[Jinx is awake. She has been for the past few days. It's still difficult for her to move much, so she's propped up on her hospital bed. Her hair is stringy and greasy, falling around her shoulders. Her face is pale, lacking any trace of makeup. For a moment, it looks like she's about to say something, but her shoulders drop, her lips purse, she
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He appears at her door about fifteen minutes later, dressed in his pyjamas and robe and looking tired. Brittle.]
May I come in?
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The only acknowledgement she gives the boy is a single, slow nod.]
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Hey, sweetie. [Very soft, very concerned.] Don't worry, I'm not gonna ask you the stupid questions. But just so you know, if there's anything you and Gabe need you can give me a call. Okay?
And if you're in the mood for people, I'll come visit after work. [And with that faintest hint of a smile:] Can't NOT see my fellow baddest woman alive after she got me worried this bad.
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The title's yours, by the way. You win.
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Mmm, I don't mind sharing it. Sometimes. So do I get to come or not?
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[She's genuinely curious, which is at least a small reprieve from everything else she's feeling. Who wants to sit with this mess voluntarily?]
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...Jinx? Is it okay if I come visit?
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Yes.
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[And true to his word, he appears in the far corner of Jinx's hospital room in a swirl of darkness.]
...Hey, sis.
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Hey.
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Thank you.
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Hey, what kinda uncle would I be if I forgot my own niece?
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A b-bad one.
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But she'd hovered in the Med Center on and off for the past week anyway, just as worried about the sorceress as her brother was. Or ... almost. Anna might not have been too displeased to have the child gone- but on the other side of that coin, a mother losing their child was ...]
Knock knock. [Peeking in near the door.
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Hey.
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