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intheblanks January 1 2012, 01:47:12 UTC
Things just keep going on and on. That might be an accurate description of the passage of time anywhere but here.

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primrosella January 1 2012, 02:26:00 UTC
Oh, it keeps going on and on here, too! It's just that it doesn't quite seem to go anywhere, while it's at it.

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intheblanks January 1 2012, 04:19:16 UTC
Treading water's a little pointless if you're miles from land.

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primrosella January 1 2012, 04:27:55 UTC
And yet, could you do anything but? Besides, there might be friendly dolphins in the water; one never quite knows.

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intheblanks January 1 2012, 04:31:07 UTC
Have they been re-running Flipper?

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primrosella January 1 2012, 04:40:03 UTC
...I beg your pardon? A flipper?

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intheblanks January 1 2012, 04:43:08 UTC
Doesn't matter. As long as you think the sea life might be friendly.

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primrosella January 1 2012, 04:52:16 UTC
I've certainly met some helpful ones! And of course there are always the sharks, and sometimes even a whale. But, er, in the grand scheme of things, I can't see any reason not to keep one's head above water, whether there seems to be land around or not. After all, one never knows what might come along if one just holds out long enough.

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intheblanks January 1 2012, 19:20:05 UTC
And things can always get better.

[He can't even make that sound like he's trying to agree, but it's a step short of slamming her down. How can you do that to a girl who takes a shipwreck as a chance to meet friendly dolphins?]

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primrosella January 2 2012, 03:21:18 UTC
Yes, they really can. Which is why it's so important to never give up hope, no matter how bad it gets.

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intheblanks January 2 2012, 03:30:07 UTC
[Oh, Rosella. You missed the part where he didn't technically agree.]

...What's the worst thing you've ever done?

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primrosella January 2 2012, 03:31:48 UTC
[She's almost too good at that, sometimes.]

...I'm sorry? The...worst thing I've done?

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intheblanks January 2 2012, 03:34:34 UTC
Yes. How bad has it gotten?

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primrosella January 2 2012, 03:38:43 UTC
[Oh. Well.

Really, if it were most anyone but Chase, she probably wouldn't say. But she remembers years of his counsel, even if he doesn't share those memories, and it's always been easy to talk to him. So.]

I once...killed my best friend. I think that was the worst of all.

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intheblanks January 2 2012, 03:49:11 UTC
[It's not what he expected from a hitherto disney princess.]

On purpose?

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primrosella January 2 2012, 03:52:18 UTC
It was at the time. We were cursed to hate each other, and we both rather...arrived at the same idea, and...

Well, that just made it all the more horrible afterwards, really, when we both woke up and didn't mean it anymore.

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