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Aelise keeps Harley in her room, and allows visits - mostly Corona, sometimes Tima - but doesn't let him run around being obnoxious to anyone. Chelsa avoids him. Corona is home, after all, and he's just as warm and isn't horrible to her. And now she can invite more friends in. There's that girl she rotated out to make room for Tima, still alive, in Wales - there's that pleasantly sparky boy she met on her trip to Egypt - Chelsa is able to content herself with the situation.
her_imperial_radiance
Elspeth's arms do-not-tighten in the manner of someone who is working very hard at not-squeezing.
"Did she get you?"
"Did she get you?"
her_imperial_radiance
"I should be able to undo anything she added." Elspeth swallows. "If you would like me to. I can't put back anything she took." She lets him go.
her_imperial_radiance
Elspeth tries.
It's harder - Chelsa soaks in deeper than Chelsea ever did - but Elspeth does not let up.
She keeps pushing until there is nothing to push against.
It's harder - Chelsa soaks in deeper than Chelsea ever did - but Elspeth does not let up.
She keeps pushing until there is nothing to push against.
her_imperial_radiance
Elspeth -
Holds him.
And resolutely declines to cry.
But she does, after a few minutes, ask:
"Should I leave Zeus asleep?"
Holds him.
And resolutely declines to cry.
But she does, after a few minutes, ask:
"Should I leave Zeus asleep?"
her_imperial_radiance
She doesn't squeeze him as hard as she possibly can.
But she matches his own hug.
But she matches his own hug.
He is pretty thoroughly too big for Elsie's lap.
He stays there anyway.
"I think... I think I wanna see Zeus," he says softly. "I don't know. Can I just... see him?"
He stays there anyway.
"I think... I think I wanna see Zeus," he says softly. "I don't know. Can I just... see him?"
her_imperial_radiance
"Yes."
She picks him up. He's awkwardly sized, but not hardly too heavy.
And she teleports to his room in the Québec house, which, except for a handful of perishables that would have rotted away if they hadn't been picked up, hasn't been touched for nearly a year.
She picks him up. He's awkwardly sized, but not hardly too heavy.
And she teleports to his room in the Québec house, which, except for a handful of perishables that would have rotted away if they hadn't been picked up, hasn't been touched for nearly a year.
He gives Elsie a hug and a kiss, and then he crawls into bed with Zeus and snuggles up to him.
"You're my best fluffy buddy," he murmurs, "and - I - "
He starts crying again.
"You're my best fluffy buddy," he murmurs, "and - I - "
He starts crying again.