Guppy is sitting near the door, with his young son. Alex is playing with duplo bricks, lining them up in a row. When he runs out of bricks, he starts the other way around
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Urquhart comes into the back door, with a bundle of demon bunny pelts in his hand. These little beasts taste foul when roasted, but the pelts are fine, and it's fun to shoot them while they are running.
He slams inside, cheerfully, sees the little oriental doctor and the child, and stops dead.
Twenty bricks ten blue four six five yellow one red in a row daddy's shoes scuff mark on the toe high heels under the table nearby new baby screaming in Mia's arms bunny skins falling Big Bad Wolf.
A baby screaming, a very little one, it's new little voice like the calling of seagulls...
Those big dark eyes looking right into him, knowing him, knowing him to be guilty, guilty of allowing the soldiers...
Oh no, guilty of slapping a village idiot, of scaring a doctor, of trying to kill a student, of slamming a door into a man's face...
Memory falls on Urquhart like a large bucket of icy water that had been perched on a half-open door. He gives a great moan and sinks to the floor, black cloak and blond hair falling around him, hiding him as he curls up and groans.
Guppy looks where his son is looking. He scoops the boy up and goes to the door, speaking to his wife on the other side before sending the child back. He then timidly approaches Urquhart, still holding his stun gun.
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He slams inside, cheerfully, sees the little oriental doctor and the child, and stops dead.
The child! Oh no, the child!
The furs scatter around his feet.
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But Alex sees a lot of things...
Twenty bricks ten blue four six five yellow one red in a row daddy's shoes scuff mark on the toe high heels under the table nearby new baby screaming in Mia's arms bunny skins falling Big Bad Wolf.
The toddler looks directly at him.
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Those big dark eyes looking right into him, knowing him, knowing him to be guilty, guilty of allowing the soldiers...
Oh no, guilty of slapping a village idiot, of scaring a doctor, of trying to kill a student, of slamming a door into a man's face...
Memory falls on Urquhart like a large bucket of icy water that had been perched on a half-open door. He gives a great moan and sinks to the floor, black cloak and blond hair falling around him, hiding him as he curls up and groans.
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Guppy looks where his son is looking. He scoops the boy up and goes to the door, speaking to his wife on the other side before sending the child back. He then timidly approaches Urquhart, still holding his stun gun.
"Urquhart?"
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"Enzo." Alex says, looking at Enzo's boots for the icon rather than his face. Nothing personal, of course.
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"He's probably hoping they make boots like that in his size."
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