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Post by Arden Patricks on Jan 21, 2008 19:13:08 GMT
"Sorry," I shake my head. "Just mad at him." And have an inability to think about something without saying it.
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Post by Ian Hunt on Jan 21, 2008 19:55:58 GMT
"That's alright. So...the drinking is out of control?"
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Post by Arden Patricks on Jan 21, 2008 19:59:26 GMT
"Seems like it," I shrug. "Evidently he and Andra made a pact not to take a sip of alcohol in their lives... and he figured he could break it after...." I shrug. "But it turns out that was a really good idea on their part, because he's a really unpleasant drunk with lots of deep-seated anger toward muggles and mudbloods." I shake my head bitterly. "So, oddly enough, he and Chance don't really get along."
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Post by Ian Hunt on Jan 21, 2008 20:15:24 GMT
"Oh..." I say again, "Do you think the drinking's going to stay...?"
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Post by Arden Patricks on Jan 21, 2008 20:19:46 GMT
I shrug, shaking my head. "I don't know.... I don't know if he's going to either. I mean, he's got no real reason to be hanging around here like this. I just hate that I finally met Andra's glorious hero of a big brother and he's... a mess. Who keeps calling Chance a mudblood."
I stop, shaking my head, not even sure anymore what got me started and made me pour all that out. "Sorry again."
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Post by Ian Hunt on Jan 21, 2008 21:13:25 GMT
"No, you shouldn't be sorry for saying what's on your mind," I shrug, "I guess he just needs to snap out of it. Have you tried...talking to him about getting help?"
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Post by Arden Patricks on Jan 21, 2008 21:28:23 GMT
"I don't really know how to, really," I shrug. "I mean, I barely know the guy."
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Post by Ian Hunt on Jan 21, 2008 21:29:59 GMT
"So maybe it isn't your problem?" I suggest.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Jan 21, 2008 21:32:14 GMT
"Probably not," I shrug. "Or it shouldn't be anyway."
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Post by Ian Hunt on Jan 21, 2008 23:54:24 GMT
"But it feels like it is, I guess?"
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Post by Arden Patricks on Jan 22, 2008 2:17:41 GMT
I nod, shrugging. "Because he acts like my older brother or something... but anyway, enough about that."
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Post by Ian Hunt on Jan 22, 2008 21:08:49 GMT
"Okay, enough about that," I shrug.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Jan 22, 2008 21:35:36 GMT
I nod, then debate whether or not to ask whether anything else is going on in his life.
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Post by Ian Hunt on Jan 22, 2008 21:48:42 GMT
"Anything else going on in your life?" I ask.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Jan 22, 2008 21:54:35 GMT
I laugh very slightly at the coincidence, then shake my head. "Nothing I can think of... dare I ask the same of you?" I ask, grimacing apologetically.
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Post by Ian Hunt on Jan 23, 2008 21:24:58 GMT
"You're a very brave woman," I tell her, "After all the answers I've ever given to that question when you ask me, you still ask anyway. Very brave. But no, not much."
Besides the toll of friends I've killed going up by another one.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Jan 23, 2008 21:29:30 GMT
I shrug, pretty doubtful that I'd ever have thought of the word 'brave' for that.
"I suppose that's good at least," I mutter. "Does anything ever go right for you for more than a few days at a time?"
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Post by Ian Hunt on Jan 23, 2008 21:33:12 GMT
I can't help but grin wryly in a half amused way, "No, good spells are usually just a few days long. The longer the spell, the worse the reapercussions."
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Post by Arden Patricks on Jan 23, 2008 21:38:38 GMT
I grimace at that, fighting off an urge to say something about karma because I don't want to imply he deserves it. I can't think of anything else to say, however, so I just stare at my knees for a moment.
"That... has to end sometime, right?" I shrug.
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Post by Ian Hunt on Jan 23, 2008 21:51:03 GMT
"It must do eventually," I agree, then smile without mirth, "Still waiting though."
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Post by Arden Patricks on Jan 23, 2008 21:56:10 GMT
I nod, twitching my mouth sympathetically.
"Is... there anything I can help with?" I ask, thinking I may have asked something similar already but might as well again.
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Post by Ian Hunt on Jan 23, 2008 22:00:04 GMT
"I highly doubt it but thank you anyway."
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Post by Arden Patricks on Jan 23, 2008 22:04:44 GMT
I nod. But of course I can't be of help. I never am.
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Post by Ian Hunt on Jan 24, 2008 16:10:04 GMT
"So..." I say after a moment of unsuccessfully trying to think of anything to salvage the conversation, even though it's not really been much of a conversation to start with.
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Post by Arden Patricks on Jan 24, 2008 16:16:48 GMT
I laugh somewhat bleakly, shaking my head. "'So' is right."
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Post by Ian Hunt on Jan 24, 2008 16:36:27 GMT
"It is?"
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Post by Arden Patricks on Jan 24, 2008 17:05:02 GMT
I shrug. "Because I can't think of anything else to say, but changing the subject might be nice."
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Post by Ian Hunt on Jan 25, 2008 22:39:29 GMT
"Think of anything to change the subject to?"
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Post by Arden Patricks on Jan 25, 2008 22:46:31 GMT
"Not just yet." I shake my head, thinking about it a moment.
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Post by Ian Hunt on Jan 25, 2008 23:04:54 GMT
"Helpful."
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