{"id":3222,"date":"2017-05-10T00:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-05-10T04:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3222"},"modified":"2017-05-09T22:00:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-10T02:00:48","slug":"ten-07-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=3222","title":{"rendered":"Ten – 07"},"content":{"rendered":"

[This post is from Matt’s point of view.]<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThat sounds like it would be like me trying to convince Sif of anything she didn\u2019t want to be convinced of,\u201d Thordin said, then smiled. Matt managed to smile back, shaking his head.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to go out on a limb and say that\u2019s probably an accurate assessment.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cLikely.\u201d Phelan stared off into space for a few long moments, looking thoughtful\u2014and distant enough that Matt paused in his work to peer at the other man.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou still with us, Phelan?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFor the most part,\u201d he said, then smiled. \u201cSorry. I was just thinking.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cClearly.\u201d Matt\u2019s gaze drifted back to his work, but he wasn\u2019t ready to start hammering again, not yet. He waited, hoping that Phelan would elaborate\u2014would reveal even the barest glimmer of what had been going through his head. As the seconds ticked by, Matt became less and less confident that Phelan was going to share.<\/p>\n

Thordin\u2019s patience wore through before his did. \u201cWhat\u2019s eating at you now<\/em>, Phelan? Tell me it\u2019s not more of the same.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNo, not really.\u201d Phelan leaned back, all pretense of starting to sharpen swords apparently forgotten. \u201cThinking about my sister\u2014about my family. I have as much reason as anyone to hate your wife, Matt, and I can\u2019t bring myself to do it. Especially not after what she did for us out on that field. If nothing else would have convinced me, her stopping Olympium and turning them back would have done that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matt closed his eyes and exhaled. She doesn\u2019t have another one of those in her, that\u2019s for sure.<\/em> \u201cAt least it\u2019s over.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not over,\u201d J.T. said, his shadow crossing the doorway. He was pale, that much Matt could tell, and it wasn\u2019t a trick of the light. \u201cThey haven\u2019t gone far and I don\u2019t think they\u2019re done with us. Not by a long shot.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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