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My real name is Abigail Winters

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[Bela Talbot is the kind of woman who carries her secrets like Fort Knox. She bottles them all inside herself and doesn’t let them out for anything. It doesn’t matter who you are or how much she likes you, she doesn’t tell. Ever

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[Augh. John does not even know how to start answering this, not when he can feel just how well--or not well--she is taking it. It's a while before he can think straight, and even then, he is at so much of a loss as to how to approach this. Any of it.]

It doesn't have to be that way.

There's no Lilith in this world and even in the offchance there somehow was, your being here's a gamechanger.

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[since her journal was ... pretty much toasted, it'll be a pretty long time before she actually responds to this. She has to actually sleep first and ... that could take a while. Avoidance is her middle name. But she will read it eventually, and try to find something to say that isn't completely defeated]

I don't have that kind of luck.

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You ended up here before Lilith could collect, didn't you?

I'd say that's pretty good timing.

[pause]

For the record, I don't expect you to magically trust me. I know trust isn't something you just hand over, even if I am your guardian.

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A person can't cheat death forever. And I've already found my way out of it twice.

I'm pretty sure on the third strike, you don't win.

[a long pause]

I know you

[there's another pause and after a moment]

I want to.

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I don't think anyone does, not really.

You're braver than I would be, though. I don't think I would be able to do much of anything with that hanging over me. So, you are very brave, and that's good.

And maybe when this Lilith person comes, all your friends can help you kick her ass. Weirder things have happened here. :)

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[again, she doesn't get to this until much later, and she really isn't sure what to tell her]

Thank you. Maybe you're right.

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:)

...she got long-winded, I apologize

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[when Parker sees this, she freezes up. The kind of freezing where she doesn't know what to say or think or feel, and all she wants to do is stab something. Or someone. Or a couple of someones. With a dull spork. Thaaaat would be fun

<3 it's all good

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[it takes Bela a moment to realize that someone else is even there, and when she does finally turn to look and sees Parker, she isn't entirely sure what to do. Yes, Parker is her friend, and yes, she's probably just trying to do the right thing, but she doesn't know what to say beyond ... ]

Parker?

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[Parker still doesn't know what to say either. Not one bit. She's quiet for awhile and takes a deep breath, her eyes still on the fountain..]

Did...did you know the design of the fountain is based on the Bassin de Latone at the Versailles Palace? It's been here since 1927 and it's one of the largest fountains in the world.

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[smiles softly at that, because really -- she'd rather talk about anything else at all]

No, I didn't.