<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#0000ff">That got a bland look from her that she was rather glad he wouldn't see, what with his arm over his eyes. "You're an idiot. She'd rather have a piece of scrap metal on her finger from someone she loved than that whole damned company slowly killing her. Try thinking about what you just said...You try and fight your own fights, and not get other people involved. It's what she's also been doing her entire life. Trying to keep everyone else from getting hurt. She doesn't know how to be anything other than what she is, fucked up religion and all." She pushed herself up, she couldn't deal with this, it brought back too many of her own bad memories.<br/>
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"But I'll tell you something, Kael. When that little...bugger, as you call 'em appears, and that sweet little girl, or that bouncing baby boy curls its hand around your finger, it curls a dagger into your heart. One that gets plunged in repeatedly any time something happens to them, and you have to stand back and just let it happen. Love is like that. Marriage is a civil service, something that the law demands for tax writeoffs. Love just fucks you over...you think it was bad when you thought you'd lost her because she'd forgotten you...wait till you have to actually have to live without her...then see how you feel."<br/>
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It had been a bit cruel, but hopefully it'd spare them both some pain, she thought as she got out of the bed, and padded over to the bathroom. Depending on what he was thinking, it might even be enough to distract him from the very sexual thoughts and feelings pumping through his body. But Tellus didn't care, she wanted to make sure her friend was okay.<br/>
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<i>knock, knock</i> "You okay, princess?"</span><br/><br/>"Yeah, I'm fine..." came a weak voice from the bathroom. The tiny doll like woman pushed open the door and went in, helping her clean up and then back out after a few minutes, giving Rayner plenty of time to gather his thoughts.