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[nita_callahan]

Nita's practicing the piano. Good for her. The tune is simple, easily recognizable for people from a certain time.

After a little while, she starts to sing -- softly, since she's not that confident in her singing abilities still.

Little darling, it's been a long cold lonely winter
Little darling, it feels like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, do n do do
Here comes the sun and I say
It's all right

Little darling, the smiles returning to the faces
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been here
Here comes the sun, do no do do
Here comes the sun and I say
It's all right

Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...
Sun, sun, sun, here it comes...

Little darling, I feel that ice is slowly melting
Little darling, it seems like years since it's been clear
Here comes the sun, do n do do
Here comes the sun, and I say
It's all right
It's all right

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[nita_callahan]

After a moment, she nods, and repeats "Good. I don't want to see him hurting anyone else again."

[kayip.livejournal.com]

Behrooz doesn't know what he can say to that. There's guilt for what his mother did, for trusting her, for not saying anything sooner. If he'd just told Chase...

"It's my fault," he mumbles, mostly to himself.

[nita_callahan]

She blinks. "What?"

[kayip.livejournal.com]

He hesitates, his hands fidgeting slightly.

"I knew he was doing things before..." he murmurs. "... I didn't say anything."

It wasn't the first time.

[nita_callahan]

She goes very, very still.

". . .How did you know?"

[kayip.livejournal.com]

He hesitates again, his eyes on the floor.

"He told me." Pause. "My mother told me. I made her promise she'd stop it."

He rubs his forehead.

[nita_callahan]

"The agents?"

[kayip.livejournal.com]

Very quietly, He doesn't remember Chase's last name.

I don't trust them.

[nita_callahan]

She swallows. It's what had to be done. . . I did what I had to. . .

"Why not?"

[kayip.livejournal.com]

A long moment, and he looks up at her briefly, and then back down.

[nita_callahan]

She pulls one knee up to her chest and hugs it.

"I know. I guess."

[kayip.livejournal.com]

He looks up again, and quickly away.

"I shouldn't have said anything."

[nita_callahan]

She shrugs. "It's okay. Really."

[kayip.livejournal.com]

"...right," he says in a doubtful tone.

[nita_callahan]

"I mean, if you need to talk, you should talk." She looks down. "Maybe. . . maybe I'm not the person you want to talk to, but still."

[kayip.livejournal.com]

"You know them," he says quietly, after a moment.

[nita_callahan]

". . .Yeah. More or less."

[kayip.livejournal.com]

"More or less," he echoes quietly.

Another pause, and then, "It's just... different out there."

[nita_callahan]

She frowns. "Have you ever thought. . . This place changes people."

[kayip.livejournal.com]

He blinks and looks down.

"Maybe some people," he says.

Pause.

"But things aren't the same here."

[nita_callahan]

She gives him an unhappy look. "I'm starting to get that."

[kayip.livejournal.com]

He looks away.

"Not everyone changes here," he says. And then more quietly, "My mother didn't change here."

[nita_callahan]

She's quiet for a long moment.

"If that's true, I don't blame you for not wanting to go. . . home."

[kayip.livejournal.com]

He looks up, seeming confused for a moment. "She's not..."

Pause.

"Did you know she was dead?"

[nita_callahan]

She blinks. "I. . . no, I don't think I did." Pause. "I'm sorry. Me too."