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[shelley_winters]

Shelley stares at her own front door, key half-raised towards the lock.

She doesn't want to go in.

She's scared to go into her own house. Because he's in there, he can make a space frightning, and she should really just either go in or go somewhere else. Where?

No, no, she has to go in. To her house. Right, right.

She fumbles with the key and turns it in the lock before she can panic again. Step forward, onto the mat, bang the door.

To hard. The windows rattle, a little.

God. She stands still.

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[always-a-liar.livejournal.com]

He would be enthused for a proper robe. This was a bed sheet, and not a particularly soft one at that. Sulking slightly, he commented petulantly.

"Would you prefer your act of obeisance with or without adulation?"

[shelley_winters]

Shelley resists the urge to throw a pen at him.

"I'll settle for you shutting up. Failing that, human sacrifice would be acceptable."

[always-a-liar.livejournal.com]

A quip in return. The latter would be preferable as he had someone in particular in mind...

"Would you like a virgin or will one of the tramps down at the park work?"

[shelley_winters]

Shelley rolls her eyes. She'd thought he was quicker than that.

"No, see, that was me wishing you dead."

[always-a-liar.livejournal.com]

Such a ploy had worked for Richard III in the book he had read earlier.

"Then why do you not simply kill me? I do not exist on this world and nobody would miss me."

[shelley_winters]

Shelley's hands tighten.

"I'd know. F-for some people, killing isn't an option, I know it's hard for you to comprehend."

[always-a-liar.livejournal.com]

An indifferent shrug.

"It is hard for most people to comprehend my situation."

Pausing for a moment, he commented calmly.

"Returning to the clothing issue, how might we best resolve this? It is a touch chilly for puttering about without clothing."

[shelley_winters]

"You don't deserve understanding," she hisses, furious and shaking, before turning away with a hand to her forehead.

"I'm not working tomorrow. We can go and get some things, get the bus."

Elan on a bus. Such a weird thought, it clashes with reality, it...

[always-a-liar.livejournal.com]

Ishamael nodded calmly as he set his long neglected book aside.

"That will suffice."

A pause, and a softer tone of voice

"Thank you."

[shelley_winters]

She will not say, you're welcome.

He isn't.

So there's just a beat of silence where a reply should have been, and she turns around and heads for the door to the hall.