[It was warm -- that's why he chose it. Someone had told him it was all right. No one lived there, and sure, lots of squatters had claimed many of the rooms of the closely guarded secret, but the attic still had some space. He might find room to rest for the night there, assuming the secret hadn't gotten to many other ears in the time it had gotten to his.]
[It was a treacherous climb up the rickety ladder, especially with a heavy bag in hand, but the warmth and being out of the blistering wind made it all worth it.]
[There was a candle in the middle of the attic, burning low to the ground. Everything else was pitch to his eyes, dark and oily and mysteriously black. Good. He could get some sleep.]
[It was a treacherous climb up the rickety ladder, especially with a heavy bag in hand, but the warmth and being out of the blistering wind made it all worth it.]
[There was a candle in the middle of the attic, burning low to the ground. Everything else was pitch to his eyes, dark and oily and mysteriously black. Good. He could get some sleep.]
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Okay, maybe a little sorry. She loses the smirk and gestures toward the storm.] Where ya gonna go in this?
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Date: 2010-06-22 02:25 am (UTC)Mumbled, almost as an afterthought:] 'M just sayin'.
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Date: 2010-06-22 02:40 am (UTC)The first, more square, contained some stacked crackers. He took two and re-wrapped the rest. The second package was greasy and turned out to be a small slab of bacon fat.] Hungry? [Al slapped the newspaper and fat down on the floor before looking up at her.]
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Date: 2010-06-22 02:48 am (UTC)[Using his pocketknife, he sliced at the cold bacon fat and argued until he had a few decent pieces, laying them out carefully on the crackers. Not the best meal, sure, but it was something. He offered hers out, leaning over the camp stove.]
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Date: 2010-06-22 03:47 am (UTC)[Al fished out a tin cup -- he was well-prepared, wasn't he? -- and split the coffee, giving her the cup and keeping the tin with the grounds.]
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