maddest: (whatever shall we do)
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If I were to type you a poem, what would you think of me?

Look closer. Not all is as it first seems.

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Date: 2011-09-02 04:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
[Not bothering to play reluctant, Break puts his arms around him.]

Hello, Alphonse.

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Date: 2011-09-02 04:48 am (UTC)
al_truism: (Carry you from Hell to home again)
From: [personal profile] al_truism
[Al takes a deep breath, and then lets it out. Break is holding himself a little differently. He seems stronger.]

Hello, Break.

[He draws back, laughing.]

Anything like you expected?

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Date: 2011-09-02 04:56 am (UTC)
al_truism: (I wanna make you feel beautiful)
From: [personal profile] al_truism
I'm glad, I wouldn't want to throw you off too much.

Are your lungs, too-?

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Date: 2011-09-02 04:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
No, not yet. People will want to kill me enough as it is.

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Date: 2011-09-02 05:02 am (UTC)
al_truism: (I'm about to scream)
From: [personal profile] al_truism
[Al's hands pause on Break's arms. He's not used to guarding his expression around him, and it goes quickly to guarded, worried.]

Explain. Please.

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Date: 2011-09-02 05:16 am (UTC)
al_truism: (What goes WHERE)
From: [personal profile] al_truism
He's why you can see?

[Al's eyes widen, and he quickly takes a step back.]

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Date: 2011-09-02 05:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
Ah, see, there's the reaction.

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Date: 2011-09-02 05:19 am (UTC)
al_truism: (That's not how a love song goes)
From: [personal profile] al_truism
[Al swallows, hard. He can barely remember, but this conversation-]

You can't have...

[Al shakes his head, looking at the ground.]

He did this for nothing?

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Date: 2011-09-02 05:22 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
In return for my kindness. I didn't have to give away anything.

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Date: 2011-09-02 05:28 am (UTC)
al_truism: (Weeeelp.)
From: [personal profile] al_truism
[Al's shaking. Just a fine trembling in his hands, but he is.]

He's going to want something.

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Date: 2011-09-02 05:29 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
Yes, he wants several things, and we'll bargain for those down the line. But this, by itself, was a self-contained issue. I don't owe him anything for it, he won't expect anything because of it.

Walk with me- and keep a secret?

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Date: 2011-09-02 05:33 am (UTC)
al_truism: (My steel mask)
From: [personal profile] al_truism
[More secrets. Al takes a slow breath and finally nods. He trusts Break, but he doesn't trust this situation. Not at all.]

... okay.

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Date: 2011-09-02 05:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
He was far more hurt by recent events than he let on. I helped him through it.

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Date: 2011-09-02 05:38 am (UTC)
al_truism: (Alone Time)
From: [personal profile] al_truism
[Al gives him a doubtful, nervous look.

He's scared for him. And it shows.]

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Date: 2011-09-02 05:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
And as part of that, I got my eyesight back. Giftwrapped, signed and sealed.

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Date: 2011-09-02 05:46 am (UTC)
al_truism: (Outside the picture frame)
From: [personal profile] al_truism
I'm happy for that.

[Softly, admitting it as he begins walking with him.]

He did something very good for you.

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Date: 2011-09-02 03:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
I know it doesn't make an entire amount of sense, but to give you all the puzzle pieces would be to betray his trust. Just rest assured that I'm safe.

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Date: 2011-09-02 06:56 pm (UTC)
al_truism: ('Cause you broke me open)
From: [personal profile] al_truism
... I hope so.

I just- I don't want you to get hurt in this. It's so dangerous, Break. It could happen so easily.

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Date: 2011-09-03 07:00 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
Let me handle myself. I have experience with this.

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Date: 2011-09-03 07:23 am (UTC)
al_truism: (It's f#@%ing cold out.)
From: [personal profile] al_truism
Why do you have to do everything alone?

[Quietly.]

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Date: 2011-09-03 03:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
Because I'm not risking your neck for my eyes.

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Date: 2011-09-03 06:29 pm (UTC)
al_truism: (In a whisper; say goodbye)
From: [personal profile] al_truism
[Al looks away, silent and thoughtful for the moment before turning back.]

I don't want to lose you either, or see you in more pain.

I understand, but... please. If there's something, anything I can do, let me help you. I'd honestly rather be in constant danger helping the people I care about than live a safe life without being of use to anyone.

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Date: 2011-09-03 06:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mister-hatter.livejournal.com
What, precisely, were you hoping to do to help?

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