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    Private Rest

    Jem stared for a long moment, not at the girl, to the windowsill behind her. No command had to be spoken after this many years. The thing that wasn't really there moved from the opening, air freely flowing from the unclogged window. Elmy seemed to stiffen a bit, but said nothing. Jem did always...
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    Private Rest

    Elmy's face didn't show much, but he did look to Jem as Xenovia talked. Strange stories were part of the road, but it was hard to verify strange shit when you weren't there to witness it. Jem simply shrugged with his hands and gave back a halfhearted nod. Good enough for the older man. The girl...
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    Private Rest

    Elmy squinted before spitting in the grass. Which was a mistake, given how dehydrated he was. „Still talks like she has a brain.“ Knelt in front of Xenovia, index moving left than right, followed by snapping – gauging the response. „Well... half a one.“ „Can see well enough. Speech doesn't...
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    Private Rest

    „Yeah, silly thing.“ Jem's step caught up as Xenovia kneed Jeremy's Wagon. Wasn't sure grabbing her was the thing to do, given the circumstances, so he just walked nearby, ready to grab her by the collar if she tried to go dirtdiving. She seemed to be going for Mikael's family Wagon...or was...
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    Jem's eye twitched with the realization that he was on nurse duty until they could slap some sober back into Elmy. Why did they even keep headcases awake? Made no sense to him... but the world rarely explained itself to people. Was snobby like that. „Come on.“ He extended his hand, unsure if he...
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    Private Rest

    Bran and Jem shared a concerned look, but neither burst what little hope she had bubbling. There'd be no grand rest at the end of this... not unless Elmy was still sober enough to patch her up. When people got thunked on the head, they often had to be watched for a time. Headwounds often made...
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    Private Rest

    „No offense, but you're a bit bigger than me.“ Lena pulled her hands out of her pits to wave them around the tits and the hips and the musclebits. Wasn't sure what they fed the deva up north, but it was definitely good stuff. Perhaps she'd have to work less if she was bigger. People would just...
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    Private Rest

    „Sure, keep at the saddle. Just don't bop off.“ Jem had left Xenovia in her charge, sort of. Wouldn't be a good look if she tried faceplanting to the ground first thing on Lena's watch. Come to think of it...what was he doing here anyway? It wasn't his turn to mind the Line. Was it because of...
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    Kindling

    Vyn had received two pairs of gloves, seventeen pairs of socks and two scarves – a neck one and a horn one. She'd handed out three stories, fifteen bottles of booze, and well over twenty of Jem's trinkets. She still remembered how she thought she was sneaky that first year. Next year he had them...
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    Private Rest

    Weave...was that what he did? Could be. But more than anything, he just remembered things. Some memories were kind, but those weren't the ones he was in charge of. Still, someone had to remember for there anything to be forgotten in the first place. He would have to come back here and make sure...
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    Private Rest

    He eyed her a good moment. People who kept wrapping themselves in weakness would eventually get themselves hurt or worse. He didn't understand the why of it. But perhaps it wasn't for him to understand. There may have only been friends in the dark now. But that too should scare people. Wasn't a...
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    Private Rest

    Jem nodded back. Guess that was what he wanted. Probably should've left her there to wait for the others. But she did sound scared. There probably wasn't any harm in waiting until the others came. Alternatively... „If you can shift, we can probably get to the others sooner...“ He offered, but...
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    Private Rest

    He looked up to see Xen struggling with vomit. She'd done a good job thus far. He could no longer remember the early ones, but throwing up sounded correct. It's what people do. Perhaps it was just hate. Hate made you proper blind to many things. And it made sense – there wasn't much love lost...
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    Private Rest

    Jem thought that she could see them for a moment, but when the feline passed between him and Xenovia, there was no interruption in the woman's gaze. So the others had gotten to her. Suppose that was commendable. They were good at making people feel like they belonged. The one who wasn't Dolt...
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    Private Rest

    „You still took the job.“ Jem nodded at the only distinction that mattered to him. His arm slipped down, support free to join the others fanning out around the elf. Knees hit the ground harder than comfortable. Running was tiring. A winged primal would've been so much more useful, but he...
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