Library [08.01]

[furnaceface]

The library was open, and Jonothon was... busy.

There were books to... sort. And things to... do.

Busy. Yes.

[Ooooooooooopen.]

Comments

Re: Talk to Jono

[furnaceface]

//Anything.//

There was a long pause after that, while Jono turned his gaze downward and attempted to pick through a swarm of thoughts. Anything.

//You almost got yerself killed the other day, you know.//

That one had been weighing on him a fair bit, yes.

Re: Talk to Jono

[living_endless]

"No I didn't." That was automatic, and not terribly well thought out. "I guess physically, maybe, but..."

But physically didn't count? Healthy attitude, Didi, and from the way she trailed off she might have realized that.

Re: Talk to Jono

[furnaceface]

//What would have happened?//

Jono's wince there had been faint, but it had most certainly been there. Accidentally killing his girlfriend only physically would still have been... well. Just that.

Re: Talk to Jono

[living_endless]

"What would have happened to anybody," Didi said, wincing back. She couldn't share too many details. "And then ... some other stuff. But mostly, as far as you'd know, just ... what would have happened to anybody. I'm not special."

And she was starting to realize how much of a thank you she owed Raven.

Re: Talk to Jono

[furnaceface]

//Of course.//

She was Death. But, as far as he'd know, he'd just be Didi's killer. That made everything so much easier, truly.

//So. As I was saying. You nearly got yerself killed the other day.//

Re: Talk to Jono

[living_endless]

"Not really. Not in the way that matters."

Didi was Death. Didi could, would die. Those two things were making an uncomfortable burny spot in Didi's chest. "You were hurting."

Re: Talk to Jono

[furnaceface]

//There are things that hurt a good deal more than being turned into human shrapnel.//

There went his eyes, falling to the floor again.

Re: Talk to Jono

[living_endless]

Didi felt ashamed. The shrapnel part would have been over in a second, and she wasn't especially attached to her human form. (She liked the life she had, but she'd had it for one year out of how many millions of them?.) She would have hurt, but walked away. Jono would have lived with it for ... considerably longer. She knew how he felt about Gayle.

"Going to take a wild guess that turning somebody into shrapnel is on that list," she said. "Sorry."

Re: Talk to Jono

[furnaceface]

//Somewhere near th'top of that list, actually,// Jono agreed, lifting a hand to fumble with the wrappings across the back of his neck. //So... if we could please possibly refrain from blowing you up any time in th'near future, I'd be most appreciative.//

By which he meant, he loved her, and he'd miss her, and the guilt alone would probably kill him.

Re: Talk to Jono

[living_endless]

"If I can manage not to blow myself up in the near future, I'll try to avoid it," Didi promised. "Honest."