Garage//voice//action

[byweavinglives]

[There's the sound of metal on metal, and then an odd clicking, like heels on cement. The singing is low and soft, like she doesn't want to be heard]

The itsy-bitsy spider went up the water spout,
Down came the rain and washed the spider out,
Up came the sun and dried up all the rain,
And the itsy-bitsy spider went up the spout again.

[There's a

Comments

[adamantined]

Talk about an earworm.

[adamantined]

My jokes aren't that funny, anyway, so it's not like you're missing out on anything.

[byweavinglives]

Did everything settle with Robert?

[adamantined]

[adamantined]

Things have settled down. Why do you ask?

[byweavinglives]

Because I'm curious.

[adamantined]

Why are you curious? Well, things have settled down. I don't know how else to put it.

[byweavinglives]

So you've forgiven him.

[adamantined]

I didn't say that. It's not that simple, though, with curses.

[byweavinglives]

No? What makes it complicated?

[adamantined]

What doesn't make it complicated? Curses are basically designed to complicate things. It's a rare curse that just lets you run around without any kind of consequences later. Even the harmless ones can have an effect on people, just depending on what kind of person they are.

[byweavinglives]

He was compelled to marry someone else. What does that have to do with you?

[adamantined]

If you're asking me whether or not everything's settled with him, obviously you've got to have some idea.

[byweavinglives]

I know you were upset. That doesn't mean it makes sense.

[adamantined]

Why do you think that doesn't make sense?

[byweavinglives]

Did he do it specifically to hurt you?