heartbreak, which she knew could result from it....
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Post by Fear on Nov 22, 2006 22:37:35 GMT -5
Khe laughed. "Oh come on, you know what I meant." he snickered, ignoring her cold tone.
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Post by Avi on Nov 23, 2006 9:19:56 GMT -5
"Maybe." It was getting confusing to figure out what people really meant and what she really meant. Tessa felt a bit of a headache coming on...
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Post by Fear on Nov 23, 2006 21:41:26 GMT -5
"Now that we've laid that question to rest, is there anything you'd like to talk about?" Khe asked with an inquisitive expression.
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Post by Avi on Nov 23, 2006 21:45:27 GMT -5
"Not exactly..." Tessa muttered, now staring at the hat on the floor. Unbidden, a memory of Oyam came to mind, painful in a way. Tessa couldn't reach her spirit anymore, leaving bereft and soemwhat alone, vulnerable.... "Do you know what the big deal about Salem is?" she asked suddenly. Maybe he knew soemthign of the man, and how he had risen so high in the Colective without even doing any hard work to get there.
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Post by Fear on Nov 23, 2006 22:07:27 GMT -5
"What do you mean?" Khe asked, not fully understanding the question.
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Post by Avi on Nov 23, 2006 22:14:41 GMT -5
"Just him." She waved a hand to gesture everything before turning attention back to Khe. "What divides him from us, and how'd he get there?"
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Post by Fear on Nov 24, 2006 18:45:20 GMT -5
"Oh that, well he used to have quite the reputation..." Khe began, thinking back.
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