[ marcus is good with young people in weird ways, not in the least because some of them cotton onto the fact that he's actually mostly a kid himself, someone who never outgrew his own adolescent obnoxiousness. it's been odd, living this quiet life in cadelle. he has too much energy, a mission back home, purpose. here, with a soft bed and guaranteed three meals every day, it's like the universe wants to put him out to pasture, as kindly as it can.
the last time he thought he'd been retired was the casey rance case. the sister, kat rance, didn't trust him at first. too worried about casey, who struggled in the grips of demonic possession. and then he and tomas (mostly tomas, he recollects, with some pride, a little envy, some misplaced bitterness, an upswell of affection) had saved her. and then kat became another teenager in a long line of people who affectionately gave him shit for awhile, a tentative and true affection that only people who have been through unspeakable horror together can find mutual footing on, before he lost contact. he always eventually loses contact.
it'll be the same here too, once they leave. but even so. he likes kimberly. ]
No. But I have to ask, when exactly do you think I was born?
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the last time he thought he'd been retired was the casey rance case. the sister, kat rance, didn't trust him at first. too worried about casey, who struggled in the grips of demonic possession. and then he and tomas (mostly tomas, he recollects, with some pride, a little envy, some misplaced bitterness, an upswell of affection) had saved her. and then kat became another teenager in a long line of people who affectionately gave him shit for awhile, a tentative and true affection that only people who have been through unspeakable horror together can find mutual footing on, before he lost contact. he always eventually loses contact.
it'll be the same here too, once they leave. but even so. he likes kimberly. ]
No. But I have to ask, when exactly do you think I was born?