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[misterparker.livejournal.com]

Parker's at a table, reading a newspaper someone left behind. His brow is creased. That might be because of the news. It might be because the date on the paper was sixty years before he was born.

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[almost-arabian.livejournal.com]

Which still makes it after Lawrence was born, but we won't get into that right now.

He slides down next to Parker in the table and grins. "Afternoon."

[misterparker.livejournal.com]

Parker looks up and grins, "Hey."

[almost-arabian.livejournal.com]

"Anything interesting in the paper, hm?"

He tilts his head.

[misterparker.livejournal.com]

Parker shrugs, "League of Nations moved its headquarters to Switzerland?"

There's a slight frown, probably because he has no idea what the League of Nations was.

[almost-arabian.livejournal.com]

"A bloody joke." He shakes his head a little and settles with an arm around Parker's shoulders.

"As if the Swiss will help them reform."

[misterparker.livejournal.com]

Parker looks up, "They wouldn't?"

[almost-arabian.livejournal.com]

"Well, they're rather past reforming, at any rate."

[misterparker.livejournal.com]

Glossing over what he doesn't know, Parker says, "Eh, international relations are always past reforming."

[almost-arabian.livejournal.com]

"Perhaps. It does work on occassion, however. I should know."

His hand slides to the back of Parker's neck, caressing lightly.

[and-far-away.livejournal.com]

It's from after Sharpe was born, too.

He glances across at the paper from his seat not far off, trying to read the pages he can see.

[misterparker.livejournal.com]

Parker looks over the edge of his paper. "You can have it, if you want," he says.

[and-far-away.livejournal.com]

"You sure? I can wait 'til you're done."

[misterparker.livejournal.com]

Parker folds it, hands it over, "It's all history to me, anyway." Snorts a little.

[and-far-away.livejournal.com]

"Yeah? It's the future for me."

He takes it, looking curiously at the headline.

[misterparker.livejournal.com]

A raised eyebrow, "Doesn't that disturb the whole time/space continuation if you read it?"

[and-far-away.livejournal.com]

"Not if it's outside my lifetime."

He thinks.

[misterparker.livejournal.com]

Parker ponders. "But doesn't knowing something far enough in advance mean that it would be changed completely? Unless you beleive in a healing time-space whatever."

[giftedthom.livejournal.com]

*Thom half-falls into the seat opposite.* Hey.

[misterparker.livejournal.com]

A wide grin, "Hey."

[giftedthom.livejournal.com]

You doing OK?

[misterparker.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, this is just," he folds the paper and puts it to the side. "Not as interesting as I thought it would be."

[giftedthom.livejournal.com]

We don't have 'em.

[misterparker.livejournal.com]

"That's probably good," Parker says. "It's a lot of lying on paper."

[giftedthom.livejournal.com]

Oh, then maybe we should.

[misterparker.livejournal.com]

Parker snorts. "From what I hear, that's pretty much all court is."