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1stmacleod ([personal profile] 1stmacleod) wrote2010-09-16 08:36 pm
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Kairos is very nice, and he's glad of the place to stay, but after five years of wandering Connor gets restless easily. His nightmares are back, if not as bad as they used to be, so he's restless and tired, which isn't a good combination. Teaching and sparring with Jelani helps occupy his time, though, and so does cooking for Kairos. He still has too much spare time, so he sits on the fringes of the Nexus, and watches, and puts off going home to his own world.
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[identity profile] 1stmacleod.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"I like blue. My clan tartan has a lot of blue." He's not normally tactful, but he knows when to be. It's as blue as his own eyes, which is only sort of, but that's good enough.
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[personal profile] random_xtras 2010-09-17 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
She looks up, eyes now bright with curiosity. "What does clan mean? And tartan?"

[identity profile] 1stmacleod.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"Clan is... like a big family..." His voice goes a little hoarser, and his eyes sad. A group of people only distantly related by blood but all living together. Where I grew up, we lived in clan villages, and every clan had their own tartan- a plaid. A woven pattern."
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[personal profile] random_xtras 2010-09-17 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ohhhh." She snuggles unconsciously in response to the sadness. "I'm not related to my family, either. I'm not related to anybody anymore."

[identity profile] 1stmacleod.livejournal.com 2010-09-17 11:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Connor looks down at her, smiling gently. "I'm sorry... I have a... a distant cousin, but that's all. I used to have an adopted daughter..."
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[personal profile] random_xtras 2010-09-18 10:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Nearly invisible little eyebrows lift quizzically. "Is your cousin that yucky?"

[identity profile] 1stmacleod.livejournal.com 2010-09-19 12:20 am (UTC)(link)
"He's... not yucky." Connor looks bewildered. "When did I say that?"
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[personal profile] random_xtras 2010-09-19 12:32 am (UTC)(link)
"You said you were sorry you had a distant cousin." She frowns a bit.

Perfect misunderstanding.

[identity profile] 1stmacleod.livejournal.com 2010-09-19 12:34 am (UTC)(link)
He gives a soft, raspy chuckle. "Now I'm sorry I phrased it badly. Too many languages in my head. I'm sorry you're not related to anybody anymore. And I have a distant cousin. Who is very not yucky. He's... he's been my best friend for a long time. I've known him longer than anybody else in the world." He sounds wistful.
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[personal profile] random_xtras 2010-09-19 12:39 am (UTC)(link)
"Ohhhh!" Understanding shows. But then she's frowning again. "Why are you sorry?"

[identity profile] 1stmacleod.livejournal.com 2010-09-19 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Because I assume you were related to somebody, once, and now they're gone. I know what that's like."
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[personal profile] random_xtras 2010-09-19 05:41 pm (UTC)(link)
A small hand patpats his gently. "The people I was related to went away before I could even think and see outside my egg, so I don't miss them. It's okay."

[identity profile] 1stmacleod.livejournal.com 2010-09-20 02:32 pm (UTC)(link)
She came out of an egg? That's a new one, but somehow, Connor's not as surprised as he thinks he should be. "But you do have people to take care of you?"
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