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[coarse]

Wasn't an eleven before. Guess that means someone sent me back.

[Didn't really feel like it. One moment he was fighting off the hunger, the other he was as good as new, and a couple of months late.]

I expected a better welcome back than that, [CAT] But it sounds like I got off easy.

What else did I miss?

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[coarse]

[It's just something I can do, he continues, shaking his head softly with a shrug. I can't explain it.

Don't tell anyone.]

[majestyofthethrone]

[She looks up at him, her eyes wide, but there's a smile just barely on her lips.

I won't tell, I won't tell, oh, oh you know what I sound like, you're my favorite, I'm so glad you're back, I love youIloveyouIloveyou.

It's not romantic, it's fraternal, what she would feel for her twin, if her twin didn't treat her so badly.]

[coarse]

[That earns a crooked smile. There's still a lot you don't know about, Sera - but he's not going to think about it now.]

You wanna tell me why your room's such a mess?

[majestyofthethrone]

[She beams for a second, then her smile disappears.

Bartleby left-

You left-

It's just a math problem I had to think about something, I couldn't sleep.]

[coarse]

[There's silence as he lets go and takes slow steps around the room, picking out no specific piece of paper to look at.]

Still working on it?

[majestyofthethrone]

[She nods, tiptoeing to a corner of the room.

You can look, you won't get me mixed up.]

[coarse]

How long?

[majestyofthethrone]

[She's just sitting there for a minute, staring at the papers.

A month.

ManiccrazyIcouldn'ttalktoanyonenotru-

I'm all right.]

[coarse]

[Silence.]

You came up with it yourself?

[majestyofthethrone]

[She nods again.

I'm not crazy, Bass. I'm not crazy.]

[coarse]

Did someone say you are?

[majestyofthethrone]

[She looks up at him, and it's heartbreaking, she looks so afraid.

Not to my face, but someone has to be thinking it, I know they are. Are you? Please don't think I'm crazy.

It's been so long since she's spoken, since every thought wasn't parsed out on paper first, that she doesn't quite remember how to censor herself.]

[coarse]

I don't, [He says, no room for hesitation. On the same note,] But I do think you could use a break.

[majestyofthethrone]

[Her thoughts buzz down, they go quiet for a moment, and he curls her head on his shoulder, her eyes closed for a minute.

Stay with me, please don't leave.]

[coarse]

[He looks at her for a moment, like he's searching for something in her expression. Bonnie never wanted to move, either. All she could bring herself to do without him was run.

Without being too insistent,] It will do you good. The gardens are a good place.

[majestyofthethrone]

[The shuttle bay.

The garden means wolves and wolves mean bites and she doesn't want to get bitten again.]

[coarse]

[A beat, brows arched noncommittally,] You've been there before?

[majestyofthethrone]

[She nods. She went there after everyone came back from Strela.]

[coarse]

Okay. [He nods once, lips pressed softly. Tipping his head to the side,] Let's go.