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No sequels. That I can promise. But I do like the reset scenario, so I'll be playing with that a lot soon.
Thanks for r/r-ing!
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I really love the possibility of anything happening now that they have supposedly pushed that reset button.
I especially like this line too:
But they’re all flawed and he’s almost scared to call people on theirs for fear of people discovering his own.
:( Poor Jack and Claire heh
But this is great!
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I loved the paragraph about Juliet discovering the balloon and agree with Lenina, the last line is fabulous. I also liked that you worked one of the pregnant women into the story, great job :D
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listen to the words long written down
richard/jacob, richard/alex, pg 13
[It's too long because I obviously can't follow direactions.]
Jacob’s not entirely wrong about people.
Still, it doesn’t change the fact that in the worst of times, they are overrun; having to forage for sustenance, the sea emptied of its once fruitful harvest, and by the end, the ground at their feet is soaked with blood.
“We will be reborn,” Jacob assures at these moments.
Richard nods, believes, watches the others clean up the carnage, and tries to remember his own birth, his mother, a life before this one ( ... )
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By the time Dharma comes and goes again, this is all a distant memory.
The ascension of a man named Ben is the second time Richard doubts. He scares Richard, his defiance, his need to rule. And Richard wants to seek out Jacob, to ask him why, why such a leader? But then he remembers his promise.
Always.
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There’s a small explosion one day, a simple accident, and Alex - once an unwanted infant, now a tolerated young woman - arrives first.
She wants to help, but the team is beyond it and Richard knows it. He watches her at first, still and silent. Then, he grabs her by the shoulders, pulls her away, whispers in her ear.
“There’s nothing to be done.”
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Days later, she confronts him on the path.
“Why are you like that?”
“Like what?”
“Like…” Alex struggles for the words, “not human.”
I’m human, Richard wants to say, but at once he realizes she’s right. He exists on another plane, one with Jacob and the terrible burden he carries. Here, he is disengaged, apart. No. He’s not human anymore ( ... )
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How he believes so much at the beginning and by the end all he knows is doubt :(
and omgsh richard/jacob YES lol totally
And this line:
I’m human, Richard wants to say, but at once he realizes she’s right. He exists on another plane, one with Jacob and the terrible burden he carries. Here, he is disengaged, apart. No. He’s not human anymore.
Aww Richard. Especially since Alex made him feel human again! But then she dies and I just feel SO sad for him in this. He's so alone.
But the gorgeous, awesome fic kind of alone ;)
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Thank you so much! I'm glad you're into this. Also "gorgeous, awesome fic kind of alone" made me giggle.
Look! I wroted!
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I'm glad you liked this! Thanks for reading and reviewing!
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he knows instantaneously that Richard’s even better at getting to people than Ben is, it just isn’t a skill he bothers to use all that often.
I especially like this insight. Great work!
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