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"We can go shopping if you'd like to get stuff," she offered. "Wearing something different doesn't change who you are inside. Not when it's something that's important to you."

"Maybe," he said quietly. "I've never worn anything else, not for many, many years." Karal did not know what to do. They were just clothes, he was no less a priest without them. But at the same time-- "Perhaps I could impose on someone, to loan me clothing. Would that be unreasonable to ask, do you think?"

"I don't know how it is with guys, but I know girls loan each other clothes all the time," Isabel told him. "Parker would even loan out her shoes. And speaking of Parker, she says hi. And that I'm supposed to offer you a kiss."

That was one way to get his mind off the clothing situation.

He flushed to the tips of his ears and stared at his shoes.

"I was just supposed to offer. Following through was not required," she promised, feeling bad for making him blush.

He was smiling a little as he glanced up at Isabel. It may make him blush, but it had been a very nice kiss, and it was an equally pleasant memory. "Is she well?" he asked. "And as kind as your offer is, I will decline. Not that you're not very pretty," he added quickly, then blushed more as he realised what he'd said. "Umm, I think Gavin might loan me some ordinary clothing."

"Oh? Is there someone else you'd rather be kissing?" Isabel asked. "Did you leave someone special at home?" It was honest curiousity. Really.

"Parker's well. We spoke for a while last night. I miss her a lot."

"No! No, no there's no one like that. Parker is, that was, she is the first who ever kissed me," he admitted, voice only a little strangled as he shook his head at himself. "But I am glad she is well. She is a good person and I wish I'd had the opportunity to know her."

Isabel did not saw Awwww! She only thought it and smiled. "Parker's one of my best friends. It's not going to be the same without her around. But she said she'll be back for visits."

He smiled back, colour fading. "She seemed less than happy to be leaving. I'm happy, for both of you, that she may come back." Karal would also be happy to see her, he thought, though he was not going to admit that out loud.

"Yeah, she wasn't. It's like that for a lot of people," she said wistfully. "This is a special place. It's hard to leave and go back to real life."

"It really is a place out of time, isn't it?" he asked, trailing his fingers along the books, thinking of everything that was happening - that had happened - back home. "Almost as if it were created so those who need it can find a moment to breathe." He was beginning to understand why the Sunlord had sent him here.

"It is," Isabel said as she watched him. "A moment to breathe, a place to breathe freely without worrying. "You think you're just passing through and then next thing you know, it's become home."

"A moment to breathe," he repeated, very quietly, turning to look around the library, before walking over to sit near Isabel. "And good company with which to do it."

"Exactly."

There were books to shelve but for the moment Isabel was content to sit and relax with a new friend.

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