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she can’t help but smile when he gestures toward her, a soft giggle escaping her lips as she gives a small nod. “ okay .. ” with that, she glances around, fingers trailing along the walls as she moves. “ this is where you work ? ”
“It’s just simple first aid, nothing special. Besides, I’m used to tending to my own wounds, or just powering through them.” He shrugged nonchalantly, as if it were nothing. “But you be more careful ok?” He said, pointing at her, but offering a smile.
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she observes in awe as he carefully tends to her wound, his touch both gentle and attentive. “ thank you .. ” a small smile begins to form at the corners of her lips, cheeks blushing red. “ when did you learn how to do that ? ”
He’s already got a small medical kit out and with one hand holding her arm steady, he sets to work on cleaning, disinfecting and wrapping the cut. He’s gentle, but thorough.
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“ just a little graze .. ” she shuffles over to him, nose wrinkling as she bends her arm. “ stings more than anything .. ”
He listened as she talked about her day, though there wasn’t another seat in the office for her to use presently. “…how bad? Let me see?” He asked, immediately going protective.
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⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 her head slowly, a gentle, reassuring smile playing at the corners of delicate lips. with mild hesitance, she reaches out to place a hand atop his shoulder. ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ “ i don’t fear you .. ”⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀
“You speak truth, but there is certainly more to it than that too. Still, I suppose at the end of the day, I’m doing what I feel I just.” He shrugged and sighed, meeting her eyes again, her beautiful eyes. “I…don’t want you to fear me, at least not now.”
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she took a moment, weighing her thoughts with a delicate precision. “ i .. i believe that everyone is capable of darkness .. ” stealing a glance at him, her lips forming a tight line. “ some of us are just more susceptible to →
“There were a lot of events that led to this. No singular moment caused it.” He shrugged. “Yet you don’t seem concerned about my dark nature.”
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“ what caused it ? ” thinking aloud, examining him with a keen and thoughtful gaze. “ that change, i mean .. ”
“Now? I haven’t really thought about it.” Although for the briefest of moments, his gaze settled on her in an unspoken response to her question. “I haven’t considered such things since…I’ve woken up I suppose. Changed.” It wasn’t hard to guess what he meant, the dark side.
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she smiles at the vivid picture in her mind, then turns to him, brows slightly furrowed, a hint of both curiosity and concern in her eyes. “ and now ? ”
The way that the light glinted off her eyes momentarily distracted his thinking before he pondered the question. “Well, nature I suppose. The animals that lived in the wilderness. Communing with them. That was my peace. Once.”
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she nods her head in thoughtful consideration, eyes narrowing against the brightness. “ what about when you were little ? ” the mere thought makes her smile.
As she met his eyes, he actually found himself looking away, the brief glare of the sun setting being enough to hide the red in his cheeks. “Well I…I’m…I…don’t really know. To be honest. It’s changed throughout my life.” He finally mustered the courage to look at her again.
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she meets his eyes briefly before glancing down at the sand, a soft, shy smile playing on her lips. “ what does it mean for you ? ” for her, beauty means green leaves and the falling rain.
Gazing at the sun for a time, then over at her, he had a hard time deciding between the beauty of the two sights, and so answered neutrally. “Beauty is often in the eye of the beholder. It carries many meanings for many people.”
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