{"id":4058,"date":"2019-08-16T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-08-16T04:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4058"},"modified":"2019-08-15T09:56:29","modified_gmt":"2019-08-15T13:56:29","slug":"twenty-one-02-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/awakenings.embklitzke.com\/?p=4058","title":{"rendered":"Twenty-one – 02"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cOh,\u201d Phelan said, blinking slowly and trying to process what she\u2019d just said.\u00a0 \u201cWell that…that seems like par for the course.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Marin heaved a sigh and shook her head, continuing to walk in the direction Phelan had come from.\u00a0 He frowned slightly, turning to follow her.\u00a0 A wave of fresh nausea crashed over him and he paused for a second.\u00a0 Hecate put a hand out to steady him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAre you sure you should be up?\u201d she asked gently.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAre you sure that I shouldn\u2019t be?\u201d\u00a0 He smiled weakly.\u00a0 \u201cHave we already had the war council?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cDo we ever really have one?\u201d\u00a0 Marin sighed.\u00a0 \u201cSome decisions are being made.\u00a0 We didn\u2019t get a vote in at least one.\u00a0 There\u2019s another we\u2019re going to fight.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cRight,\u201d Phelan said.\u00a0 \u201cDid you pick my cousin\u2019s brain?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s where we were coming from,\u201d Hecate said.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s how I know I can\u2019t hide, not this time.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cMm.\u201d\u00a0 His vision twined for a second, then narrowed back to single focus.\u00a0 Phelan took a careful breath, swallowing some bile down.\u00a0 He\u2019d have to find something stronger to take than what Jacqueline had given him.\u00a0 \u201cThe basics?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cMatt wants to take the fight to them,\u201d Marin said.\u00a0 \u201cBefore they can hit us here.\u00a0 It\u2019s an idea with merit if we can pull it off.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cAnd if we can secure everything here for the people who stay behind,\u201d Phelan said, thoughts drifting.\u00a0 Something about this felt familiar, but the why was elusive, evading his mental grasp even as he reached for it.\u00a0 A silent sigh escaped his lips.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Either it would be important, or it wouldn\u2019t be.\u00a0 It was probably some long-forgotten yesterday, and forgotten for a reason.\u00a0 Despite appearances, he was old\u2014and he knew that he was old, accepted it.\u00a0 He had forgotten more things in his lifetime than many would ever know.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sometimes, that was a defense mechanism.\u00a0 This could have been one of those times.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It probably wasn\u2019t important.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThat is<\/i> a concern,\u201d Marin said.\u00a0 \u201cDo you think we can?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWe can try,\u201d he murmured.\u00a0 \u201cThat\u2019s all we can do.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cThen we try,\u201d Hecate said, shrugging.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019ll be nice to come home to something safe.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cWill it ever be that?\u201d Marin asked softly, glancing at Hecate, then at Phelan.\u00a0 \u201cWill it ever really<\/i> be that?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u201cYou\u2019re the Seer, Marin,\u201d Phelan said.\u00a0 \u201cYou tell me.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She didn\u2019t say anything, just looked away.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It was all the answer they needed.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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