BlackRosePt.16

夕柔深

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8 i5 @' |5 w9 u5 c1 X' _% h'Do Otherworld?' [Cormac wrote] all, a face. answer. attention: question.

* R/ k+ J2 ]$ D( X" I- H7 o'This a question,' said. 'Questions answers. Haven't it?'

$ n) Y0 ], U3 @! y+ r0 o" Y* z7 |'Why Otherworld,' said, slightly. 'Can't there.'

'We a one,' said, sidelong. 'You've books, haven't you? one? better?'
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'Course does,' said. 'But what's was? didn't do. world, aloud, so, and...' a this, others, them.
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'What at, Reevclarr,' said.

'Kids' stuff,' said, Aadhya. 'You're it.'
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'What so,' a voice.
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'Because it's shit,' said. 'There's Otherworld.' back, Aadhya, us.
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'Or least,' added, 'not one.' Dohy. joined, training, a dancer, beautiful, a forehead.
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'Oh,' said, him. her, I thinking. a guy, Vere, anything. polite, friendly. time, wonder.
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3 c7 D- Y- W4 X: u5 O'So say,' said, shrugging. 'I mean, that's Hargest. I I a kid. I'm think.'
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& k" w) `4 ^% r5 ~'It it,' said, him.
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'I'm saying,' said, 'we a it. Otherworld. people, folk, along, whatnot.'
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'What think, Vere,' said, a him. a alarming. a person.

'I don't know,' said, face. 'I'm saying, ways. agrees.'

  `3 f+ \  o* T7 y; K0 d0 `'No,' said, nodding. 'Not agrees.' down, a face.
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% P, \0 C" o, R) R& ?5 g'But tell,' quietly. 'We beliefs, not? traditions, Otherworld, different. A from, no?' room. nodded, I, others. a uncomfortable.
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'Have Otherworld?' said. 'Our a eaten, preparation. found, again, a edible. wrong? know?' answer, anything, shrugged.

# e' P" W, v1 B2 F'In Otherworld, tree,' said. 'In ours, cannot. problem.'

; p' z& v& a0 `0 j  t: m) S$ qI dad's head: wrong. Vere.

'You this,' quietly. 'You that, you've think, true. things, Vere, them.' paused, him, reply. wall, her, fidgeted, nothing. herself, a moment. Vere.
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'They animals, once, plain, mute, mouth,' said. 'And fire, alive. that?'
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'No,' said.

2 k# j4 B& M$ ^5 u3 v" D* V# @'Good,' said, 'because me. are, talking, breathing.' eyebrows.
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Loving? anyone.

2 @4 ^4 V! O4 |0 g" V7 h6 X4 ?: h'Kissing sweating,' added, gleaming. 'Laughing farting.' smiled, smiled, bizarre, true.

'How nothings?' Vere, it. out, a out. her, a daftness.

'You me,' said, 'that we, us, desire?'
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'I know,' smiled. 'It's stupid.'
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'Good,' said. 'Just stuff, not.' him, I go, I Vere. go, himself. me, I away.
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. k! `+ ]% ?: M) ]***Â I class. trapeze, ropes, things. wasn't. small. in, I, kind, a springy. a person, hands. before. side, other, us. her. a woman, her. broad, ropes. legs, too, strong. a monk's. a , black, legs. wall, slightly.

, Q' f/ @3 C( H) ?3 v+ AA passed, way. us.

I up. I I wobble, I couldn't. still, nostrils, breathing. a I waiting, I minutes. themselves, them, a handstand, extended, tent.
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3 _' P- z/ C. jThen, arm, ground, arm. a moment.

'Hello...' tentatively.

'Shut up,' levelly. mouth. all. me.

, |' T6 m& d* a! P'You,' said. odd. words. 'Stand straight.'

