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Sylvi settles in very thoroughly. She makes a point of going out on her wooden horse and wandering the city every day or two, even if she has no specific errand to run (although she does also place orders for lenses and very fine-tipped pens and new notebooks). She hugs Avedan when he has bad dreams and he hugs her when she does, if they successfully wake one another despite the long pillow between them on the bed. And she plows through piles and piles of old notes, and condenses her childhood for inclusion in the same library for future 'bels.
As of this moment she is up to her specialization in shines. Write write write.
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adebarsteine
"'M not getting better."
This is the third time she's almost just quit breathing.
This is the third time she's almost just quit breathing.
do_over
"I - I know. Just - keep doing it. Because I'm selfish and I want you to stay, I want you to live forever, or - or - no, no, fuck it, I want you to live forever, period, much as I hate to sound like a petulant child, you're not allowed to die..."
do_over
"Love. You're not just - you're brilliant, you're wonderful, you're - you make the world better by existing. It's not the - you've done great things, my dear, you're - don't remove yourself from it because right this second you are bedridden."
adebarsteine
"Mmm."
That was really a lot of conversation for her these days, let alone for the middle of the night.
That was really a lot of conversation for her these days, let alone for the middle of the night.
do_over
It was. Aydanci just - hopes that means there's improvement, even if she doesn't feel it.
do_over
That's all Aydanci can really ask for.
(No it isn't. He wants her to live, he wants her to get better, he wants her to live until she's ninety, and then keep going.)
(No it isn't. He wants her to live, he wants her to get better, he wants her to live until she's ninety, and then keep going.)
if_at_first
Sylvi finally manages to wake up, gasping, scrubbing tears from her face, shaking from head to toe.
She unceremoniously flings herself at Avedan.
She unceremoniously flings herself at Avedan.
do_over
Avedan is asleep, and then he is surprised!
"Mmhr?" he mumbles. But he hugs her back (out of reflex), blinking blearily.
"Mmhr?" he mumbles. But he hugs her back (out of reflex), blinking blearily.
if_at_first
Snuggle. Sylvi knows better than to expect overwhelming coherence from him in the middle of the night.
do_over
That's a safe bet. But even without being completely coherent, he's perfectly capable of snuggles. Behold, how he can snuggle.
(Snuggle, snuggle.)
(Snuggle, snuggle.)
if_at_first
Nuzzle.
"...Sorry I died. When you didn't know it was even possible I'd come back."
"...Sorry I died. When you didn't know it was even possible I'd come back."