Twenty-Second PSI
Oct. 30th, 2010 09:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
a_gentle_boy[The events of the previous few weeks have left their mark upon Lucas. Following mere hours after Netherlands's droning, mere weeks after his extremely painful and scarring encounter with Billy Smith, the boy hadn't been in any state to be of help during the hazmat attack. Normally, he would have jumped at the chance to assist the injured; he would even have sacrificed his own life to do so. But this time . . . he wasn't sure if he could have done so. Death after death after death, and all he could do was pray that the nightmare would end quickly. Privately, he recognized the part of him that had wished for the Russian man to be found.
He remembered his encounter with Sergei as clearly as if it had just happened. The fear upon the man's face, the desperation in his words. Lucas had promised that he would do everything he could to help -- Yet in the end, he had done nothing, had even hoped that the man would be discovered by his hunters. For the boy who made emotional bonds so easily and valued human life so greatly . . . the feeling of guilt was immense.]
[He stands in front of City Hall, now, fists clenched and body trembling slightly with emotion as he stares at the corpse. He had passed by it earlier. Recognized it immediately. Recoiled in horror from the sight.
At his side is a bucket of fresh water and a small pile of rags. He will decide whether or not he dares to release the body from its noose later. For now, he simply applies his healing PSI to close the open wounds, gently wipes away the blood with his cloth, does for Sergei what he had not been able to do while the man was still alive.
Be at peace.]
He remembered his encounter with Sergei as clearly as if it had just happened. The fear upon the man's face, the desperation in his words. Lucas had promised that he would do everything he could to help -- Yet in the end, he had done nothing, had even hoped that the man would be discovered by his hunters. For the boy who made emotional bonds so easily and valued human life so greatly . . . the feeling of guilt was immense.]
[He stands in front of City Hall, now, fists clenched and body trembling slightly with emotion as he stares at the corpse. He had passed by it earlier. Recognized it immediately. Recoiled in horror from the sight.
At his side is a bucket of fresh water and a small pile of rags. He will decide whether or not he dares to release the body from its noose later. For now, he simply applies his healing PSI to close the open wounds, gently wipes away the blood with his cloth, does for Sergei what he had not been able to do while the man was still alive.
Be at peace.]
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Date: 2010-10-31 04:11 am (UTC)But now? Now she stands behind Lucas, just watching.]
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Date: 2010-10-31 04:23 am (UTC)Luke's mother. She receives a hesitant nod as Lucas lowers his hands.]
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Date: 2010-10-31 04:33 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2010-10-31 04:42 am (UTC)[If he came back, that meant that Grady and the Mayor and the Milkman and even Lucy Smith weren't really the ones in control of the town.]
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Date: 2010-11-01 12:01 am (UTC)I don't think they would have spent that much effort if they didn't know they could kill him for real.
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Date: 2010-11-01 12:51 am (UTC)I'm not sure why you think it might even happen, but Grady, the Mayor, and Lucy Smith all called for his death.
If he was coming back, we wouldn't have gone through what we just did. It would have been entirely pointless. There's no way. It's impossible.
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Date: 2010-11-01 12:54 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-11-01 12:59 am (UTC)[Because it is entirely nonsensical. If they had gone through hell for no reason, the passion of anger would burn in Lucas more powerfully than it had even for Porky.]
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Date: 2010-11-01 01:03 am (UTC)[She didn't even know him, but he was hers and she wanted him to come back like everyone else did here.]
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Date: 2010-11-01 03:37 pm (UTC)Да.
[A pause.]
Should take him down.
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Date: 2010-11-02 12:21 am (UTC)We should . . . bury him, too.
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