. E! Y7 N& m6 y6 K' v; h'I straight,' I said.
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'No you're not,' said.
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1 w2 Y* o  p$ ?2 G$ vI I straighter.
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'You're head, you've calf,' voice. 'You're a waterbird. straight.'
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I I
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when, I couldn't it, posture, motion, head.
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' t5 M4 f8 |- {- vI a face, I me. there, heel, us, a red, lightly.
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'This Harness,' softly. 'I this. What's name.'
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# W# K0 [( s) u/ d, w# V/ R'Cormac Tecknor.' a moment, nodded, left, Shvaun.
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'Shvaun Deeny.' Pause, nod.
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'Dawvy Eeskra.'

+ G1 l+ Y' |! \9 L# R6 d6 W'Avleen Altra.'

'Connor Fermyur.'

'Dohy Reevclarr.'
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5 I2 n" U# p1 `'Valeria Sveikas.'

'Titas Nesveika.' row. a pause, a eyes, a nod.
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2 z" N  u6 I+ E- i0 G, R'You don't name,' said, 'until class. then,

. clear?' glass. tone. emotion. information.
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'Where ropes?' said. a away.

3 C/ k$ I/ N; K9 P6 E  S'You don't ropes,' said.

'I harness.'

'It is. class. Harness.'
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'What's Harness?' and... wasn't smiled, exactly, worried.
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'None is?'

*** later, a her. chest. I eyes. blazing. I pain, humiliation.

I didn't I state. I Ilkaya. I her'd lesson. Dawvy's burning. you. did. A

. a thing: inattention, others. seriously. uncomfortable times, tested, didn't properly. angry. voice. a a who'd a god.
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hadn't a nobodies. a up, a a about. a she'd tent. sides, mats, face.
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2 L1 @! c* ^4 Z3 Y$ x# W5 r5 n, l' is?' a eyebrow. silent, 'No.' a moment, slightly.

'No,' agreeably. 'You don't all. you.' harder.
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'Just, about... believe, stuff,' said.

'"What believe",' said, onion, ever. her, other. stupid, right, worthless.

- F# e4 s1 L& E4 @0 n! I: W& l'It's matters,' said. 'It's you.'

I couldn't all. I I felt. I better.

'Tell she's shit,' said. 'And yourselves, tomorrow, better.' go, Ilkaya's contempt.
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' n. S, B" x; h" d) A/ m'Wait,' said. stopped, her. gods, I thought, this? up. so. then, us. her. that, hours, us, her. us, straightening.

' _! A/ V0 z9 t( M! v'Now you,' said. too, I straightened, straightened.
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'There,' said. 'Harness.' a look, tent.
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; F, z1 N% M. |*** day, class, fire. us, died, behind.
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'The fire,' said, 'is us. manifest. extraordinary. do. them. this, extraordinary.' paused, class.

'Does a question.' said. hand.

( B3 y( z% G# Q' f$ P'You,' said.

'Miss Aadhya,' said, 'our you're shit.' paused, a a hair.

'She that.'

'Yes,' said. 'She you.' a moment. up.
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1 v6 O" w. f( T9 d7 _% P0 [, o1 S'You yesterday.'

'Yes,' said.

7 Z) R; u0 ]- H" @( ?'What think?' other's eyes, embarrassment lesson. us, a mouth.

+ m3 N' |6 j# H) o- H1 q. X9 K# h'It good,' I said. 'It tough, though.'

+ P  _) X1 [( \: K'Do teacher?' anything.

" i2 S* i) ^% b2 D'Ilkaya right,' said. 'I shit. I teach. action, her. I seen.'
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  e4 A* U* `, J& ~'Why doesn't
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'Ilkaya Chariot,' said, 'but ago, path. her. dancers. returned, a gifts.'

, N7 Z* O  i# R'Why doesn't you,' said. 'You a Dancer, her.'
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'I her,' said, smiling. 'She is, me. I do.'
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'She's you,' Shvaun, dark.
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'I down, once,' said. 'She a me, I it. me.'

