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trustfell2015-12-07 11:23 pm
ninehundredlives) wrote in trustfell2015-12-07 11:23 pm
So When Sleep Just Won't Come
[Well, that sure did happen.
Logan is dead, and for once the rest of the students were all there to bear witness. After that, does anybody really want to lie alone in their dark bedrooms all night?
Of course not. That's why people are gathering in the dining hall. It's still dark, but the room is lit with a hastily-assembled host of candles, mostly forming a protective half-circle around the far corner of the room. There's also at least one garbage-can fire, courtesy of Sukuyo. Will that be enough to keep the shadows at bay? Only one way to find out...
There's pillows and blankets too, but try not to fall asleep out here. Keep an eye out for any neighbors who might be nodding off too. That would be against the rules, and there's been more than enough punishment for one night.]
Logan is dead, and for once the rest of the students were all there to bear witness. After that, does anybody really want to lie alone in their dark bedrooms all night?
Of course not. That's why people are gathering in the dining hall. It's still dark, but the room is lit with a hastily-assembled host of candles, mostly forming a protective half-circle around the far corner of the room. There's also at least one garbage-can fire, courtesy of Sukuyo. Will that be enough to keep the shadows at bay? Only one way to find out...
There's pillows and blankets too, but try not to fall asleep out here. Keep an eye out for any neighbors who might be nodding off too. That would be against the rules, and there's been more than enough punishment for one night.]
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But when Cabanela talks, her already-quick mind is firing on all cylinders and something just clicks.
Maybe she's wrong. Quite possibly she's wrong. But Youko, for the brief moments she's Youko again will never, ever acknowledge that, because being right about this is the best possible outcome for him. ]
I told him.
[ It's quiet, probably too quiet to be heard by any of the others so Youko repeats herself, tears rolling down her cheeks while she smiles contentedly. ]
I told him he wasn't tainted, that what happened in Aurora hadn't turned him into glass. That he wasn't broken, not a little, not at all, that he'd just changed and that was fine and he was so, so strong and he was perfect, he-
[ Youko cuts herself off with a vicious shake of her head, now is most definitely NOT the time to get distracted. ]
I was right. He was stronger for the crawler [ and no proper noun for you, HA HA! ] having touched him. Not weaker. That's why he could do that. That's why he came back.
[ And wherever he was now, he had to know that too. Logan could not beat himself up over that any longer. He was free. ]
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Cabanela smiles. It's a sad smile, and it's clear even at a glance that he's fighting back tears.]
He wanted to protect all of us. That's not something someone who is weak could do. He protected us all.