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Date Posted: 13:46:49 02/21/02 Thu
Author: Ravin
Subject: Explaining things to the genie
In reply to: Saras 's message, "Trying to comfort..." on 21:11:23 02/20/02 Wed

Ravin rubbed at his tear filled eyes with the palms of his hands then lifted his head to look upon the face of Saras. "Ravin……what's happening? Why is everyone……?" the genie stammered. The thief sucked in a deep breath, trying to gain control of his emotions so that he could speak without breaking down again.

He reached for the mug of java and moistened his throat as Saras sat down beside him, wrapped his arms around him and rested his head on his shoulder. The action momentarily took the thief off guard since he wasn't used to getting embraced by someone he just recently met. Perhaps there was no such thing as personal space in the world of genies. It was also rather uncomfortable being this close to someone he hardly knew, and could gain no empathic feelings from.

Normally, Ravin preferred keeping his own counsel rather than burdening others with his problems, but he got the feeling that Saras really wanted to help him deal with the pain he was in. "We just learned that friends of ours back home were attacked by minions of this man who seeks vengeance against me, Erlic, and Marz," he said, happy that his voice didn't crack. "The news of death and destruction has obviously hurt some of us rather…..deeply."

The thief lifted the java mug once again then set it down and pulled out his whiskey flask instead. He needed something to momentarily numb the pain and java just wasn't going to do it. "There's really nothing you can do to make things better, Saras. There's nothing anyone can do." After taking a swig of whiskey, he rubbed his eyes when they welled up with tears again. "Humans can be terrible," he whispered. "They think nothing of destroying one another if it means gaining power."

He filled another mug with java and handed it to Saras. "Are all genies good and kind?" he asked. "Or are there those that want to murder anything they think might get in their way, even if it happens to be an innocent child that was never a threat to them to begin with?"

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