6 A; [- x* u' B  i'What do,' said, rapt.'None business,' said.'Oh,' said, 'you us.''I don't a thing,' levelly, Shvaun. 'And me, I Box.' together, her, obedient. a sudden, I don't how, I was.'Oh,' I said, myself, 'you love!' mouth. me. pleased.***'Thirsty?'I head. pounding. a squeezed.I Box. outside, a a mug. I nodded. in, I deeply. groin. nectar. I a again. I a me. I that, reversed, I didn't this. I myself, mattered, reason.I legs, I again.'You it, didn't you,' said.'Worth it,' I gasped, water. slit.'Do come,' said. ''Stead me.'I her, I was.'No,' I truthfully. 'I you.''You'll me, Boy,' said, I smile.'Ho ho,' I said.'So they're love,' said, me, beaming.'Yeah,' I agreed. 'Or were. Doesn't now.''Don't 'em,' said. 'They're beautiful. D'you think?'I this.I beautiful. elevated, lopsided, a leg, lovely. accident. happened. we'd up, she'd a, wrong, she'd a she'd a goddess, a princess. you, face, other, a twinge.Ilkaya? I was. I poise, strength, and...No, I thought,beautiful, of, she's... I I Dewi.I head, wouldn't crimson.'Mmm,' I absently.'Only hours. hungry?''No,' I said. 'But something.''I'll try,' said. 'Monty's thing.''Shit,' I said. Monty's thing. used, a a end, up. Aadhya, meat, served. it. wasn't her, them. menu, wasn't a I Box. well. I I it.'Hot, isn't it,' said.'Yeah,' I muttered. I half, scalp. I me.'You'll right,' sky.'Why's that, then,' I said. east, I I could. a flash, a rumble. a sympathy, fall.*** later, I knees, eyes, I a figure, booted, Box.I Ilkaya. dispassionately door.'Come out,' said. 'Loremaster you've enough.'I stiff, legs, skin. a I clothes. I on.'I'm sorry,' I said. 'She I too.''I accept,' calmly, there, both.'I I a of...' I began.'You don't me,' said. I her, I'd thing.'Loremaster I did.''Loremaster guilty,' said. 'She her. to.''I her,' I said, head.'Of would,' said, then, expression,'I don't respect,' said. 'But later, her. Loremaster, them.'I her.'I you, master,' I said.'I know,' said, me, pale.Yes, it, I Aadhya, unpredictable, turns. us.I couldn't Ilkaya, a a you. never, was.I her. I her. hadn't you. moon.'Run mutton,' said, all. I rain.*** I teachers. others: master, pictures, face, teacher, (I drum, me, clarin, her). bit, learn. stand. sit. up, down, bow, leg.I'd a at. I'd still, not. usual, about. day, up, us, us. breath, 'Look, what's point? Sitting, standing, this? great?' him, defiant, a sweaty. a moment, forward, lightning, breeches. a I him. him.'Don't away, boy,' said, ever. 'Stand straight. me.''Sorry,' a voice.'Shut up,' said. a moment, Dawvy's pain.'You a body, boy,' said.'Yeah,' say.'Can you.''Most time.''What's matter,' said, Dawvy. 'Don't me.' was, tall, a anyway, solid, a meat, a woman, a block. a itself.'I you,' squeaked.'You'll children,' said. 'Don't worry.''That's I'm worried,' gasped. 'Feels I won't.''I'm you,' said, 'I'm you.''I taught.''Then me.''I you.''No don't.''I do!''You don't,' said, pain. stream.'Do now,' said.'I you!''Only I'll don't,' calmly. 'That's trust. That's fear.''Please,' gasped. shame.I Ilkaya. this? us? wasn't teaching. cruelty, victims. wasn't about.'I'm a minute, Eeskra,' said. 'And I do, a ten, I'm anything.' paused.'And time, boy, want.' in, face.'You me,' said, 'and I can, I you, I back. over, face. names. dirt. I you, time, I me, I'm now, do, penalty. Nothing. I swear.' face. I effort.'No penalty,' said. 'Everything you're now, me. You'll a ten. won't I won't a grudge.I've counting. you're out. out. Immediately. Understand?' nodded.'Just right,' said, eyes. 'Ready?''I'm ready,' gasped.'Good,' said, a him, sides. there, gasping, Ilkaya.'One,' said. 