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Post by Gifted on Aug 13, 2013 14:34:53 GMT -5
"He lives in one of the towns nearby." Isobel replied. "At our old house still, I think. He comes here at least twice a week, though. He'd live with me if I let him."
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Post by Raven on Aug 13, 2013 15:12:26 GMT -5
"Why don't you let him?" Ben asked.
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Post by Gifted on Aug 13, 2013 15:14:36 GMT -5
She shrugged. "Then he'd be around all the time. I'm grateful he comes by, but...."
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Post by Raven on Aug 13, 2013 15:50:20 GMT -5
"...But?" Ben prompted.
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Post by Gifted on Aug 13, 2013 15:52:50 GMT -5
Isobel sighed. "I don't know, it's complicated. Ifind it too difficult to talk to people, considering everything. Especially the people I care about."
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Post by Raven on Aug 13, 2013 15:54:32 GMT -5
"Do you think that will change?" Ben asked. "You really can't keep doing this, Isobel..."
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Post by Gifted on Aug 13, 2013 16:47:18 GMT -5
Isobel sighed. "I don't know Ben, okay? I don't. Know. Just... I've been - I am - so worried about you and I care about you and so many people have died and they're all constantly worrying about me when it's my brother causing this whole mess and they've got enough on their minds!" She shook her head. "...This is my burden to bear." She looked like she was about to cry but she didn't. Instead she seemed almost hysterical. "I don't want to see the worried looks on their faces, I don't want to hear about all the deaths, I don't want to have to find out that... Jade had her neck snapped, or Xander was electrocuted to death, or Olivia was blown up or Joan is in the hospital in critical condition or whoever happens to be the one hurt this month! I can't do anything about it because the only that might help is the one thing I can't do! I just want it all to stop and it's all just endless! I can't handle going to see my friends and wondering how long they have left, how long until Ben takes them away too. Sharie and Xander got married five or six years ago and everyone was really happy for them and I couldn't work up the courage to go because I knew that Xander was one of the ones out fighting and sure enough, he died less than a year later! There's nothing I can do to save them and I just want all of this to stop and the more I talk to everyone I love the worse it gets and I. Don't. Know."
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Post by Raven on Aug 13, 2013 17:36:00 GMT -5
"And what about after I'm gone?"
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Post by Gifted on Aug 13, 2013 17:42:26 GMT -5
"I can't even think that far ahead. I don't know if it'll ever even happen." Isobel said hopelessly. "He's too powerful. They've been trying ten years...." She sighed. "But he knows them all too well, I guess."
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Post by Raven on Aug 13, 2013 18:43:47 GMT -5
"I haven't been here," Ben pointed out.
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Post by Gifted on Aug 13, 2013 18:51:07 GMT -5
"But obviously he knows you, he is you." Isobel pointed out. "Besides, do you even know where he is now?"
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Post by Raven on Aug 13, 2013 20:57:30 GMT -5
"With Joan, pretending to be me," Ben answered.
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Post by Gifted on Aug 13, 2013 21:01:56 GMT -5
"Wait what?" Isobel looked terrified. "He's with her?"
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Post by Raven on Aug 13, 2013 21:07:13 GMT -5
"She almost killed me thinking I was him," Ben confirmed. "I don't think he'll do anything to her until they do, they're stronger as a team, and I can't hurt her."
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Post by Gifted on Aug 13, 2013 21:10:42 GMT -5
"Maybe not to her, but Ben... she knows where all the remaining survivors live. Granted, there's not a lot of us... Trace, Victor, Joan, Adam and I are it, but that puts all four of them in serious danger!"
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