14. marmoreal
[Private to Iris and Simon, text]
thank you for trying
[Private to Mal, text]
What happened to you?
[After you saw me.]
[Private to Luna, voice]
Do you like pancakes?
[Spam for Mickey, Helena, Cassel, and Stephen]
[Sometime in the night, she breaks into their cabins, quietly. She just wants to watch for a while. Just wants to see that they're okay. If they wake, they might find her perched nearby, scribbling in a notebook. Or maybe just staring, small and still, chin on her knees.]
thank you for trying
[Private to Mal, text]
What happened to you?
[After you saw me.]
[Private to Luna, voice]
Do you like pancakes?
[Spam for Mickey, Helena, Cassel, and Stephen]
[Sometime in the night, she breaks into their cabins, quietly. She just wants to watch for a while. Just wants to see that they're okay. If they wake, they might find her perched nearby, scribbling in a notebook. Or maybe just staring, small and still, chin on her knees.]
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You couldn't. Now you can.
[The rules change. People change. He didn't know before he got to the Barge, either. Now he can show other people, like Mira, what touch means, what it does for love.]
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Thank you?
[She's hugging him back already though, enthusiastic and tight, just like she's wanted to for a long time.]
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[This he says into her shoulder, his face buried in the soft cloth of her shirt. She smells good - not like his mom at all. He hugs her tighter for it.]