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[worldmother]

Who: Elly, Thorin
Where: The library
When: 3/13, afternoon
What: Former enemies meet to discuss personal issues with Thorin's extended family.

Warnings: None yet


Elly was early. The idea of meeting Thorin still set her on edge, their previous conversation terse and a bit awkward. He needed her help; someone close to him had been affected by Gigas and the Enhanced project. Normally, she would not agree to meet in person, but she could not in good faith deny him what she knew. Thorin was not her enemy, and she was not his.

Watching the door, the redhead sighed, doing her best to center herself before their meeting. She spoke about the Enhanced before, when Team Evolution made the initial announcement. It was an uncomfortable subject, with an uncomfortable individual.

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[darer]

Immediately his thoughts went to his nephew. Someone who wasn't as experienced in combat would not be ready - even he himself might be caught unawares, but Thorin had never worried about himself overmuch. He wasn't about to start now.

Either way though, his expression darkened, turning into a grim sort of acceptance. He would do whatever he needed to to protect his family.

"If it happens, I will stop him," he answered, solemn like a promise, completely confident, "and do my best to find out what it is that sets him off."

[worldmother]

Elly noted that herself, frowning a bit as his expression turned a bit more bleak. "I have no doubt of that," She said, with conviction. "Although I would hope that you would do everything you could to keep it from coming to that."

It wasn't her business, she knew, but somehow the thought of punishing someone like that, when they could no longer account for their actions, felt wrong.

Perhaps she had been away from Gigas for too long, had become soft. Elly didn't mind that.

[darer]

That sentence alone was enough to make him sit back with his arms crossed, placing a distance firmly between them. What did she take him for, to think she would need to remind him of that? Would he have come to her if he did not care what happened? Even so, he took care not to let his temper carry him off.

"He is like family to me. One would think that might go without saying."