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[masked_merc]

Week 18

4. "Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway. -- Steven Coallier"

Actually, it's probably not.

That's one of the problems with being immortal-at least, if you don't want to be (Why the fuck anyone would want to be is something I cannot comprehend. Of all the curses in my life, this one is probably the worst, though less so now than it

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[locked to Slade]

[rein_it_in]

I can only think of one reason someone might want that sort of thing and it ain't somethin' I ever would have thought of until recently, or even thought possible.

Re: [locked to Slade]

[masked_merc]

Which reason are you thinking of? If you don't mind me asking.

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[rein_it_in]

Sugar, you ain't the only one who is very long-lived. I don't rightly know if that's the same as immortal but it may as well be from where I'm sittin'. I'm goin' to grow old and die and he ain't and I worry about what's goin' to happen to his tender-hearted self when the time comes. I'd spare him that if I could.

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[masked_merc]

That was the thing that frightened me the worst, when I realized that I was. That everyone I knew and loved was going to age around me. Your Anrai's long-lived, then. Poor man.

...The only things that make it bearable now are that one of the people that cares most about me in this world has taken up an immortality--not of his choice, but because of who and what he is to Africa. And that my wife is doing her damnedest to find a way to keep from leaving me. Knowing her, she will.

Re: [locked to Slade]

[rein_it_in]

If I didn't know how hard it is for him to find someone to love him, I might not worry so much, but what he is? He told me I'm the only one who hasn't left him on findin' out the truth. He's too good a man to be left alone, he don't deserve that.

If she ever figures it out, you let me know how.

Re: [locked to Slade]

[masked_merc]

I don't want to pry, and I don't think I've met the man, but you did make me curious.

Be sure I will.

Re: [locked to Slade]

[rein_it_in]

I'd love for you to meet him. As for the rest, that's his place to say. I've already told you more than I've ever breathed to another soul about this.

You're a peach, darlin'.