voice: time turned backwards

[maddest]

[Finally, in the middle of the night, his voice floats over the PCD. He hasn't slept. He can't focus.]

How did I get this complacent? I've been- been just living here with you horrible people!

I have to get back to Emily-

[Kevin (because he's no longer Xerxes Break, not really) chokes on the name.]

Albus? Albus, can you hear me? If you're out there I'll do anything, please, just take me home. I have work to do and I don't have time. It's counting, I'm running out of time. Please, Albus.

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[dark-thespian.livejournal.com]

[He smiles once and follows after Kevin into the house.] Do you have a bucket we can fill with water?

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

I think I had a pot.

[He goes to get that.]

My name is Kevin now, Allen.

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[dark-thespian.livejournal.com]

Alright, Kevin.

[He lays out what he needs, thinking back over how his own eye had been damaged once. He could remember changing the bandages.]

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

I hate this part.

[He moves to sit down. The bandages have been changed a few times. They're bloody because he scratches.]

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[dark-thespian.livejournal.com]

I'll make it as painless as I can.

[Allen is quick to wet a cloth and drape it over the edge of the pot. He pulls off his gloves so he could work quicker, exposing his black hand to the light. He smiles lightly/]

Don't worry it's not infected or diseased, my hand has always been like this.

[As he spoke he reaches up to remove the bandages with a gentle touch.]

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

I don't mind. I think sometimes there's something strange about everyone.

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[dark-thespian.livejournal.com]

[He blinks at the statement then laughs, his smile not as polite and more good natured.] I think you're right. We're all a little strange inside.

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

[Kevin gives him a thin lipped smile- nothing like Break's easy grins. Rather pained.]

Are you a medic?

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[dark-thespian.livejournal.com]

Ha, no. I just know how to deal with this kind of wound.

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

Did someone you know-?

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[dark-thespian.livejournal.com]

No. It was my eye, it has long since healed. [He shifts so the scar from his chin into his hair line is exposed.]

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

I don't understand.

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[dark-thespian.livejournal.com]

[He taps the red scar around his eye and goes quiet.] This eye was jabbed out once, by Rhode. It was jabbed out here too but Miss Unohana healed it.

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

If she healed mine, what would happen when Break came back?

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[dark-thespian.livejournal.com]

[That's a reasonable question.]

...I don't know Mister Kevin.

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[mister-hatter.livejournal.com]

I don't think I should-