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Cara ([personal profile] wrongkindofsith) wrote2012-04-01 12:02 am
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Room 418, Saturday Morning

Cara was sprawled out across the bed. Alone. And if last night had hardly been the social highlight of her year, it hadn't been unpleasant either.

She still thought that pie fountain was a patently ridiculous idea though.

[Mainly for the kid, whose paternity is NFB please.]
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Re: This part also NFB, pls.

[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2012-04-01 02:44 am (UTC)(link)
Cara pressed the agiel in just that little bit further. "My son is dead."

Which was the first time she'd ever acknowledged that fact out loud.

Re: This part also NFB, pls.

[identity profile] not-really-rahl.livejournal.com 2012-04-01 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Ow. Also, what?

"No, I'm not!" Though Mason wasn't sure how much longer that would be true if Cara didn't believe him. "Who told you that?"
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Re: This part also NFB, pls.

[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2012-04-01 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
"Who do you think?" Cara asked, easing up the pressure. Slightly. "Rahl took great pleasure in telling me how he had my son killed before he'd lived one day, let alone..." She had no idea how old this boy was.

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[identity profile] not-really-rahl.livejournal.com 2012-04-01 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm sixteen," Mason supplied. "And I swear I'm telling you the truth."

Though he was guessing that this Cara really wasn't his version of Cara.
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Re: This part also NFB, pls.

[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2012-04-01 06:09 am (UTC)(link)
Whatever else this boy was, that earnestness was pure Richard.

Cara sighed and lowered her agiel, shoving herself away from the boy. "What's your story then?"

Re: This part also NFB, pls.

[identity profile] not-really-rahl.livejournal.com 2012-04-01 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
Now that he didn't have an agiel to it, Mason rubbed his neck. "I don't have a story," he said, shrugging. "I was young, it was just after midsummer and one night you and Aunt Kahlan dragged me out of my bed in the barracks, carried me out of the training camp and dumped me at Fath-, at Richard's feet, and he told me I was his son"
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Re: This part also NFB, pls.

[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2012-04-01 07:38 am (UTC)(link)
"Just like that?"

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[identity profile] not-really-rahl.livejournal.com 2012-04-01 08:43 am (UTC)(link)
"More or less." Mason shrugged, leaning against the wall. "The rest of it, I didn't find out until a couple of years ago."

He was pretty sure he still didn't know half the story.
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[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2012-04-01 09:13 am (UTC)(link)
For her part, Cara was leaning against her desk. "How'd that happen?"

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[identity profile] not-really-rahl.livejournal.com 2012-04-01 09:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Looked in a mirror lately?" Mason asked. "It was kind of obvious something was up there. So I started asking questions..."

That was something of an understatement.
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[personal profile] wrongkindofsith 2012-04-01 09:52 am (UTC)(link)
"And you got answers you didn't like," Cara finished for him.

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[identity profile] not-really-rahl.livejournal.com 2012-04-01 09:57 am (UTC)(link)
"No," Mason said. "I mean it wasn't great finding out Richard's my uncle instead of my father. But I didn't mind some of them."

He was guessing this Cara was even worse dealing with open displays of affection than his was, but hopefully she got the hint.
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