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[beathach]

Who: The Blameless crew & visitors!
Broadcast: n/a
Action: The Blameless
When: August

[it's a mingle! go forth, blameless and friends]

Comments

[axiomed]

Good luck getting Erik to consider that.

[ Charles leans against her quietly, his fingers running over her scales. He's a tactile person by nature. ]

[athru]

I'm sure I can manage it.

[ She's practically on top of him, but they're both used to it, she thinks. ]

There's always Hank's, too.

[axiomed]

Of course. I would never forget Hank.

[athru]

There we go. We have lots of room.

[axiomed]

Perhaps we need a proper photo album.

[athru]

[ She pauses for a moment, thinking, before she smiles. ]

I'll have to get us one next time we stop.

[axiomed]

If there's a place to buy that sort of thing.

[ But he nods. ]

[athru]

We'll find something. Then you can take it home, right?

[ 'Home'. She said it. She'll be there one day too. ]

[axiomed]

I'll be sure to put it in a safe space.

[athru]

We can take more when I come back, too.

[axiomed]

[ He nods. ]

That sounds like a good plan.

[athru]

I have good ideas sometimes.

[ The non-murderous ones, at least... ]

... It'll be a school again? Home?

[axiomed]

[ Home. Charles looks away briefly. ]

It'll be a school.

[athru]

... I hope they'll like me.

[axiomed]

[ With his usual self-assurance. ]

I know they will.

[athru]

You have to say that. You're my brother.

[ But she's smiling all the same. ]

[axiomed]

That doesn't make it any less true, you realize. And it is my school.

[athru]

So you'll make it a rule, Professor?

[ She just shakes her head for a moment. ]

I know... They'll have seen Washington. They won't understand. Maybe that's what I'm worried about.

[axiomed]

[ He shakes his head. ]

They have to make their own choices.

[athru]

I'm not sure if I want them to think about Washington or not.

[ Shaking her head, she leans against him, smiling fondly. ]

At least you know the truth.

[axiomed]

I don't think it can be helped. It was pivotal.

[ And that was why time boiled down to this one action - this one moment. ]

And they saw the truth.

[athru]

[ Tilting her head, she raises an eyebrow. ]

I'm not exactly the hero they think I am.

[axiomed]

No. But they saw something heroic.

[athru]

[ She says the next part quietly. ]

You know you were the real hero, Charles.

[axiomed]

[ He shakes his head. ]

No. All I did was admit the truth.