'Course He will. [Her Southern Baptist upbringing has stood her in good stead over this whole... thing. She squeezes all her boys.] The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
I'm surrounded by remarkable people. [The statement takes in everyone present and several people who aren't.] Gotta live up to it somehow. And we will get through it, all of us. Together. No pikers. And no one feeling guilty for stuff that's not their fault.
right across the eyes. Both of them. He can't...
He wipes the back of his hand across them while the demon screeches with laughter. Warm and sticky.
He can't see.] Guri...
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Ben's eyes . . .
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It doesn't hurt.
[He feels her hand caress his face. "Oh. Oh, sugar."]
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Not near as stricken as Guriel does, though.]
I'm sorry, Janni, I'm so sorry, I never meant for this to happen, I never . . . I'm sorry.
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His woman has a spine of steel, Ben thinks admiringly. No doubt he'll have to hold her while she cries, later, but right now she's their rock.
And maybe. Just maybe. He can get through this, with her and Dad and Guri at his side.]
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We'll get through this. Somehow, Dad will help us through this.
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Not no one. That's who.
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Got me?
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Yeah. Got you.
All of us together.
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[Maybe. Maybe, surrounded by the people he loves.
He can get through this.]
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