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[lastgunslinger]

They've assembled.

It's not a military formation by any means. They're all sitting around in various places.

Roland is standing by the fireplace. It's still summer, so it's not lit...but you'd think it was. His eyes are on the front door.

Another door in his peripheral vision opens, and Eddie and Susannah come out of the staff wing. She kisses him, resting a hand on his face; he picks her up and holds her to him. Roland turns away from this. It's not his business.

It's another few minutes before the door opens, and Shepherd Book sticks his head in the door, looking around. Roland steps forward, eyebrows raised slightly...and when Book nods, Roland turns to look at all the rest, who are looking at him.

And he nods.

Tom, Kitty, Faith, Ace, Susannah, Alain, Cuthbert, and Susan all file out the door onto Serenity. Some linger a little in the door. Some don't.

Roland turns to look at Eddie, and gives him a crooked smile.

Then he goes through the door, and it shuts behind him.

As Mr. Anthony J. Crowley might say, heigh-ho.