After her encounter with Liir yesterday and the return of her memories, Elphaba had fled to seek solace in nature. Not that solace was easy to find when forced to accept the truth. She was Liir's mother.
She heard rustling and jumped up from her spot when the beast bounded toward her.
"Makejoy," he said clearly, to the dog, "leave her be. She wants nothing to do with us. You know the rules."
The dog didn't do anything but look at Elphaba, asking why she wanted nothing to do with them. But a moment later, she bounded back to Liir.
The boy was tall, but the dog was almost as big as him. He had his father's lithe, broadshouldered build, the height they shared. The boy was also still.
That wasn't entirely true. Elphaba would have preferred to have nothing to do with them, yes, but now that she knew. Now that she remembered, she felt like she needed to do something.
"Liir."
It was the first time she had spoken the boy's name.
It was not in Elphaba's nature to apologize. Nor to ask forgiveness for the things she had done. But now that she knew without a doubt that he was the product of the all too fleeting love between herself and Fiyero, she had to say something. Do something. Acknowledge him.
"I am. It's far better than Oz, really," he said, "and I'm much safer here. I have... I have friends here. One so close I call her 'sister'."
He swallowed.
"I have a chance here, though Lurline only knows how I got here. I don't know any more than you do about that; I was on my way to join the Home Guard to keep body and soul together when I showed up."
Elphaba nodded. It had been so long since she had carried on a normal conversation that she was finding it difficult, but she felt she needed to try. "What is this place?"
Maybe now that they weren't screaming at each other, he would answer.
She heard rustling and jumped up from her spot when the beast bounded toward her.
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She looked up, past the dog, and saw Liir.
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The dog didn't do anything but look at Elphaba, asking why she wanted nothing to do with them. But a moment later, she bounded back to Liir.
The boy was tall, but the dog was almost as big as him. He had his father's lithe, broadshouldered build, the height they shared. The boy was also still.
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"Liir."
It was the first time she had spoken the boy's name.
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"Yes?"
But he didn't step any closer.
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It was not in Elphaba's nature to apologize. Nor to ask forgiveness for the things she had done. But now that she knew without a doubt that he was the product of the all too fleeting love between herself and Fiyero, she had to say something. Do something. Acknowledge him.
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"Are you happy here?" she blurted out, still unsure exactly where here was.
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He swallowed.
"I have a chance here, though Lurline only knows how I got here. I don't know any more than you do about that; I was on my way to join the Home Guard to keep body and soul together when I showed up."
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Maybe now that they weren't screaming at each other, he would answer.
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"But it is connected to all manner of places, all manner of worlds, including the one Dorothy came from.
"It's even connected to an Oz in the future, five hundred years from now. I went there."
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Which, was a rather obvious statement, all things considered.
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"You're not the only one who was surprised at that. I kept thinking it was this place, but discovered I was quite wrong."
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That... was almost motherly.
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"And I've been taking lessons. What I did for you, though... I've always been able to do that. I never knew others couldn't."
Because no one had told him what was normal and what wasn't. No one had told him much of anything.
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