"It was very clean, and heady, and--I suppose 'symmetrical' is oddly appropriate. Perfection incarnate, all the best of the world, flaws carefully sanded away. Purified. Which means it was never very real."
He pauses, turning out to face the waves.
"It's one thing to be confronted with the undiluted essence of a mountain, and quite another to be speak with the undiluted essence of someone you once knew."
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Date: 2006-08-08 04:54 pm (UTC)He pauses, turning out to face the waves.
"It's one thing to be confronted with the undiluted essence of a mountain, and quite another to be speak with the undiluted essence of someone you once knew."
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Date: 2006-08-08 05:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-08 05:59 pm (UTC)"No. More like speaking to a stranger. A stranger who is almost terrifyingly content."
When he opens his eyes again, they're clear, and very blue.
"They are nothing like what they were."
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Date: 2006-08-08 07:36 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-09 12:41 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-09 02:57 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-09 03:16 am (UTC)He shrugs, looking down and away.
"It bears more than a faint resemblance to a butterfly collection, did one have plans for the butterflies."
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Date: 2006-08-09 03:26 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-08-09 05:05 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-09 05:12 am (UTC)He smiles, almost entirely without humor.
"God, it seems, is much too fastidious for such things."
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