Blood and Water

[xblack_wingedx]

I found Owen in the small sitting room sound asleep on the damp sofa. There were towels everywhere. He had obviously been trying to salvage whatever he could after the sprinkler incident. I knelt down beside him and brushed a strand of blond hair from his face, watching his eyes move beneath their lids in deep REM sleep. For a moment, I considered

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[owen_nash]

I've missed you.

[xblack_wingedx]

I've only been gone a few nights.

[owen_nash]

I was afraid you wouldn't come back.

[xblack_wingedx]

And leave you all alone? Never. Besides, you managed to keep yourself entertained in my absence.

[owen_nash]

I was becoming frightened. I'm sorry.

[xblack_wingedx]

My locks should not have been broken, but you didn't break them. Do you have questions about the rooms you discovered?

[owen_nash]

You know that I do and that I don't want to ask.

[xblack_wingedx]

You know you can ask me anything. There are, of course, some things you may prefer not to know.

[owen_nash]

The money. Did people die?

[xblack_wingedx]

Yes. Many people lost their lives over that money. Do I need to have it counted again?

[owen_nash]

Were any of them people like me?

Yes.

[xblack_wingedx]

Yes, some of them were innocent like you. I didn't see to any of that personally.

Did you take any of the money?

[owen_nash]

Why do you have it?

Oh no. I wasn't even going to go in there, but I admit I grew curious. I wanted to see all the different currencies.

[xblack_wingedx]

I have it because I arranged for it to be acquired. One can never have too much wealth.

I know you didn't take it, of course. If you want to see the different currencies, you need only ask.

[owen_nash]

Why did you ask me that?

[seraph_tenshi]

Will you really sit in the room full of money and count all the money like $crooge McDuck?