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[underwater-owl.livejournal.com]

Amberite in the bar.

Eating eggs benedict. With roast tomato.

Breakfast IS the first meal of the day, after all. And he didn't bother with that or lunch, so...

But my, doesn't he look cheerful. Come say hello?

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[just-a-soldier.livejournal.com]

"I'm not being ridiculous. I gave my child away because I was not the best thing for it. Why not give Atton up too?"

If it was up to her she would be completely alone. Or at least that was what her selfish, hardened heart told her.

She had been listening to all those people who chastised her and her self-confidence had never been so battered.

[underwater-owl.livejournal.com]

"Atton is the one who decides what's best for him."

He frowns at her.

"How would you react if I told you that people wanted to kill me, and so I was no longer going to speak to you because I decided that it made you 'unsafe'?"

[just-a-soldier.livejournal.com]

"I would tell you that I was perfectly capable of looking after my..."

She paused, Random was annoyingly tricksy at times.

"Thank you. No-one else can make me see how much I've misjudged without making me feel like a failure."

She leaned forward and kissed his cheek before sitting back and smiling.

"You are a good friend."

[underwater-owl.livejournal.com]

He leans back in his seat and smiles, looking relieved.

"I'm very glad I could help. He makes you happy. That's good."

And yes, it is that simple. Why do you ask?

[just-a-soldier.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes I'm not so sure."

She pushed her hair back, glad that he didn't comment on the gown or her shoeless state.

"But I'll work at it, like you said. I am strong."

[underwater-owl.livejournal.com]

"You are."

He smiles.

"Take what life gives you, and make do with it. I'm happy, and look at my situation."

[just-a-soldier.livejournal.com]

"I try to be happy. But it doesn't come as easy to me."

She smiled indulgently.

"I'm a very serious person, you know?"

[underwater-owl.livejournal.com]

"I know."

He grins.

"I'll try to cure you of it."

[just-a-soldier.livejournal.com]

"I've been practising joking."

She said seriously, with no trace of sarcasm. Not to mention the earth phrases she had been trying out.

"Three nuns walk into a bar. The fourth one quacks."

Evidently she would need to practice some more.