of 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘺. ❞
a 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 tilt of the mask'd head.
⧼͟. ❝ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 tend the *𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴. i tend what 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗱. we are 𝑛𝑜𝑡 so 𝔡𝔦𝔣𝔣𝔢𝔯𝔢𝔫𝔱. two 𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀 of the same *𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻. ❞
⧼͟. ❝ 𝑚𝑦 kind are 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗱. [ ..͟. ] time affords 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 in many 𝔣𝔬𝔯𝔪𝔰. 𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 among them. some of my kin carry too much *𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗲 to lie with other 𝔰𝔭𝔢𝔠𝔦𝔢𝔰. i am 𝗻𝗼𝘁 among them. ❞
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ever 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔠𝔱'𝔡.
⧼͟. ❝ 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 the 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗺𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻⸝ Selene. 𝑖 am 𝗡𝗲𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘀. [ ..͟. ] an 𝑢𝑛𝑓𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 name by most 𝔪𝔢𝔞𝔰𝔲𝔯𝔢𝔰 — and yet 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒. necromancer. 𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁. *𝗱𝗼𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿
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your 𝔣𝔞𝔪𝔦𝔩𝔶. you owe me 𝑛𝑜 𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. [ ..͟. ] if you believe 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 my *𝗽𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲 is some form of 𝘀𝗮𝗹𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻— 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑒 yourself of that 𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. *𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 things are simply 𝑤𝒉𝒂𝒕 they are. ❞
*𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 without 𝔴𝔞𝔯𝔫𝔦𝔫𝔤. the taller frame simply 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀'𝗱 the distance— one arm draw𝑛 'round the silvette.
S𝘩𝘪𝘰'𝘴 weight against her shoulder register'd as 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮. this is what she 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 herself. [ ..͟. ]
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the *𝘀𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱. 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 by 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 ideals⸝ Shio. 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝 placing yourself at the *𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗻𝘁 as though the weight of 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠 is 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 to carry. ❞
the arm did 𝑛𝑜𝑡 withdraw.
⧼͟. ❝ 𝑖 am 𝗻𝗼𝘁
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the eye 𝑛𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟 can. ❞
a 𝘀𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 tilt of the hea𝓭. reading the *𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗲 of her. the 𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔞 does not 𝑙𝑖𝑒.
⧼͟. ❝ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 name 𖤠 [ ..͟. ] your 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 speaks 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 you do— 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘳. ❞
⧼͟. ❝ 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝒉𝒂𝒑𝑠 a consequence of *𝗮𝗴𝗲. [ ..͟. ] i have mated with many species many over the centuries—— sirens⸝ 𝔡𝔯𝔞𝔤𝔬𝔫𝔰⸝ krakens⸝ 𝒈𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒔 ﹠﹠ among 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠. provided they were 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞— that suffic'd. ❞
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𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 is she has *𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 offsprings scatter'd 'cross distant 𝔠𝔬𝔯𝔫𝔢𝔯𝔰 in hybri𝓭 forms 𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 could not name.
⧼͟. ❝ 𝑢𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 you i was 𝗻𝗼𝘁 born blind. [ ..͟. ] 𝓲 𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑝𝑡'𝑑. mana 𝔠𝔬𝔫𝔰𝔱𝔯𝔲𝔠𝔱𝔰 what
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know⸝ i ‘𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦’ your quarters. [〜] ⠀❞
ㅤㅤlong stride already carrying her forward at the precise pace that suggested the construct was expected to ⠀ ⠀*𝘬𝘦𝘦𝘱 up ﹠﹠ that she would not be ⠀ ⠀[𝔰𝔩𝔬𝔴𝔦𝔫𝔤] to confirm it.
ㅤ[ ..͟. ]
ㅤㅤ𝘳𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘬. the words filed themselves alongside everything prior forming a ⠀ ⠀*𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 she had already begun ⠀ ⠀[𝔠𝔬𝔪𝔭𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤] some time ago.
ㅤㅤ𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘵𝘰
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ㅤ
ㅤㅤ❝ If that's too pressing, I could simply visit you in your office or your quarters. ❞
She'd turn, ready to leave yet subconsciously waiting 'pon Necrosis' reply. A reluctant step forward. Perhaps the construct simply wanted the Doctor's presence to linger near.
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as though the words were merely ⠀ ⠀*𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭 ﹠﹠ not anything so ⠀ ⠀[𝔲𝘯]𝔠𝔥𝔞𝔯𝔞𝔠𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔦𝔰𝔱𝔦𝔠 as a ⠀ ⠀*𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯.
⧼͟. ❝ ⠀the office is 𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. should you find the medical bay insufficient company—— but you
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