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08-24-2009, 04:29 PM
Link mooched down to the basement. Destiny was there, feeding Chaos. The food had a tasteless sedative mixed into it. She wanted to run a few tests before they fixed him, make sure there was no complications. Link gave her a nod. She stood up, wiping off her hands.
"Hey, kid. How're you fitting in?"
"Okay. They're all weirdos though."
"How come?
"They're all afraid of you."
"And?" she folded her arms, "Why wouldn't they be?"
Link laughed. "Oh come on. Look at you. You're a five foot pencil. I could take you in a fistfight with my hands tied."
She tilted her head. "Want to try?"
"You can't be serious." he said with disbelief, "You'd get pasted."
"I'm a doctor. I'll live. Come on, kid. You against me in the sitting room. The carpet is softer than this
"Fine, if you want."
She grinned. "Oh, I do."
"Without heroes we are all plain people and don't know how far we can go."
-Bernard Malamud
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