Gone...

[aille]

He was dead... he'd made her laugh... made her smile and kept her safe in her need to escape. And now her Uncle was gone. She hadn't known him well, but he'd been one of her favorites of this family and they'd yet to go on a merry-go-round

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[mistersmith_tm]

He felt a sadness he couldn't explain. A sadness that was not his own. He immediately stopped what he was doing and hurried to find her.

"Aille?" He said her name softly, his heart breaking at the sight of her tears.

[aille]

Looking up when she heard her name, a look of deep loss etched in her eyes, "Oh gods... Smith..."

[mistersmith_tm]

One look into her eyes and he felt that loss as if it were his own. Touching her face, gently brushing aside a tear, he said, "What is it, beloved? What's wrong?"

[aille]

She half sobbed/hickuped as she answered, "It's Hermes... He's gone..."