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sereneflame ([personal profile] sereneflame) wrote in [community profile] epidemiology 2016-06-20 10:07 am (UTC)

She listened to his little snaps in silence, not having the energy to argue him down as he rattled on in his huff, but when he heaves himself out of the water she sighs.

"...Wait. You haven't finished your bath, don't go."

She's too weak; she should prefer being alone to being alone with a carnivore. She lifts her head to look at him through the darkness as she offers a grudging olive branch.

"You're the first person I've broached this subject with who hasn't shrugged in utter apathy or declared his joy at being a superior being. You aren't a monster." Sinking back again she groaned. "It would be easier if you were a monster. Why did you have to a kind person?"

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