08-06-2008, 01:44 PM
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It was a trade off of sorts. In the darkness, he could see nothing at all, could not make out the silhouette of trees or the shape of the newcomer who should have been more familiar than he was, but sense of touch was still vibrating with acute awareness. The air was cold; his body was warm, and increasingly, the body he had been pressed against was getting warmer, its heart beating faster still. It upset him, just as it upset him that this was not his home. Rather suddenly, he found that he did not really want to be there at all. The journey had been more fun than the destination.
It was a trade off of sorts. In the darkness, he could see nothing at all, could not make out the silhouette of trees or the shape of the newcomer who should have been more familiar than he was, but sense of touch was still vibrating with acute awareness. The air was cold; his body was warm, and increasingly, the body he had been pressed against was getting warmer, its heart beating faster still. It upset him, just as it upset him that this was not his home. Rather suddenly, he found that he did not really want to be there at all. The journey had been more fun than the destination.
I don't belong here,he said in an insistent whisper, blind to the world beyond the man still carrying him.
I don't want to be here.As he finished his sentence, the same paralyzing pain that had gripped him before returned. He squeezed his eyes shut as his jaw rattled against his skull, chattering his teeth. The hybrid froze on Ahren's back, unable to push away, but unable to hang on anymore.