Post by Andrew Foster on Jan 17, 2008 17:29:51 GMT
I've been sitting on the floor of this stuffy little room for more hours than I'd like to think about, sorting through various records. And I suddenly realize that I haven't moved in what feels like two or three minutes, moth still frozen in a crazed half-smile.
Maybe it's the potent combination of continual sleep-deprivation, frequently excessive alcohol consumption, and pure desperation… but I swear to God I've hit on something. Finally, finally I think I might have hit something.
I've been going through reports, and hearing lots of stories… especially at Hogwarts; it was crazy how many people seemed to pop back up from the dead there these days. And it suddenly had struck me that they never found a body, not for Damion. They had never found a body, but he had never reached his destination, and the information he was privileged to know had never been revealed. So they figured he was dead.
But I pieced that together with some of the things that my baby sister Angela had said about the night our mother died… how it seemed accidental, like they weren't meant to kill her. And it suddenly occurred to me that if Damion was hiding, what better way to draw him out than to capture his family? Killing them wouldn't quite work, just make him angry, but capturing them? Why not? And when they failed to kidnap his daughter, killing his girlfriend in the process… how about his step-daughter, the only remaining family member not in hiding?
So that meant Lexi-andra might still be alive.
The smile turns into a grin, and I don't even realize I've gotten to my feet until I'm jumping in the air and shouting "YES!" as loud as possible.
Maybe it's the potent combination of continual sleep-deprivation, frequently excessive alcohol consumption, and pure desperation… but I swear to God I've hit on something. Finally, finally I think I might have hit something.
I've been going through reports, and hearing lots of stories… especially at Hogwarts; it was crazy how many people seemed to pop back up from the dead there these days. And it suddenly had struck me that they never found a body, not for Damion. They had never found a body, but he had never reached his destination, and the information he was privileged to know had never been revealed. So they figured he was dead.
But I pieced that together with some of the things that my baby sister Angela had said about the night our mother died… how it seemed accidental, like they weren't meant to kill her. And it suddenly occurred to me that if Damion was hiding, what better way to draw him out than to capture his family? Killing them wouldn't quite work, just make him angry, but capturing them? Why not? And when they failed to kidnap his daughter, killing his girlfriend in the process… how about his step-daughter, the only remaining family member not in hiding?
So that meant Lexi-andra might still be alive.
The smile turns into a grin, and I don't even realize I've gotten to my feet until I'm jumping in the air and shouting "YES!" as loud as possible.