08-28-2008, 02:08 AM
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He made a noise in response to her suggestion, and then looked down to his feet. “Sometime,” he echoed, flicking ash from the cigarette. “Jasper wants to meet her too.” That had been one of the things he could remember his son asking him about. Jasper had always been curious about this mystery family, after finding them on the coast. Back when he was still a boy, and still lost in the world. He was not much changed, of course, but still.
A radical idea hit him, and Ahren let out a laugh. “It was my birthday a few days ago,” he said, judging this from the weight in his bones.
He made a noise in response to her suggestion, and then looked down to his feet. “Sometime,” he echoed, flicking ash from the cigarette. “Jasper wants to meet her too.” That had been one of the things he could remember his son asking him about. Jasper had always been curious about this mystery family, after finding them on the coast. Back when he was still a boy, and still lost in the world. He was not much changed, of course, but still.
A radical idea hit him, and Ahren let out a laugh. “It was my birthday a few days ago,” he said, judging this from the weight in his bones.