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I'm setting up communal clotheslines here, for anyone whose bedding is waterlogged. Bring as much strong wire or string as you can if you can find it.
We work best when we aid one another.
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We work best when we aid one another.
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['Can you imagine?' his tone asks.]
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[Flicking laundry water at him, making the sign of the cross, then shrugging.]
Lip service done. Let's walk?
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He leads Break around where people are absent, and then along the creek.]
What will you do if you stay here another year? Or two, or four...?
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[He shakes his head.]
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Or are you tired of their concern?
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[In a tone so mild he can only be upset.]
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These children think they need you; you wouldn't leave them except to protect them. What happened?
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[Quiet.]
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Mm, fair enough. But you won't be able to keep them away forever.
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And for another, you'd come right back. Body and all.
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I need to sit down.
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[He finds them a boulder hanging over the river.]
Those are your plans for living here?
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[Catching his breath.]
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Rhode made me naive again, I suppose. It felt like a second chance, having her welcome me as openly as she did.
When Gabriel came...that was a second chance. I've tried, as much as I can, to find a way to reach my goals while keeping him close to me. It's not going to work. I know that. My brothers will never join me, and I can't pretend to be what they are.
But even temporary things are worth having.
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