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[chapelsend.livejournal.com]

[it's a crumbling bit of stone and sitting on the edge of it is Wolfwood, a bottle of Wild Turkey in one hand and a bloody piece of paper in the other. he looks down at the paper, snarls, crumples it and tosses it before taking a long drink from the bottle. Setting it down he digs out his cigarettes, lits up and inhales, leaning forward and frowning. He doesn't move after that, the smoke curling around his head, and his expression cold.]

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[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Comes over and hauls herself up to perch casually on the stone at his back.] And so I say again, want to talk about it?

[chapelsend.livejournal.com]

I made a choice and someone died for it.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

Ah. [She kicks her legs, quiet for a while. When she speaks again, it's in a distant voice.] I made a choice, not long ago, and a child died because of it. I'm sorry. I know how it feels.

[chapelsend.livejournal.com]

I saved th' child at the life o' a punk. [looks up at the unfamiliar stars] Been tellin' myself that I weren't gonna do that again. Wounding's fine but never t' kill again.

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

[Takes off her glasses and rubs her eyes.] It's never that easy, though, is it? Giving yourself an ultimatum is all well and good, but the world seldom respects your wishes, however ardent they might be.

[chapelsend.livejournal.com]

No it ain't. It's hard t' quit habits o' a lifetime even when that life's gone. [glances at her] Was that choice you made a good one?

[chasingstars201.livejournal.com]

...I don't know yet. I'm glad to have the help I gained through it, but... The whole point was trying to keep more children from dying.

[chapelsend.livejournal.com]

...I did that once. Had all these kids t' protect an' one o' them turned out t' be an assassin. Had t' make a choice and no one else saw it as in th' right. Sometimes, it's hard t' see th' end when you're in the middle o' the road.