In this body, in this cave, in
their lives…
I... In this body, in this cave, in
their lives…
I disagree
Look, just stop trying to annihilate yourself, okay? Because if I think you can do it, I'll make
Doc pull me out todayJust imagine what he would do
I imagined it for her, smiling a little through my tearsemember? He said no guarantees about
what he would or wouldn't do to keep you hereI thought of those burning kisses in the hall…
thought of other kisses and other nights in her memoryMy face warmed as I blushedNo more silent treatment
We thought of other things then, things that didn't hurtLike where we would send the Seeker
Mel was all for the Mists Planet after my story tonight, but I thought the Planet of the Flowers
would
chanel cambon tote be more fittingThere wasn't a mellower planet in the universeThe Seeker needed a nice
long lifetime eating sunshine
We thought of my memories, the pretty onesThe ice castles and the night music and the
colored sunsThey were like fairytales to herAnd she told me fairytales, tooGlass slippers,
poisoned apples, mermaids who wanted to have souls…
Of course, we didn't have time to tell many stories
They all returned togetherJared had come back through the main entranceIt had taken so
very little time–perhaps he'd just driven the jeep around to the north side and hidden it under the
overhang there
I heard their voices coming, subdued, serious, low, and knew from their tone that the
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was with themKnew that the time had come for the first stage of my deathYou're going to have to help them do this when I'm –
No!
But she wasn't protesting my instruction, just the conclusion of my thought
Jared was the one who carried the Seeker into the roomHe came first, the others behind
Aaron and Brandt both had the guns ready–in case she was only feigning unconsciousness,
perhaps, and about to jump up and attack them with her tiny handsJeb and Doc came last, and
I knew Jeb's canny eyes would be on my faceHow much had he figured out already with his
crazy, insightful shrewdness?
I kept myself focused on the task at hand
Jared laid the Seeker's inert form on the cot with
tiffany heart tag exceptional gentlenessThis might have
bothered me before, but now it touched meI understood that he did this for me, wishing that
he could have treated me this way in the beginning
“Doc, where's the No Pain?”
“I'll get it for you,” he murmured
I stared at the Seeker's face while I waited, wondering what it would look like when her host
was freeWould anything be left? Would the host be empty or would the rightful owner reassert
herself? Would the face be less repugnant to me when another awareness looked out of those
eyes?
“Here you go Doc put the canister in my hand
I pulled out one thin tissue square and handed the container back to him
I found myself reluctant to touch the Seeker, but
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purposefully as I pulled her chin down and put the No Pain on her tongueHer face was very
small–it made my hands feel bigHer tiny size always threw me offIt seemed so inappropriate
I closed her mouth againIt was moist–the medicine would dissolve quickly
“Jared, could you please roll her onto her stomach?” I asked
He did as I asked–again, gentlyJust then, the propane lantern flared to lifeThe cave was
suddenly bright, almost like daylightI glanced up instinctively and saw that Doc had covered
the big holes in the roof with tarps to keep our light from escapingHe'd done a lot of
preparation in our absenceI could hear the Seeker breathing evenly in and
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