The Sorrow was distracted from the sight by a tug on his sleeve.
"'s cold," the girl muttered.
Ah. Right. He had almost forgotten them, these elements that affected the living.
"Let's get you back, then," he said.
The doctor's quarters should still be safe.
They took a circuitous route toward the building that hulked solid and black against the sky, as if in defiance of the recently demonstrated mortality of architecture. After going to the trouble of...preserving this secret, it would do no good to be seen.
"Nadine, was it?" The Sorrow said conversationally.
The going was slow, for the both of them. The girl had to pick her way over rocks, roots, and forest-floor debris. The Sorrow had to take care not to let his legs pass through them.
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Date: 2007-01-15 03:22 am (UTC)"'s cold," the girl muttered.
Ah. Right. He had almost forgotten them, these elements that affected the living.
"Let's get you back, then," he said.
The doctor's quarters should still be safe.
They took a circuitous route toward the building that hulked solid and black against the sky, as if in defiance of the recently demonstrated mortality of architecture. After going to the trouble of...preserving this secret, it would do no good to be seen.
"Nadine, was it?" The Sorrow said conversationally.
The going was slow, for the both of them. The girl had to pick her way over rocks, roots, and forest-floor debris. The Sorrow had to take care not to let his legs pass through them.