[IC] [Mask or Menace] Contact Post

[dendarii]

"This is Miles. Leave a message and I'll respond to you at my earliest convenience."

The line has gone silent; any messages sent to this name only return an error.

Comments

[keep_nothing]

That's not really healing then. More like a short-term vacation.

[dendarii]

I'm allowed to have a vacation, aren't I? Isn't that what you and Da and Gregor are doing when you take on my bone aches?

[ Nevermind he's going to fight tooth and nail to keep the change as long as he can, and possibly hurt something doing so. ]

[keep_nothing]

[ Miles no ]

Is it safe, at least?

[dendarii]

Of course it is. I'll give you her name, in fact, and you can double-check everything you like.

[keep_nothing]

I would actually. For my own peace of mind, not because I don't believe you, love.

[dendarii]

Do it for both reasons, then. I don't mind.

[ He reaches over for his comm so he can send her Haen's contact info. ]

[keep_nothing]

Thanks, love.

[dendarii]

Sure.

[ ... A slight pause. ]

Don't tell Da, please. I want to surprise him.

[keep_nothing]

... You think that'll be a good surprise?

[dendarii]

Wouldn't it be? To walk in and see me whole for the first time in my life?

[keep_nothing]

You forget that "your life" has only been a week or two over one month for us.

[dendarii]

Even so. You can't tell me he wouldn't enjoy that. Hell, I'd do it now if it didn't hurt so damn much.

[keep_nothing]

Wait, what? Is it going to hurt you to do this?

[dendarii]

-- no, no. This isn't going to hurt at all. I meant with my regular powers.

[keep_nothing]

Oh, you mean grow taller then. You had me worried for a moment.

[dendarii]

No, Mother. The entire point is to manage it in a healthy way. Honestly, I thought that would be obvious.

[keep_nothing]

[ She gives him a knowing look. ]

But if it gave you what you wanted, would you have balked at a little pain to achieve it?

[dendarii]

... Well, no.

[ And this is hardly a simple, harmless sort of want for Miles. The roots intertwine around some very vital and delicate parts of himself. ]

[keep_nothing]

[ She holds up her hand, him having just proved her point. ]

Hence my worry.

[dendarii]

Most of my life is pain, Mother. If I let it stop me, I'd likely be living in a floater.

[keep_nothing]

That doesn't mean you have to go and heap more onto yourself, love.

[dendarii]

Maybe I want to.

[keep_nothing]

Maybe you're insane, [ she says fondly. ]

[dendarii]

Also entirely possible.

[ He finishes off his glass. ]

[keep_nothing]

No, no, that's a certainty.

[ She reaches for the bottle, silently asking if he wants a top up. ]