Will Graham (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
empathicfault) wrote2023-06-18 11:04 am
empathicfault) wrote2023-06-18 11:04 am
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[Open for text/audio/action/whatever.]
[Open for text/audio/action/whatever.]
Okay. [ Will's not going to push. ]
All right. Thanks for the call.
[ Just to reiterate. If Neal doesn't say anything else, he'll hang up there. He doesn't expect Neal wants to linger. ]
All right. Thanks for the call.
[ Just to reiterate. If Neal doesn't say anything else, he'll hang up there. He doesn't expect Neal wants to linger. ]
Oh, good. I couldn't remember.
A dwarf? At least you weren't working for the Company. Should I ask who your brother was?
A dwarf? At least you weren't working for the Company. Should I ask who your brother was?
Mmm. That's better than it could be, at least.
I was a journalist. Wanted to blow the whole story on Chesney wide open. But I got caught before I got out of there.
I didn't really have any close family, but...uh. I didn't have the empathy condition, either.
I was a journalist. Wanted to blow the whole story on Chesney wide open. But I got caught before I got out of there.
I didn't really have any close family, but...uh. I didn't have the empathy condition, either.
[ His voice grows bitter as he answers. ] I wanted to learn magic to overthrow Chesney. They'd dumped me in the Dark Army with the convicts, and I had to fight my way out. I was done worrying about appeasing public opinion after that.
But here- it's. I didn't know how quiet my mind was. Even the parts of my cabin that I just left feel like they're yelling at me. I'm a little scared to head out into the rest of the Barge.
It'll be fine. I just...need to adjust. Get used to headaches again.
But here- it's. I didn't know how quiet my mind was. Even the parts of my cabin that I just left feel like they're yelling at me. I'm a little scared to head out into the rest of the Barge.
It'll be fine. I just...need to adjust. Get used to headaches again.
Will smiles down at Malcolm. "I won't give you up, either. Never. If that's something I have to do to graduate, then this whole system isn't what we thought it was."
And they'd figure out some other way to get him out of there, then. "But that's not the impression I've gotten from this place."
And they'd figure out some other way to get him out of there, then. "But that's not the impression I've gotten from this place."
Thanks. Could you walk the dogs for a day or two? I think Jax was with--
Oh, hell. Jasper's going to be a mess. Harkin...my brother.
Oh, hell. Jasper's going to be a mess. Harkin...my brother.
"Me either," Malcolm agrees, settling back against Will's shoulder. "Love is something, existentially, the Admiral seems to want people to have more of.'
That's fine. Jet's good with you. And Jax...honestly, he might help Harkin out, too. But I'll check in on them.
Just figured that they might want some exercise while I'm out of commission.
Just figured that they might want some exercise while I'm out of commission.
No, I wouldn't suggest it. Hold off on Jax until we know what's up with him. I trust any of Hark's incarnations with a dog.
I met him, during the Breach. Name's Jasper, he's magical, lots of family. That's going to be tough coming back to this. Remembering the curse...all of that.
He might not want to be around people for awhile, anyway. Hopefully, he'll still let me in.
I met him, during the Breach. Name's Jasper, he's magical, lots of family. That's going to be tough coming back to this. Remembering the curse...all of that.
He might not want to be around people for awhile, anyway. Hopefully, he'll still let me in.
I know. I do know that.
But sometimes it's better to hear it from someone else, too. So...thanks. I should be able to keep a handle on my feelings until he's through the worst of it.
But sometimes it's better to hear it from someone else, too. So...thanks. I should be able to keep a handle on my feelings until he's through the worst of it.
...well, I- if he doesn't know who I am, I'm not going to hold it against him. It's not his fault.
And as we talked about...apparently not too long ago, I can get possessive. So count this as me trying not to do that.
And as we talked about...apparently not too long ago, I can get possessive. So count this as me trying not to do that.
I just don't want to lose him as a brother. That's all.
...if I start having a rough time, I'll tell you about it. How about that? At least get it off my chest.
...if I start having a rough time, I'll tell you about it. How about that? At least get it off my chest.
[ He takes a moment to think that over. ]
Yes, probably for the best. Maybe I'll feel more like myself the next time I see you.
Yes, probably for the best. Maybe I'll feel more like myself the next time I see you.
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