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[bodilesswarrior.livejournal.com]

[here is Barbara, in her chair, near the library

in her hands, she turns round a bright red apple; there's a faint smile on her face as she stares at it, curious and impressed and fond]

Wonder where she got it.

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[ex_fatalist246]

[hands in his pockets, glasses set to 'dull impenetrable shine']

Where who did?

[bodilesswarrior.livejournal.com]

[glances up, smile shifting to one of welcome]

A...friend.

((ALSO did you ever get my email?))

[ex_fatalist246]

Couldn't you ask her?

[I did not!!! It might have gone to spam on accident. I hope not.]

[bodilesswarrior.livejournal.com]

[slight shake of her head] She doesn't speak. I don't think she can.

((Oh no! I WILL FIND IT AGAIN. Or possibly rewrite it. One of those.))

[ex_fatalist246]

[considering it] Sign language or pictograms?

[I shall patiently wait! and clear out my spam box so I don't lose it in there again.

[bodilesswarrior.livejournal.com]

She doesn't know ASL, or any of the others. She will draw pictures sometimes. Mostly, she communicates through...body language.

[/is writing! /slowly! It's always slower the second time, sob.]

[ex_fatalist246]

[Satoshi's brows furrow in questioning. The phrasing is a bit off to him, but he considers that it might just be the translator or his understanding of English.] Gestures?

[I wait with eagerness also. ♥]

[collector]

[Braxiatel is holding two cups of tea and silently offers one to Barbara]

Do you think someone has discovered a new supply route, Ms Gordon?

[bodilesswarrior.livejournal.com]

[her eyes widen slightly before she accepts]

Thank you. [and then shakes her head] No, she'd have found some way to tell me. ...I wouldn't put it past that girl to take one from Ivy's park.

[collector]

[he smiles and sips from his own]

'Ivy's park.' A bit blandly descriptive, but I suppose if that's what you grow, it's as good as calling something a vegetable garden.

[bodilesswarrior.livejournal.com]

[quite laugh] It was Robinson's Park, before. [neatly dividing history in half] A woman who calls herself Poison Ivy took it over.

[collector]

Let me guess: unfriendly woman with a talent for gardening?

[bodilesswarrior.livejournal.com]

[wry grin] More or less.

[forever-noble.livejournal.com]

[curiously because, well, an apple's just an apple to her] Is it a special sort of apple?

[bodilesswarrior.livejournal.com]

[the smile turns wry as she looks up] Every apple is special in my city, nowadays.

[forever-noble.livejournal.com]

Got an apple shortage, do you? [can think of someone who wouldn't mind there being a pear shortage...] Where are you from?

[bodilesswarrior.livejournal.com]

We've got an everything shortage. Gotham was hit by a severe earthquake a while ago.

[forever-noble.livejournal.com]

[softly] I'm sorry to hear that. Is there anything I can do to help?

[bodilesswarrior.livejournal.com]

[faint smile] ...Thanks. I got a lot of supplies last time, and Brax is still sending food. But we can always use medical supplies, clothing, batteries, primitive weapons...

[oliverplus]

Still collecting food for back home?

[bodilesswarrior.livejournal.com]

[looks up, and grins] Yeah. Nice to hear your voice again.

[oliverplus]

[grins back] Nice to have my voice again!

If you're looking for apples, I could get you some, too. Is that one from somebody around here?

[bodilesswarrior.livejournal.com]

No, it...a friend found it, somehow. [shakes her head] A very young, very impressive friend.

[oliverplus]

[blinks] You mean...in your city? That's great, Barbara!

[bodilesswarrior.livejournal.com]

[after a moment, a slow, bright, rare grin] It is.

...Now if she could just tell me how she got it.