It's my and Even's birthday today. I'm 12, I think.

[Pause. It's like a moment of silence.]

When's everyone else's birthday? Do you know?

[She's trying to make conversation. Trying. Lily searches desperately for something else to say.]

And what's your favorite movie? I like Terminator, 'cause it's all like... explosions.

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WHERE AM I?

[She sounds horrified. Nobody has ever heard her this frightened - except Haine.]

kenny

[Lily, running through the halls, lost and seeing demons from the past, turns what she thinks is a corner. She, um, runs into a wall ( Read more... )

Ganny got my ring back! I felt really weird without it.

[Pause.]

Kind of like... lost.

[Moving on...]

So ummm, isn't it Christmas soon? Is there gonna be a party? 'Cause I like parties!

EVEN'S RING IS GONE.

[This statement is punctuated by a very loud noise that sounds suspiciously like a desk being overturned. There's the tap-tap-tap of little girl feet, then some sheets being pulled off a bed.]

Where is it where is it where is it where is it where is it-

[A bureau falling to the floor, the splintering of wood.

Silence.]

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I found a book in the library with lots of pictures called... [Pause.] "Mama, Do You Love Me". And the people have funny clothes and one of them is really big and fat. And there's a part where the girl I think says, um... "What if I turned into a... p-polar...? polar bear, and I was the mmmeanest bear you ever saw and I had sharp, shin-ee shiny ( Read more... )

It's his birthday today. Mine too.

... Is Kage back yet?

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...

I...

[A rustle of fabric, a breath. A barely choked back sob.]

... Brother? Brother? Haine? A-are you okay? Haine?

...

Even?

Even? Even?

People are saying you're dead.

B-but you're not, right? Not again. Not again, right?

Right?

Evennn? Evennn! Let's do somethinggg! ... I'm lonely.

... Oh, yeah! Can I talk to, umm... James...? James! Can I talk to James?