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I'm poking around my unfinished file, to see if there's anything interesting to work on. What I found, this at least, I'm never going to finish, so I'll post it here instead. It was going to be part of a (slightly) larger work, the title of which was No Metaphors for Living, which is nice, as far as titles go, and simple, as far as my titles are concerned. I haven't edited this at all, and I can see some colour tags in this, so I'm just going to post and see what it looks like.
I love Delirium's last line, though.
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Simon sighs, "妹妹" and shuts the door.
Barriers between them, and River can hear Simon laugh.
River knows. River knows her feet, and Serenity, and quantum mechanics. River knows stairs and hats and bells and why leprechaun gold is a myth. River knows running water and muddy puddles and that sinking feeling.
River knows fishies. Fishies in her hair and fishies on the catwalk, falling through the gaps and floating on the winds to gently land on the deck below. Not that there are winds in the cargo bay. River knows this.
"HeLlo," says a little girl. "i LOsT mY doGgiE. 有时侯他走狗，也有时侯他走走, BuT he RefuSes A leaSH. He is a StubbORn DoGGie."
"He would have broken it anyway," replies River.
"perHaPS," sings Delirium. "BUt hE MiGHT haVe WoRN it fOr me. aftERAll, iT's onLY a SyMbol."
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You know, I totally used to have Endless icons.
I love Delirium's last line, though.
**
Simon sighs, "妹妹" and shuts the door.
Barriers between them, and River can hear Simon laugh.
River knows. River knows her feet, and Serenity, and quantum mechanics. River knows stairs and hats and bells and why leprechaun gold is a myth. River knows running water and muddy puddles and that sinking feeling.
River knows fishies. Fishies in her hair and fishies on the catwalk, falling through the gaps and floating on the winds to gently land on the deck below. Not that there are winds in the cargo bay. River knows this.
"HeLlo," says a little girl. "i LOsT mY doGgiE. 有时侯他走狗，也有时侯他走走, BuT he RefuSes A leaSH. He is a StubbORn DoGGie."
"He would have broken it anyway," replies River.
"perHaPS," sings Delirium. "BUt hE MiGHT haVe WoRN it fOr me. aftERAll, iT's onLY a SyMbol."
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You know, I totally used to have Endless icons.