'Two. Three.' there, falling. gaze.'Four. Five. Six.' a breath, fists.'Seven. Eight.' a moment. fists.'Nine,' voice. her.'Ten,' said. nothing. a longer, then... it's describe, didn't move, themselves, nodded.'There,' quietly. 'Did that?''I so,' slowly.'What I you?''I you,' muttered.'But didn't you?''Once I'd waited...' said, off, wonderment. 'I dunno. stupid.''The off?''Yeah. you'd do... whatever, but... I point, if... I you, I didn't, and... I I didn't.''I'll didn't me, Eeskra,' said. 'Or, why.' frowned.'It's I script,' said. 'If me, I don't coming, that's script. I I me,, I've script. I've means. You've power. You're I do. But, here, choice, say.' this, smiled.'You something,' said. 'Acceptable.' him, back. us, us. her, a pat, a else. a momebt, us.'It's floor,' quietly, 'and up, off, you, you're wonderful.' eyes.'You've. It's everything. It's step. First, say. Then, say. That's did, today, didn't revenge.'Then Fire. all, you.'That's about. say. is.'*** confusing.First, directions. lore, audience. say.'I weren't lines,' I dinner.'We're not,' Shvaun, animal.'So we're lines, anything?''Well,' Shvaun, a moment, chewing, shrugged. 'Metaphor, innit.''I'm serious,' I said. 'I don't we're say, down.''It's a one,' Finry, a table. us.'Have out,' said, him.'We don't words,' said. 'There's things.''Like?' it, expectantly.'When love,' said, her, 'how it?''Well,' I said, 'I was... I dunno. I I them.''Yeah,' said, 'but you'd like...' a sneer.'You're,' a voice. 'Or....' scowled.'You're love,' a of. I startled. I'd a mummer.'See I mean,' normally. 'Same words, things.'I admit, I impressed. I didn't he'd think. leg. her, uncomfortable. tongue.'Oh Vere,' said, blinking. 'You're talented.''If weren't a a moment, something,' said.'me,' said, him.'No thanks,' said. 'I don't I have.'Shvaun's up. me.'You me, Tecknor?''I he's a point,' I said, I wasn't what.*** weeks, paces. at, anyway. a dancer, a one. flexible, up, people, I Ilkaya, praise, Shvaun, a do. us, that, was, better. teacher's pet, a praise.Dawvy's a clown. a else, a else,Oh, quicker,No, don't. slower. I happens.So, Dawvy's possible, treacle. apprentice, age. small, Shvaun, birdlike, a a renard. face, she'd a Chariot. concerned, a life. day, was, Avleen, a sniffing.'Sorry,' a nose.'Don't be,' absently, paused.I a breather, I Avleen, return, nose, nervously.'Stand straight,' her. there.'Everyone,' sharply, 'stop you're doing, here.' Ilkaya, us, silence. us, direction, a it, open.'What it,' said. nothing. do. I Avleen. I Avleen. one, Avleen.us, a moment, baffled.'Lads,' last, flat, voice, 'what lookin' at.' nothing. nothing. waited. a happen. done? her? I I'd a better, she'd didn't like, wouldn't way.'Is me,' said, side. 'Am I somethin' wrong.''Ssh,' said, a silence. something, again. a moment. me. Ilkaya. apart, her, unsmiling. Dawvy. me. again. Ilkaya. a incomprehension, a fraction. funny, I a laugh. me, funny, I laugh.Dawvy, however, snorted, mouth. twannet, me? I'll over. Valeria. Avleen's fist. then, I laughing, it, Ilkaya. a stare, a yourself?I Avleen, I face, understanding had. outraged. froze, a corner, mouth, unconcerned, invisible. weren't her. funnier. helpless. I Ilkaya, Avleen, I wrong, funnier,, I loud. stomach. nothing.I her,, Right, funny, Avleen's mine, a fuck?!, away, seriousness.Then, I'll else, a fart. downwards, her, unconcern. it. knees. I Ilkaya, who'd scowling, a smile. up.'Avleen,' voice, ever. Ilkaya.'Yes, Ilkaya.''You don't Chariot.''I am, amn't I,' cautiously.'Well,' said, 'I you, a you. a fire.'A Avleen's again.'Well, mind, Ilkaya,' drawled. 'It'll off.'