[Light was sleeping when the shockwave hit. It's deep, childlike, just as it always is: the sleep of the innocent, or the truly psychopathic. Except that as the wave creeps over him with tenuous fingers, remaking and rewiring him, out of the corners of his mind scuttle ... spiders. Some tiny, some the size of a fist, on black, spiny legs. Some are
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I'm sorry if I disturbed you.
[He almost, almost sounds his usual self - not that Eve would know. It comes across as sombre calm.]
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Tea can be soothing for that sort of thing.
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Perhaps I'll try it, if it should happen again.
Do you have a preference?
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It has a very nice scent to it and tastes good.
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An interesting recommendation, though. Usually people recommend camomile, or valerian.
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I suppose it really depends on the person.
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Did you get a pet in the end, Eve?
[He knows she's never given him her name. Who is he to keep secrets?]
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[She figures he heard it over the network.]
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[He hears a great deal over the network.]
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I'm sorry about him.
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What is in the past is in the past.
I appreciate it despite that.
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[The theory that people should be able to leave their mistakes behind has never impressed him, and doesn't now.]
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All I can do is keep moving forward. The two weeks aren't up yet. He may come back.
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Thanks for getting in touch, Eve.
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